{"product_id":"picture-perfect-stem-lessons-3-5-using-childrens-books-to-inspire-stem-learning-9781681403311","title":"Picture-Perfect Stem Lessons, 3-5: Using Children's Books to Inspire Stem Learning","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Karen Ansberry, MA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: National Science Teachers Association\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: National Science Teachers Association\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Schools - Levels - Elementary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor teachers eager to integrate STEM into their school day, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePicture-Perfect STEM Lessons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an exciting development. This book’s 15 kid-friendly lessons convey how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics intersect in the real world. They embed reading-comprehension strategies that integrate the STEM subjects and English language arts through high-quality picture books. You’ll help your 3–5 students engage in STEM activities while learning to read and reading to learn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePicture-Perfect STEM Lessons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for the upper-elementary grades uses a remarkable variety of books to teach STEM concepts and reading comprehension strategies. For example, you can pique students’ interest with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Inventor’s Secret; An Ambush of Tigers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTrash to Treasure: A Kid’s Upcycling Guide to Trash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Then, through the accompanying lessons, you can teach ways to plan and carry out investigations; analyze and interpret data; and construct explanations and design solutions. Along the way, your students will invent toy cars, learn how scientists use technology to track individual animals within larger groups, figure out how to reduce plastic pollution, and tackle other real-world projects. Engaging fiction and nonfiction books plus 15 hands-on lessons add up to perfect ways to learn about the interdependence of the STEM areas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong with these new lessons come the easy-to-use features that have made \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePicture-Perfect\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a bestselling series for more than a dozen years:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFiction and nonfiction book pairs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBackground reading, materials lists, student pages, and assessments for each lesson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConnections to science standards and the Common Core State Standards for both English language arts and mathematics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePicture-Perfect STEM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a powerful tool for guiding instruction. You’ll love how effective this book is, and your students will love learning about STEM.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"National Science Teachers Association","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45268995276951,"sku":"9781681403311","price":3238.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781681403311.webp?v=1769236977","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/picture-perfect-stem-lessons-3-5-using-childrens-books-to-inspire-stem-learning-9781681403311","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}