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Perfect Pairs, Grades 3-5
Using Fiction & Nonfiction Picture Books to Teach Life Science, Grades 3-5
Hands-on lessons can be fun and compelling, but when it comes to life science, they aren't always possible, practical, effective, or safe. Children can't follow wolves as they hunt elk, visit a prehistoric swamp, or shrink down to the size of a molecule and observe photosynthesis firsthand. But they can explore a whole world of animals, plants, and ecosystems through the pages of beautifully illustrated, science-themed picture books.
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Hands-on lessons can be fun and compelling, but when it comes to life science, they aren't always possible, practical, effective, or safe. Children can't follow wolves as they hunt elk, visit a prehistoric swamp, or shrink down to the size of a molecule and observe photosynthesis firsthand. But they can explore a whole world of animals, plants, and ecosystems through the pages of beautifully illustrated, science-themed picture books.
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- How Perfect Pairs Can Help You
- Not All Nonfiction for Children Is Created Equal
- Why Combine Science and Children's Books?
- Why Pair Fiction and Nonfiction?
- From Idea to Book
- Who Is This Guide For?
- Getting Started
- Obtaining the Books
- Starting with a Wonder Statement
- The Investigative Process
- Reinforcing the Concept
- ELA Links
- The Wonder Journal
- Science Dialogues and Science Circles
- Meeting the Standards
- Addressing the Next Generation Science Standards
- Supporting the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
- Lessons for Grade 3
- Lesson 3.1: What the Lives of All Creatures Have in Common, Even When Their Life Cycles Are Different
- Lesson 3.2: How Being Part of a Group Helps Animals Survive
- Lesson 3.3: Why Some Animals Look Different from Their Family Members
- Lesson 3.4: What Fossils Can Tell Us About Life and Environments Long Ago
- Lesson 3.5: How Variations in Characteristics Can Help Some Animals Survive
- Lesson 3.6: How Animals Survive in a Cold Environment
- Lesson 3.7: How People Try to Solve Problems That Occur When an Environment Changes
- Picture Books for Grade 3 Lessons
- Lessons for Grade 4
- Lesson 4.1: How Our Body Structures Help Us Survive
- Lesson 4.2: How Feathers Help Birds Survive
- Lesson 4.3: How a Tree's Structures Help It Survive
- Lesson 4.4: How Animals Depend on Their Senses
- Lesson 4.5: How Natural Resources Provide Electrical Energy
- Lesson 4.6: How Energy Use Affects Environments and the Animals Living There
- Picture Books for Grade 4 Lessons
- Lessons for Grade 5
- Lesson 5.1A: Where Plants Get Most of the Materials They Use to Grow
- Lesson 5.1B: Where Animals Get the Energy They Need to Live and Grow
- Lesson 5.2: Why Dead Plants and Animals Don't Pile Up in Natural Places
- Lesson 5.3: How Matter Moves Among Living Things and the Environment
- Lesson 5.4: How Living Things Depend on Their Environment for Survival
- Lesson 5.5: How Introduced Species Can Affect an Ecosystem
- Lesson 5.6: How We Can Protect Earth's Resources and Environments
- Picture Books for Grade 5 Lessons
- Appendix A: Tables of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) Addressed in Perfect Pairs Lessons
- Appendix B: Reproducibles for Perfect Pairs Lessons
- Bibliography of Picture Books in Perfect Pairs Lessons
- Professional References
- Credits
- Index