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'Teachers in our district have been fans of Picture-Perfect Science for years, and it's made a huge impact on how they fit science into their school day. We are so excited to do more of the same with these Picture-Perfect STEM books!'— Chris Gibler, elementary instructional coach, Blue Springs School District in Missouri'This lively mix of picture books and engaging, standards-based STEM content will be a powerful tool to inspire STEM learning.'— Andrea Beaty, author of Ada Twist, Scientist; Rosie Revere, Engineer; and Iggy Peck, Architect For teachers eager to integrate STEM into their school day, Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons 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.This volume of Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons 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 The Inventor's Secret; An Ambush of Tigers; and Trash to Treasure: A Kid's Upcycling Guide to Trash. 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. Along with these new lessons come the easy-to-use features that have made Picture-Perfect a bestselling series for more than a dozen years:- Fiction and nonfiction book pairs- Background reading, materials lists, student pages, and assessments for each lesson- Connections to science standards and the Common Core State Standards for both English language arts and mathematics.Picture-Perfect STEM is a powerful tool for guiding instruction. You'll love how effective this book is, and your students will love learning about STEM.

Winner of the Gold EXCEL Award from Association Media & Publishing!'The number one compliment we hear from teachers is that the lessons are complete and ready to take back to their classrooms and use.'—Emily Morgan and Karen Ansberry, coauthors of the Picture-Perfect Science Lessons series Since the debut of the Picture-Perfect Science books and workshops more than 10 years ago, authors Emily Morgan and Karen Ansberry have learned one thing for certain: Elementary school teachers are constantly clamoring for even more ways to engage children in reading and science through picture books! To meet that demand, the 15 all-new lessons in Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons bring you: • Even more convenience: You can cover reading and science content simultaneously and save time with ready-to-use student pages and assessments. • Even more confidence in your own expertise: You get relevant science concepts and reading comprehension strategies to keep your teaching on track. • Even more ways to entice even reading-phobic children: Each lesson makes students yearn to learn science from such captivating fiction and nonfiction picture books.

Teachers raved when NSTA Press published Picture-Perfect Science Lessons.• They loved its lively mix of kid-magnet books, Standards-based science content and ready-to-teach lessons. So what could be more perfect? More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons! This volume offers 15 new lessons that combine picture books and inquiry to develop students'interest in science and reading. The sequel follows the winning formula that made the first book an NSTA best seller. The lessons, following the 5E instructional model developed by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) cover a variety of science content— physical science, life science, and Earth and Space Science. They include reproducible student pages and assessments. They feature embedded reading-comprehension strategies. And they make students yearn to learn from such engaging fiction and nonfiction books as Diary of a Worm, Sunshine On My Shoulders, How Big is a Foot? and Leo Cockroach, Toy Tester. The authors know how important it is for time-starved teachers to integrate science and reading in a natural way and how students with reading troubles can use an extra nudge to get engaged in science texts. More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons is the perfect supplement to your science program— and the perfect way to help students develop a love of reading and learning about science. •Teachers weren't the only ones raving! Picture-Perfect won the Distinguished Achievement Award for Teacher Resource Books from the Association of Educational Publishers.