More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4

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.

Karen Ansberry is a teacher, writer, and nature lover. She has a Bachelor of Science in biology from Xavier University and a Master of Arts in teaching from Miami University. As the co-author of the Picture-Perfect STEM and Picture-Perfect Science series for elementary teachers, she provides professional development to help teachers learn to integrate STEM and reading. Her first picture book, Nature Did It First: Engineering Through Biomimicry, is a 2021 Skipping Stones Honor Awards "Outstanding Nature and Ecology Book."

Emily Morgan is a former elementary and middle school science teacher. She is the author of the Next Time You See picture book series for children and co-author of the Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons series for teachers. Her book Next Time You See a Sunset was selected for Story Time from Space where it was read by astronaut Mark Vande Hei on the International Space Station and shared with children all over the globe. She has served as a science consultant for the Hamilton County Educational Service Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the science leader for the High AIMS Consortium, and Board President of iSPACE: The STEM Learning Place. Emily holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Wright State University and a master’s in education from the University of Dayton.