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April 30, 2018

Book of the Week: Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

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April 8, 2014

BOOK REVIEW: Lives of the Scientists

[amazon_link asins=’0544810872′ template=’CopyOf-ProductAd’ store=’fresnofamilyc-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’4ef21b38-e3b3-11e7-9192-79c83aaf7e60′] This is an excellent children’s nonfiction book that shares short info on the lives of a selection of scientists throughout history. It is sort of a picture book, in the sense that it has a picture on nearly every page, but much more words that you’d normally see in a picture book. The scientists […]

October 10, 2011

BOOK REVIEW: Mudpies to Magnets

Another terrific preschool curriculum book! This book is divided into topic areas…”Science Center Activities,” “Construction & Measurement,” “Circle Time…” etc…Age appropriateness is mentioned, as well as words to introduce, things you’ll need, what to do, & what to do for more. A good book for bringing science into the preschool classroom! Many of the activities can also be adjusted for […]

September 14, 2010

BOOK REVIEW: The Story of Salt

This book is AWESOME! Count it in the category of fabulous nonfiction picture books! Learn all about the history of salt in a fun and captivating way! The details of even the science of salt are written and drawn in a way that kids can understand. Heck, I learned a lot!

September 3, 2010

BOOK REVIEW: Growing Frogs

Just finished reading this book to my kids. REALLY CUTE! I like the illustrations, and that it goes through the life cycle of a frog and explains it very clearly to even the youngest children, but has enough details to keep the olders interested as well. Highly recommend if you’re looking for a book about the life cycle of a […]

August 22, 2009

BOOK REVIEW: Science is: A source of fascinating facts, projects and activities

Man did this book ever come in handy! This has every possible type of science activity you can imagine in it…most are very neat! (And for those that aren’t…well, I’ve gotten quite good at tweaking things to suit me…) And it’s so user-friendly, with charts dividing it into sections and subject areas. According to the book, it’s designed for 6-14 […]

August 22, 2009

BOOK REVIEW: Rain Forest: Interactive Geography Kit

Some of the activities in this book I had to adjust to make it more “hands-on” and less “teacher-directed, cookie cutter art”…but there is some fantastic ideas in here if you are doing a unit on the rain forest! It comes with a really terrific poster, & copyable pages for games and such. This was designed for grades 2-5, but […]

Book of the Week: Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World