Teaching Through Trade Books: Energy Explorations

Journal Article | December 2017

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. Young students should understand that sunlight warms the Earth and be able to make decisions about maximizing energy by using different types of…

Teaching Through Trade Books: Investigating Heredity

Journal Article | January 2018

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. Younger students must be able to recognize that animals or plants of the same species can be similar, but there is still variation within a species.…

Best STEM Books for Students K–12

Journal Article | February 2018

Books published in 2017.

Teaching Through Trade Books: Humans and the Earth

Journal Article | February 2016

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. Elementary students are beginning to understand the Earth’s natural processes and humans’ impact on the Earth. Humans need the natural resources that…

Teaching Through Trade Books: The Sounds of Science

Journal Article | November 2016

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue features activities that engage students in qualitative investigations as they make observations about sound and how it travels.

Best STEM Books for Students K–12

Journal Article | January 2017

Selected by the National Science Teachers Association/Children’s Book Council Review Panel

Best STEM Books for Students K–12

Journal Article | January 2017

Books published in 2016. Selected by the National Science Teachers Association/Children’s Book Council Review Panel.

Best STEM Books for Students K–12

Journal Article | January 2017

Recently published books selected by the Children’s Book Council and the National Science Teachers Association.

Teaching Through Trade Books: Adaptations for Survival

Journal Article | February 2017

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue has students experience nature by examining how seeds are transported from one location to another or consider what it takes for…

Teaching Through Trade Books: Pondering Popcorn

Journal Article | February 2009

When most people hear the word, popcorn, they think of a tasty treat enjoyed at the movies. In this month’s column, popcorn takes center stage as students engage in investigations relating to observations and…

Teaching Through Trade Books: A Closer Look

Journal Article | December 2007

Give a child a hand lens or a microscope and they quickly become fascinated with the hidden worlds these tools reveal. The lessons in this month’s column provide opportunities for students to take a closer look at the…

Teaching Through Trade Books: Design Dilemmas

Journal Article | August 2015

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. The activities in this month’s issue support the development of the engineering and design process and assist students in acquiring and applying…

Teaching Through Trade Books: Wonderful Water

Journal Article | September 2015

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue discusses how to help children understand the water cycle, the importance of water, and where and how they use water so that they can…

Teaching Through Trade Books: That Was Then, This Is Now

Journal Article | October 2015

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue includes nonfiction and historical fiction selections that help to demonstrate similarities and differences "then and now" while…

Teaching Through Trade Books: The Science of Art

Journal Article | January 2016

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue allows students to explore the components of STEAM through a favorite art supply, the crayon, and a beloved American tradition, the…