Find a book that you could use in a science lesson with your field experience classroom or any grade you choose.
On a google doc include the following information:
o Your name
o Bibliographic reference of the book
o NGSS standard(s) the book helps support
o 3-4 sentence summary about what the book is about
o 3-4 sentence description explaining how you would use this source for science teaching and learning
(**Make sure to suggest the grade, science topic, and how you would use this book within a lesson)
Share book and ideas with whole class or a small group
The preferred order of things starts with a concept and ends with a book title. |
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Example: recycling
Finding Concepts, Standards, Lesson Plans, Concept Maps
Concept |
Microbes
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Outcomes |
see above |
Assessment |
see above |
Concept Map |
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Book title |
Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes |
Reviews |
link (using Search@UW and book title) |
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Finding Book Titles
option #1: browse the non-fiction shelves using the Dewey Decimal system
option #2: use the Murphy Library online Search@UW tool
option #3: use the STEM national awards lists for recommendations
option #4: use the online journal Science and Children for book reviews
option #5: use the Murphy Library STEM pages
Click on the Dewey Decimal tab above.
Science and Children is an online journal that Murphy Library subscribes to for science teachers.
The easiest way to access it is to type the title Science and Children into the main library search box and keep the search at Search@UW. The journal should be the first result. Click "view it" to access an issue.
This journal will give you:
Once you find a title from a list of award-winning books, copy/paste the title into our Murphy Library search box to see if we have it, the call # and if it is available.
Science Books & Film (SB&F) (ASSS: Advancing Science Serving Society)
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Student K-12 (National Science Teacher’s Association)
Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize (British Best Science Books)
Use the main search box in the middle of the library homepage
Type in a subject (ex: life cycles, natural disasters, global warming) and change the drop down menu to “UW-La Crosse books & media”. Search.
To limit the search to the Curriculum Center, use the limiters on the left of the screen. Scroll down to “location” and choose LAX Curriculum Center. Update.
The results should only be children’s books in Murphy Library.
An efficient way to find a book review is to use the Search@UW tool on the library's main page.
Simply type in the title (you can add the words "and review" after the title), keep the search at Search@UW, and search.
Use the limiters on the left to limit the results to reviews.
Murphy Library subscribes to several Education databases. Here is one reliable way to set up a search using our Education databases:
It's very easy to find book reviews using Google--so easy that you get lots of unreliable sources, so be aware, and choose your source with critical eyes.
Tips:
SMART Exchange is a one-stop destination designed to provide teachers with access to all of SMART's learning resources and the opportunity to connect with colleagues in a professional community. SMART Exchange includes resources submitted by educators from around the world and top educational publishers.
The American Institute of Physics Science Communication Award for Children. The list of past winners is here.
The Giverny Book Award. The list of past winners is here.
The Green Earth Award. The list of past winners is here.
The Mathical Prize. The list of past winner is on the same page.
The National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) Outstanding Science Trade Books, including past winners.
The NSTA comes up with a second list of Best Stem Books every year. The selection criteria and lists are listed here.
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal. The list of past winners is here.
The Science Book & Film Prize, including past winners.
The STEAM Children's Book Prize (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math). Criteria--for past winners, search within site.
The YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction (Young Adults), including past winners.
Since 2008, the Institute for Science + Math Education in the College of Education at the University of Washington (ISME) has been expanding its STEM Teaching Tool collection by creating partnerships focused on equity-focused educational models and practices in K-12 STEM education.
ISME has created a page of free resources, activities, publications, news and tools to promote equity and social justice in STEM education.
A page of STEM Teaching Tools that address Social Justice is linked here.
STEM Like a Girl was founded by women scientists whose mission is to excite and empower girls with knowledge and confidence in STEM to become future problem solvers and leaders. When given the right tools early on, they believe all girls have the power to develop their own STEM identity. They believe in the combined power of girls, parents, and mentors to build confidence in young girls and shape their future in STEM fields.
Their Parent-Daughter Workshops are designed to provide an introduction to STEM activities for 3rd-5th grade girls and their parents (or other adult caregiver) in the Portland Metro area. They aim to make STEM activities available to all girls and their families, in particular those who don’t have access to other programs. Our half-day workshops are a great low-cost introduction to STEM for families that might not otherwise consider science and engineering programs for their daughters. We hope to ignite a spark in both girls and parents to continue STEM activities at home and beyond.
The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and NOVA, a science series broadcast via PBS, offers three videos on where science the Social Justice meet. PBS provides educational resources for teaching about science and social justice here.
S. 1374 Rural STEM Education Act: Introduced in 2021 by Senator Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) the purpose of this bill is to direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support STEM education and workforce development research focused on rural areas, and for other purposes. For the latest status of this bill, click on the link provided above.
The Indigenous Education Tools is a part of the Building Capacity & Cultivating Innovation: Learning Agendas in Native Education (BCCI) project. BCCI is designed to develop resources and practices that will have exponential impacts on efforts to improve Native student success across a variety of sectors (e.g. tribal, public education, private, non-profit, higher education, etc).
Teaching Tools includes activity materials, interviews and other tools categorized by plants, birds, food and water.
The Indigenous STEAM Collaborative is a group of researchers and educators that engages in cognitive and community co-design research to advance general knowledge, develop pedagogical approaches for engaging youth in land- and water-based learning, and provide learning materials to Indigenous families. They investigate how people reason about relationships in the natural world and develop teaching approaches to enhance learning and then apply this knowledge to the development of learning tools for Indigenous youth and families, through collaboration with community organizations, educators, and families. All research and collaborations are currently funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) has several web pages with trainings, webinars, resources and videos dedicated to science and Social Justice.
Here is one example of a lesson plan on the theme "STEM For All" from Learning For Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance).
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Essential Questions
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