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Saul, E.W., et. al. (2002) Science Workshop: Reading, Writing, and Thinking Like a Scientist. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann The second edition of our signature publication, Science Workshop takes the ideas and methods developed through the reading/writing workshop and applies them to the teaching of science. New features include:
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Pearce, Charles R. (1999) Nurturing Inquiry. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann "...Don't expect the usual recipes for science experiments-- instead, expect to find ways to empower your students to be scientists and to take the lead in their learning. Read about inquiry time, using an outdoor classroom, discovery boxes, and the amazing Kids' Inquiry Conference. A must-have for anyone who wants their students to research their own questions, design their own experiments, share their new understandings, and develop a genuine love of science." (Reader Review from Amazon.com) |
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Saul, E.W. & Reardon, J. (eds.) (1996) Beyond the Science Kit: Inquiry in Action. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann The goal of this book is not to dispense with science kits, rather to encourage teachers and their students to see kits as just a beginning to real scientific inquiry. |
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Bourne, B. (ed.) (1999) Taking Inquiry Outdoors: Reading, Writing, and Science Beyond the Classroom Walls. York, ME: Stenhouse Taking Inquiry Outdoors: Reading, Writing, and Science Beyond the Classroom Walls focuses on strategies and practices that encourage teachers and students to use the world outside their doors as an authentic starting place for science, reading, and writing. Chapters provide glimpses into the teachers' decisions, their concerns, their setbacks and their successes. |
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Bourne, B. & Saul, E.W. (1994) Exploring Space: Using Seymour Simon's Astronomy Books in the Classroom. New York, NY: Morrow Junior Books Building on information in astronomy books by Simon and other prominent authors of children's nonfiction, Exploring Space contains nearly fifty exciting space-related activities. Each project centers on a different scientific theme, such as the greenhouse effect on Venus, and the birth of stars, or how to conduct an Olympics in space. Bourne and Saul offer hands-on experiments, topics for writing assignments and discussion, suggested titles for further reading, and even some thoughts on the subject by Seymour Simon himself. |
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Cole, J. & Saul, W. (contributor) (1996) On the Bus With Joanna Cole: A Creative Autobiography. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Hop aboard and journey from Joanna's first book, a science book about cockroaches, to the adventures of the wildly popular Magic School Bus series. In On the Bus with Joanna Cole, this funny, informative author shares her personal story with the most important audience of all--budding authors and illustrators at home and in the classroom. (From Ingram) |
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Saul, W. & Jagusch, S.A. (1992) Vital Connections: Children, Science, and Books: Papers from a Symposium Sponsored by the Children's Literature Center Vital Connections "is designed to urge readers to consider the relationship of children, science, and books important and complicated. Science books may help children realize the pleasures, potential, and limits of science." (From the Introduction by Wendy Saul) |
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