Now that we understand what living books are and how to choose one to use for science, it's time to look at how to use living books to teach science. In the second part of the "Inspiring your students to love science through living books" session, we are going to chat about what it looks like to use living books for science during the elementary years.
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Basically, when you use living books for science with elementary students, you will:
Goals for elementary science education are relatively simple.
When you are teaching science to elementary students, you want to include the following:
A Sample Week for Elementary Students
Elementary students are like an empty bucket begging to be filled. (Pin this Tidbit)
When you read living books with the elementary crowd your main focus is to introduce them to the material in an interesting way. (Pin this Tidbit)
See the full conference session - Inspiring your students to love science through living books.
Check out the following articles for more tips on living books and elementary students:
Are living books the only way to teach science? The answer may surprise you. Come listen to the answer by clicking "Read More."
How can nature study help you with using living books to teach science? Click "Read More" to listen to the answer in this podcast episode.
What does it look like to use living books for middle school science? Come listen to what it looks like when you use a living book as your main source of information.
