Using Children’s Literature to Teach Science

 

Although the website that once hosted this little book is no longer online, you can still access it through the Internet Archive!

Chapters:

• Introduction
• Dedication
• Earth Sci & Astronomy
• Math Connections
• Life Sci & Ecology
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Process Skills
• Standards
• Additional Resources
• McAuliffe Bibliography

The Internet Archive is also home to many textbooks from past decades - probably thousands by now! - which you can access online for free, including:

• Teaching children science: an inquiry approach (1972, Wadsworth Pub. Co.)
• Teaching science to children : an integrated approach (1986, Random House)
• Teaching children science : a discovery approach (2004, Pearson Education, Inc.)

Exploring Nature

 

Five years ago when we first discovered this site, it had 675 coloring pages, with new ones being added weekly.  Now it has more than ten times that much content, and is an incredible resource for science learning!  You'll want to add this one to your favorites. 

https://exploringnature.org

A few of our favorites:

Canada’s Animals, Habitats and Symbols

Wildflowers of North America

Arts and Crafts Ideas

Online Museum Tours

Google Arts & Culture teamed up with over 2500 museums and galleries around the world to bring anyone and everyone virtual tours and online exhibits of some of the most famous museums around the world.

Visit sixteen of them here...

https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours


Or settle in and check out the entire list here...

https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en




Check out these free resources for extra activities:

Museum Scavenger Hunt (all grades)
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Museum-Scavenger-Hunt-1867837

My Museum Visit (gr. 2-4)
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/My-Museum-Visit-1755531

Museum Questions Worksheet (gr. 3+)
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Museum-Field-Trip-Questions-Worksheet-Free--3568211

A Day at the Art Museum (gr. 4-8)
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Day-at-the-Art-Museum-1823927

Museum Exhibit Report
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Museum-Exhibit-Report-Vocabulary-Building-Activity

Online Art Gallery Tours

Originally published in the middle of the Covid-19 lockdowns, this list of virtual museum and gallery tours and walkthroughs is a great resource!  

Check it out here:  https://secretldn.com/virtual-tours-museums-galleries/

Hop over to Teachers Pay Teachers for these free printables, too!

"Art Museum Worksheet" (gr. 1-2)

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Grade1-Art-Museum-Worksheet-1249863

"Art Gallery Walk & Scavenger Hunt" (gr. 3-8)

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Art-Gallery-Walk-and-Scavenger-Hunt-4734509

"A Day at the Museum" (gr. 4-8)

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Day-at-the-Art-Museum-1823927

"Analyzing Art Works" (gr. 7-10)

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Analysing-Art-works-4692367

"Artist, Art History, or Art Museum Research, Choice Based Project" (gr. 8-12) https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Artist-Art-History-or-Art-Museum-Research-Choice-Based-Project-4309254

Logic Self-Taught

 

Logic Self-Taught is a workbook developed by Katarzyna Paprzycka for her students, and is designed especially for those who have problems with logic or formal sciences.  Each unit includes exercises and solutions.  Be sure to read the introduction before diving in!

https://kpaprzycka.filozofia.uw.edu.pl/Publ/xLogicSelfTaught.html

Birds Notebooking Journal & Learn to Draw Birds

 

This FREE Audubon Birds Notebooking Journal includes 28 of the birds that John James Audubon studied. There is a notebooking page for each bird, a blank page for students to draw the bird, and a color picture of each bird.

https://homeschoolgiveaways.com/2019/08/free-audubon-birds-notebooking-journal

Do your kids love to draw? Here’s a fun way you can combine art and nature study (with a little science mixed in!). Check out Learn to Draw Birds with David Sibley!

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/learn-draw-birds-david-sibley