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LitLinks: Engineering design challenge taps critical thinking and communication skills

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LitLinks: Stretch students’ writing muscles with comparisons from STEM literature

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Jan 29, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER JANET SLINGERLAND Writers often have to communicate places or things a reader may...

LitLinks: Engineering a tightrope across the mighty Niagara

LitLinks: Engineering a tightrope across the mighty Niagara

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LitLinks: STEM heroes and the classic Hero’s Journey plot structure

Jan 1, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER TRACY BORGMEYER We all want to believe in a hero. The kind of...

LitLinks: Hearing aid models inspire inclusion in the classroom

LitLinks: Hearing aid models inspire inclusion in the classroom

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LitLinks: Connecting nuclear physics to language arts (really!)

Nov 20, 2019

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LitLinks: Use literacy skills to spread the word about women scientists

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LitLinks: To the moon! Space exporation and literacy activities

LitLinks: To the moon! Space exporation and literacy activities

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LitLinks: Exploring metaphors with black holes

Sep 25, 2019

GUEST BLOGGER: CAROLYN DeCRISTOFANO Metaphors in language arts AND science I’m so pleased to be...

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  • Books
    • Giant Rays of Hope: Protecting Manta Rays to Safeguard the Sea
    • A River’s Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn
    • Planet Ocean
    • Eavesdropping on Elephants
    • Neema’s Reason To Smile
    • Zoo Scientists to the Rescue
    • Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem
    • Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    • Ebola: Fears and Facts
    • Jingle the Brass
    • Nugget on the Flight Deck
    • Surviving Animal Attacks
    • Elite Operations series
    • Energy Lab series
    • QuickReads Fluency Library
    • Books for English language-learners
    • Writers write all kinds of things
  • Author Visit Programs
    • FAQs
    • Calendar
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    • STEM + Literacy Activities
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  • Who is Patricia Newman?
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