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LitLinks: Solve the Drinking Straw Mystery

LitLinks: Solve the Drinking Straw Mystery

May 13, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER VICKI COBB Note to educators My new STEM PLAY books, Why Can I...

LitLinks: Shining a light on injustice

LitLinks: Shining a light on injustice

May 6, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER ALEXIS O’NEILL Technology can play an important role in fighting for the rights...

LitLinks: If Sun Could Speak – activities about night and day

LitLinks: If Sun Could Speak – activities about night and day

Apr 29, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER KOURTNEY LAFAVRE Does the sun rise? Children experience the world differently than adults....

LitLinks: Bring science to life this Earth Day

LitLinks: Bring science to life this Earth Day

Apr 22, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER ELIZABETH RUSCH Happy Earth Day! Instead of gathering in parks, forests, oceans to...

LitLinks: Re-engineering the airplane

Apr 8, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER KIRSTEN W. LARSON Beyond the Wright Brothers In 1903, the Wright Brothers invented...

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LitLinks: Creating K-5 STEM Labs around STEM literature

Feb 19, 2020

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LitLinks: Engineering design challenge taps critical thinking and communication skills

LitLinks: Engineering design challenge taps critical thinking and communication skills

Feb 5, 2020

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

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

Jan 15, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER DONNA JANELL BOWMAN King of the Tightrope: When The Great Blondin Ruled Niagara...

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

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

Jan 1, 2020

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  • Books
    • Sharks Unhooked: The Adventures of Cristina Zenato, Underwater Ranger
    • 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
  • Blog
  • Educator Resources
    • STEM + Literacy Activities
    • Teacher Guides
    • Earth Day Every Day newsletter archive
    • LitLinks
    • KidLit creators who make kids want to read
  • Writer Resources
    • Writing Classes
    • Manuscript or Proposal Critiques
  • Who is Patricia Newman?
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