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Will It Blow Become a Volcano Detective at Mount St Helens
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Elizabeth Rusch, K E Lewis
mdalt
, January 23, 2008
As an after school teacher with elementary school students, I find it can be very difficult to engage my students in anything academic. I have used Will It Blow? as the basis for a few of my classroom activities with great success. In the book, kids are challenged to solve the mysteries of Mount St. Helens’ latest eruption by becoming “volcano detectives” themselves. The book’s subject and approach inspires many different kinds of discussions with my students. We’ve talked about anything from local geography, history, and current eruption activity to volcano science and how the scientific method can be like detective work. The interviews with USGS scientists encouraged my fifth graders to think of how science works in the “real world” and the hands-on activities described in the book were fun for my second graders (though next time I’ll be doing the “Soda Bottle Volcano” outdoors!). I find it to be just a great book for working with kids, for making them aware of the world in their backyard, and getting them excited about science.
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Day With No Crayons
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Elizabeth Rusch
mdalt
, January 23, 2008
I loved it! This book is beautiful to look at and a delightful read. Kids will appreciate the sympathetic narrator and adults will get a kick out of the references to major artists. It captures well the spirit of creativity with its suggestion that art can be found anywhere and everywhere!
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Planet Hunter The Story Behind What Happened to Pluto With Solar System Poster
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Elizabeth Rusch
mdalt
, January 23, 2008
What a great book! I really enjoyed how The Planet Hunter gets at the human story behind the headlines. For many people, Pluto's demotion was a very confusing event that still can't be easily explained. By focusing on Mike Brown, the man who's research changed Pluto's status, this book does a good job of navigating readers through the uproar the events caused and captures the spirit of scientific discovery. The sidebars give additional helpful information to let readers delve into the science a little deeper. All in all, a great book for helping kids (and adults!) to understand what happened to Pluto.
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