Exploring Science through Young Adult Literature

Herausgeber: Greathouse, Paula; Wendt, Stephanie; Hundley, Melanie

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book that offers science educators suggested approaches for teaching young adult literature in tandem with science concepts.

Produktdetails

• Adolescent Literature as a Completement to the Content Area
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781475866377
• ISBN-10: 1475866372
• Artikelnr.: 66873527

Autorenporträt

Edited by Paula Greathouse; Melanie Hundley and Stephanie Wendt

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
Paula Greathouse, Melanie Hundley and Stephanie Wendt
CHAPTER 1: Thirsty for Science: Exploring Water Systems, Water
Conservation, and Drought through Dry
Michael DiCicco and Chris Cook
CHAPTER 2: Climate Change is A Hot Mess: The Human Impact on Earth Systems
Shelly Shaffer and Kathryn Baldwin
CHAPTER 3: Countering 'Plant Apathy': Using Kenneth Bloom as a Motivating
Tool for Teaching Plant Science to Students
Katharine Covino and Erin Rehrig
CHAPTER 4: Making Botany Magical: Teaching about Plants with This Poison
Heart
Julie Baker, Shawn Krosnick and Kelly Moore
CHAPTER 5: Exploring Nature and the Nature of Scientific Inquiry: Reading
The Evolution of
Calpurnia Tate
Amy Palmeri, Emily Pendergrass and Heather Johnson
CHAPTER 6: Past and Future Plagues as Windows into the Present: Reading A
Death-Struck Year to Teach About Diseases and Immunity
David Nurenberg and Ben Lawhorn
CHAPTER 7: Reading Ringside, 1925: Text Support for Teaching Evolution
Frances Hamilton and Dana Skelley
CHAPTER 8: Studying Genetics and Ethics through Young Adult Literature: How
The Gardener Can Harvest Student Engagement in Biology
Janine J. Darragh, Ashley S. Boyd and Kristina L. Podelnyk
CHAPTER 9: Hungry for More: Exploring, Experimenting, and Engineering with
The Hunger Games
Leslie Suters and Kristen Pennycuff Trent
ABOUT THE EDITORS
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS