RAR #177: Teach Your Kids to Think Like a Scientist (with Books You Already Have)
Books offer a delightful opportunity to teach our kids to think like scientists. Do it with books you already have on your shelf!
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Show Notes
Science is everywhere. It’s in everything we do, everything we see. And yes, everything we read.
Books offer a delightful opportunity to talk about science, both through their illustrations and their text. We just need to know a few things to look for and a few questions to ask.
Today we’ll find out how to think like a scientist, and how to teach our kids to do the same.
I invited two professors from St. Michael’s College to teach us all about cross-cutting scientific concepts within picture books.
Dr. Valerie Bang-Jensen is the Department Chair and Professor of Education at St. Michael’s College in Vermont. She’s an expert in children’s literature and literacy. Dr. Mark Lubkowitz is a molecular biologist and the Chair and Professor of Biology at St. Michael’s.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- What it means to “think like a scientist”
- How to find scientific concepts in every book you read
- How to use cross-cutting concepts to teach young scientists of all ages
Find the rest of the show notes at https://readaloudrevival.com/177/.