Science with storytelling : strategies for the K-5 classroom / edited by Jane Stenson, Sherry Norfolk and Lynette J. Ford

Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Copyright Date: ©2017
Physical Description: xi, 296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Additional Creators: Stenson, Jane, 1941-, Norfolk, Sherry, 1952-, and Ford, Lyn, 1951-

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Contents

Introduction / Jane Stenson -- Thinking like a scientist: how do scientists figure things out? / Mary Hamilton and Charles Wright -- Introduction: "eensy weensy" first steps into scientific inquiry / Lynette J. Ford -- "Sody Sallyratus": states of matter / Sherry Norfolk and Jane Stenson -- "Anansi and turtle go to dinner": sink and float / Jane Stenson with Sherry Norfolk and Bobby Norfolk -- "How the rainbow was made": liquid rainbow and the density of liquids / Dana Allande O'Brien -- "The lady who put salt in her coffee" / Vito M. Dipinto -- "Prairie dogs in the rain": solving problems with simple machines / Sherry Norfolk -- Creating a pourquoi ("how and why") story / Katie Knutson -- Caterpillar to butterfly: the process of metamorphosis / Lynette J. Ford -- Caterpillar to butterfly: thoughts on science and storytelling / Judith Black -- Hatching chicks in the kindergarten classroom / Tracy Drummer Aiden and Elizabeth Barlock -- "Tops and bottoms": what goes up? What goes down? / Jane Stenson -- "Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears": Pourquoi stories and mosquitoes / Joyce H. Geary -- Stellaluna: comparing and contrasting animal needs / Lindsey Cohn -- "Rabbit's tale": a Paiute indian nature myth / Lynn Rubright -- The big dipper: patterns, inspiration and a multicultural stories / Lynette J. Ford -- "Un lazo a la luna" and other tales: observing the moon / Jane Stenson -- "Old man coyote and the rock": the rock cycle / Jane Stenson -- "Turtle wants to fly": gravity, force, thrust and failure / Lynette J. Ford -- "Paddy the bricklayer": working and playing with pulleys / Jane Stenson -- "The lady who put salt in her coffee": life science, chemistry and problem solving strategies / Vito M. Dipinto -- A folktale puppet opportunity: lights and shadows / Jane Stenson with Julie Tubbs -- "All things are connected": interdependence / Sherry Norfolk -- Insects and plants: finding the food connection / Mary Hamilton and Charles Wright -- "The knee-high man": adding science to your animal stories / Kevin Strauss -- Developing effective animal characters / Kevin Strauss -- An adventure through a cell: using plant and animal cells to create an adventure story / Jenny McCrery -- George Washington Carver: the argument for crop rotation / Bobby Norfolk with Sherry Norfolk -- "Monkey and buzzard": animal adaptations / Fran Stallings with Sherry Norfolk -- "Sausage nose": food spoilage and preservation / Geordan Stenson with Cy Ashley Webb -- Nimrod and his animal teeth: exploring physical structures, functions, life cycles and connections / Ingrid Nixon -- "The wave": tsunamis / Anne Shimojima and Sheri Lucterhand -- "The making of whirlwind": the cyclone applied to a Dyson vacuum cleaner / Jane Stenson -- Embodied storytelling: using voice, body, visual images and writing to clarify a pattern or process / Arianna Ross -- "How dragon lost his tail": shaping landforms / Sherry Norfolk -- Pele, or a volcanic trip: tectonic plates, sulfur gases, the rock cycle and art / Jeff Gere -- To see below the surface: a story of folklore and fossils / Darlene J. Neumann and Larry C. Neumann -- "Skunny wundy and the stone giant": crystallization / Marilyn A. Kinsella and Larry Kinsella -- An interview with Beth Horner -- An interview with Jay O'Callahan.

Summary

"This book is about the intersection of storytelling and science. Recognizing that humans are hard-wired for narrative, this collection of new essays integrates the two in a special way to teach science in the K-6 classroom. Lesson plans are provided, each presenting a story, its alignment with science, language arts and theater arts standards"--

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ISBN

9780786498185 (softcover ; alk. paper)
0786498188 (softcover ; alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289) and index.

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