Teaching Through Trade Books: Roly-Poly Pill Bugs

by: Emily Morgan and Karen Ansberry

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. In this month’s column, students learn through observation and investigation how a pill bug senses and reacts to its environment.

Grade Levels

Elementary

Topics

5E Analyzing data Animals Arthropods Asking questions CCC6: Structure and Function Collecting data Communicating Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Disciplinary Core Ideas in Engineering, Technology, and the Application of Science Disciplinary Core Ideas in Life Science ENCdl ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions ETS1: Engineering Design Experimenting Instructional Materials Interpreting data Kindergarten Life Science LS1.D: Information Processing LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes Science and Engineering Practices Science and Technology Science as Inquiry Science Focus Science process skills SEP3: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations SEP6: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Three Dimensions of the Framework and/or NGSS

Details

Type Journal ArticlePub Date 4/1/2016Stock # sc16_053_08_15Volume 053Issue 08

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