Teaching Through Trade Books: Understanding Matter and Energy

by: Christine Anne Royce

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. In this month’s issue, students determine the characteristics of matter in its three states. They then explore what produces energy and how it can be transferred to another object to produce a different type of energy.

Grade Levels

Early Childhood Elementary

Topics

5E General Science Lesson Plans Literacy Physical Science

Details

Type Journal ArticlePub Date 2/1/2015Stock # sc15_052_06_16Volume 052Issue 06

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