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  • STEM Tuesday-- Fossils-- Writing Tips & Resources
    STEM Tuesday– Fossils– Writing Tips & Resources
    January 21, 2025 by
                Welcome again to STEM Tuesday! I’m Stephanie. When you’ve been writing for a long time, coming across an old piece of writing is like finding a fossil—it’s a record of a bygone era: incomplete, stripped of context, languishing unstudied. The metaphor breaks down eventually, because I’m no paleontologist, but you get the idea. We all have tidbits of stories that we’ve never completely unearthed, or found all the pieces of. And in that spirit, instead of generative prompts, today we have revision prompts! Revision Prompt 1 | Dig, Discover, Excavate Pickaxes and rock hammers ready? It’s time to revisit a piece of writing, something you haven’t looked at for a long time. Where do you keep these things? I have discarded notebooks, a drawer of ideas jotted on paper scraps, a list of odd facts, and files scattered on two computers. Wherever your archeological dig site, take a good look, skimming and rereading… (Teachers,...
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  • STEM Tuesday-- Fossils-- In the Classroom
    STEM Tuesday– Fossils– In the Classroom
    January 14, 2025 by
    Fossils are like time capsules that preserve clues about life on Earth millions of years ago. They help us reconstruct the planet’s past, including ancient environments, climate conditions, and ecosystems. By studying fossils, we learn how the Earth has changed and how life has evolved in response to these changes. These books explore fossils and how they tell Earth’s story. They make a great starting point for fossil classroom discussions and activities!     Tales of the Prehistoric World: Adventures from the Land of the Dinosaurs by Kallie Moore, illustrated by Becky Thorns How do stromatolites in Australia connect to Mars? Starting with the answer provided by these oldest known fossils (3.5 billion years old), we are led on an engaging journey through time. Detailed discussions of the life found in each period are sandwiched between captivating accounts of the intrigues, adventures, and conflicts of scientists, kids, farmers, and miners who...
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  • STEM Tuesday-- Fossils-- Book List
    STEM Tuesday– Fossils– Book List
    January 7, 2025 by
    Ancient Stories Cast in Stone Every fossil tells a tale. It could be a story about an adventurous life in the ocean, before becoming buried beneath layers of sediment. Or it could just raise lots of questions, starting with: how did that get here? Mary Anning and Paleontology for Kids: Her Life and Discoveries, with 21 Activities by Stephanie Bearce Readers get to know Mary Anning as a child and, later, as she discovers her first skeleton. Mary did more than dig up bones, though. She cleaned them, figured out how to put them together in a complete skeleton, and drew detailed scientific illustrations about her finds. Scattered throughout the book are sidebars that dive into details about aspects of life in the 1800s as well as the hands-on activities. Gutsy Girls Go for Science: Paleontologists: With Stem Projects for Kids by Karen Bush Gibson, illustrated by Hui Li Paleontologists...
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  • Happy New Year from STEM Tuesday
    Happy New Year from STEM Tuesday
    December 31, 2024 by
    Time Out with the old and in with the new.  The calendar will soon turn from 2024 to 2025 and it has me thinking a lot about time. It started a few weeks ago with a memory of the old, 1970s holiday TV special, Rudolph’s Shiny New Year. Why Rudolph’s Shiny New Year should be taking up the brain space of a 60-year-old is anyone’s guess, but there it sits.  Time is on my mind. More specifically, I’ve been thinking about the passage of time and how we spend it.  2024 has been odd and loaded with distractions, detours, and dramas. For me, 2024 has been an odd creative year during which time management has been a struggle. I’ve made creative progress this year but it’s been slow and in new directions. As many have experienced, new creative directions often start with the enthusiasm of a New Year’s resolution but...
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Maria is a children’s author, blogger, and poet passionate about making nature and reading fun for children. She was a round 2 judge for the 2018 & 2017 Cybils Awards. And a judge for the #50PreciousWords competition since its inception. Two of her poems are published in The Best Of Today’s Little Ditty 2016 and 2014-2015 anthologies. She is the parent of two amazing adults and lives in the Pacific Northwest with two Pixie Bob cats. When not writing, critiquing, or reading, she bird watches, travels the world, bakes, and hikes.