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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 discovered some unique and surprising fossils.   Classroom Activity We...
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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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    STEM Tuesday– Cryptography (Math)/Spy Science– Author Candace Fleming
    December 24, 2024 by
    Welcome to STEM Tuesday: Author Interview, a repeating feature for the last Tuesday of every month. Go Science-Tech-Engineering-Math! Today we’re interviewing Candace Fleming, author of The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II.  It’s a fascinating look at the British effort to defeat a Nazi invasion by breaking their military codes. The staff were mostly female, and most of those women were teenage girls. The book is garnering a lot of attention and starred reviews. “In this absorbing book, Fleming approaches the subject by telling the individual stories of 10 young women… who left their homes to work secretly on projects related to the German military’s Enigma cipher machine. Even readers with little interest in codes and ciphers will find the women’s experiences intriguing.” — Booklist Review (starred)   CTB: Hi Candace. Welcome to STEM Tuesday. My first question: Did you always...
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Stephanie Jackson’s poems and prose have been published in Cricket magazine and various literary journals including Touchstones, where she’s been a contributing poetry editor. A nature-loving creative, she writes picture books, middle-grade novels, and more. Professional memberships include the Authors Guild, the American Night Writers Association, the Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators, and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She’s a contributing blogger for STEMTuesday.com and you can find her online at StephanieWritesForKids.com.