“Kids love hands-on science.  Yet too few grow up to be scientists.    Kids need to be reading, writing and thinking about science as well as doing it. Writing in Science in Action propels us full throttle into both hands-on and "minds on" science.  Rupp Fulwiler show us how to help kids wrap their minds around science, do science and have a blast in the process.   If... more

Story powerfully integrates science and literacy

Stories are powerful connectors for people, information, and ideas. When you integrate stories into instruction, your students are more likely to actively engage and remember what they learn.

The Stories of Science explores how the power of story can strengthen your instruction by... more

It is common to engage students in the process of science, using mostly hands-on activities, and equally common to provide students with only science knowledge through mostly text-based experiences. Neither of these approaches is authentic to how scientists make sense of the world. Both fail to connect those experiences to the larger purpose of... more

The bestselling first edition of Science Notebooks inspired thousands of teachers to use science notebooks as a powerful way to help students reveal and develop their thinking about scientific concepts, engage in the work of scientists and engineers, and exercise language skills. Lori Fulton and Brian Campbell make the Second Edition even... more

This collection of friendly, inviting, and practical essays from experienced practitioners is a valuable asset for any elementary teacher interested in integrating inquiry-based science and literacy strategies in their classrooms.
—Harold Pratt, President, National Science Teachers Association

What does a Science Workshop look like in a real classroom?... more

How can we prepare our students to think, read, and write like scientists?

In Reading Science, Jennifer Altieri reminds us that literacy skills aren’t add-ons to the science class—they are critical parts of instruction. She addresses the need for both literacy and science skills in our classrooms to prepare our students for the future challenges... more

This collection introduces your students to as many authors and series as possible, setting kids up to read with tremendous volume and increased complexity. While reading these books, kids will escape their ordinary lives—but they will also study complicated settings, trace multiple plot lines and multiple themes, and investigate characters who are archetypes, as well as... more