Haven, Kendall F

"This book is a "best of" collection of tips and exercises to help nurture young writers and strengthen core skills. Since each activity has been tried and tested in thousands of classrooms, you'll find successful methods for turning even the most reluctant students into effective, powerful writers"--.

Combines the use of stories and experiments to teach science through twelve readers theatre scripts that highlight significant discoveries in Western science, each including hands-on instructions for recreating the scientist's work.

Presents short stories about adventures in the lives of forty woman scientists, arranged alphabetically from rain forest ecologist Christina Allen to physicist Chien-Shiung Wu, each including details on the scientific significance of the events, suggested research topics, and a further reading list.

Explores sixteen mysteries that defy scientific investigation, presenting each mystery in story form, followed by an explanation of what science knows about the topic and how it has been studied by scientists.

Presents sixteen stories that provide scientifically accurate, detailed information about some of the world's deadliest predators, each followed by questions designed to lead students in thinking about ecosystems and the animal life they support. Includes suggestions for further reading.

Discusses the science behind land's origins, volcanoes, rock creation, gems and crystals, mountains, water, wind, glaciers, earthquakes, and the ways living things shape the land; presents myths on these topics from Hawaii, Borneo, Russia, India, and Native American tribes; and includes reading lists for teachers, topics for discussion, and projects in each chapter.

Describes an approach to teaching creative writing based on storytelling, and provides directions for thirty-eight writing exercises for grades from primary through high school.

Presents over thirty eyewitness accounts from men, women, and children who lived through the events of the American Revolution, including the Boston Tea Party, the confrontation at Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the passing of the Declaration of Independence, and others.

Tells the stories of twenty-seven men, women, and children who lived through the Civil War, arranged chronologically through the years of the conflict, with follow-up questions and activities.

Profiles one hundred inventions in chronological order, from roads and the screw to the World Wide Web and cloning, describing how each was invented, what people did before its advent, and what has happened since, and provides further reading lists.