Last month, I was invited by the Science Teachers Association of Queensland (STAQ) to present a talk about using picture books in science lessons as part of their Growing Science webinars in the lead up to Science Week. What a great opportunity — picture books and science. What’s to not like? Picture books are one of the best ways I know of turning young children onto two of my favourite things — reading and learning.
You can find out more about the webinar series and access recordings and free resources on the STAQ website here.
Below is a brief version of the article I wrote as the basis of my presentation.
You can access the entire article in the zip folder Using Picture Books in Science Lessons, which also includes other handouts I provided to support my talk.
You can listen to the talk via this link or watch it below.
Linking science and literacy
Language is as important to the science curriculum as it is to the English curriculum. Science is another context in which language is used and must be learned.
In this article I’m going to show you some ways of including picture books in your science lessons.
Many of the skills required by science are also literacy skills; skills such as:
Continue reading: Linking Science and Literacy with Picture Books – readilearn
Norah Colvin 