National Science Teaching Association

The award-winning NSTA Press® Picture-Perfect Science Lessons series combines science and reading in a natural way and provides easy-to-grasp background in science and language arts, and now STEM. The classroom-tested lessons clearly identify the appropriate science content per grade and embed carefully selected reading strategies.

Authors Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan are elementary classroom veterans who've honed their approach to teaching science to teachers nationwide. They know that elementary teachers are usually crunched for science instructional time and could often use refresher explanations of scientific concepts.

Elementary school teachers can use the picture books in combination with ready-to-use student pages and assessments to aid in guided inquiry. Also available: Collections of the picture books used in the series at reduced prices—including previously out-of-print titles—and prepackaged classroom supply kits for each of the lessons!

For more information on how to implement Picture-Perfect Science in your classroom—including key reading strategies and connections to the science standards—download the free e-book Why Read Picture Books in Science Class?

Karen Ansberry

Emily Morgan

The Argument-Driven Inquiry series helps teachers make labs much more active and engaging for their students.

The investigations teach students to use argument to construct, support, and evaluate scientific claims of their own and others. Students will dig into important content as they gain a better understanding of the science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas of the Next Generation Science Standards. These investigations will also enable students to develop the skills outlined in the Common Core State Standards and practice reading, writing, speaking, and using math in the context of science.

The books include reproducible student pages, teacher notes, checkout questions, and standards-alignment matrices, so teachers have everything they need to start incorporating these authentic experiences in their classrooms. Students will have the opportunity to design their own methods, collect and analyze data, generate arguments, and critique claims and evidence. Each book has a companion Student Lab Manual that includes everything students need to complete the investigations.

By Jesus Aguilar-Landaverde, Austin Batson, Ruth Bickel, Peter Carafano, Patrick J. Enderle, Steve Fannin, Daniel FitzPatrick, Leeanne Gleim, Ellen Granger, Jonathon Grooms, Melanie Hester, Todd L. Hutner, Adam LaMee, Kemper Lipscomb, Ashley Murphy, Victor Sampson, Sherry Southerland, Carol Stallworth, Kiesha Williams, Kristin Wilson