Thank you for visiting the Library Research Guide for CIEE3260: Science Methods & Assessment for K-5. This guide will connect you to library resources and services to help you in this course.
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The Reference Desk is staffed until 10PM Sunday-Friday and until 8:00pm on Saturday.
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Send your question to the Reference Desk via email - refdesk@wpunj.edu Allow 24 hours for a response.
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This is a guide to resources for CIEE3220: Language Arts and Social Studies Methods, K-5. Here's what you'll find:
Children's Books to Teach Science: Includes links to book lists that identify children's science books, as well as a list of children's books available in the Curriculum Materials Center of the David & Lorraine Cheng Librar.
Online Sources to Find Children's Books: Includes a link to the Online Catalog of the David & Lorraine Cheng Library, as well as links the online catalogs of the public libraries of neighboring counties and databases of children's literature.
Online Sources to Find Informational Texts: Includes links to databases to find informational texts (not books) for K-5 students.
Teaching Activities: Identifies a number of teaching aids in the Curriculum Materials Center of the Cheng Library, as well as some links to websites of science teaching activities.
Curriculum Guides and other links: Contains link to the CMC's list of online curriculum guides, as well as a link to a list of lesson planning resources.