Introduce, extend, and communicate science concepts.

• Share award-winning author Seymour Simon's love of observation and learning.
• Build knowledge, and juxtapose informational perspectives, using Paired Fiction and Nonfiction Text Sets.

Engage learners with resources that connect concepts to real life situations.

• Invite both scientific and ethical dialogue using this written interview with author Rebecca Skloot.
• Encourage classroom debate with resources for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, including primary source author interviews, book trailers, lesson plans, and book readings — everything needed to encourage classroom dialogue.

Explore the lives, struggles, and successes of scientists.

• Sift through the intricacies of a scientist's life as author Anita Silvey shares her observations in this written interview:
  
  "I saw her out there with the chimps, but 50 years of her life were spent in quite a different way. What I knew of her was something that happened very early in her life. In the book, we get a well-rounded picture of her..."
  [excerpted from interview]

Provide authentic exploration and problem solving opportunities.

• Spark scientific curiousity by sharing one man's journey to discovery in Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Mary Azarian.
  
  "At 15, he began trying to capture the elusive snow crystals by looking at them under an old microscope and then drawing the beauty and individuality he observed." [excerpted from annotation]