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Meet Dr. Mercer! – Spanish
Natural Inquirer Readers for students in grades K-2 focus on a scientist and their research. In this Reader, students meet Dr. Evan Mercer who compares climate in rural and urban communities.
Meet Dr. Mercer! – Spanish
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In this activity, you will take temperature data from two cities and create two bar graphs. Then you will use the bar graphs to make some observations about the cities’...Try This! – Meet Dr. Mercer! (Spanish)
In this activity, you will take temperature data from two cities and create two bar graphs. Then you will use the bar graphs to make some observations about the cities’...Part Of
Meet Dr. Mercer - Spanish
Glossary
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(ə fekt): To make something or someone different.
climate
(klī mǝt): The most typical weather in a place over many years.
community
(kә myü nә tē): A group of people who live together in the same place; also the place itself.
curious
(kyu̇r ē әs): Eager to learn out about something.
forest
(fȯr əst): A very large area of trees.
rural
(rûr әl): About farms and the countryside, country people, or country life.
urban
(ǝr bǝn): About the city, city people, or city life.
weather
(we thǝr): The condition of the air at a certain place and time, such as the temperature and whether or not it is raining.
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Evan Mercer
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One of my favorite science experiences was finding ways to help poor farmers in isolated mountain villages in the Philippines improve their farms. The villages were groups of 15-20 small...View Profile
Lessons
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In this lesson, students play bingo while becoming acquainted with sight words from the Natural Inquirer Reader Series. Materials: Natural Inquirer Reader Series (choose one Reader for each day you...Lesson Plan – Reader BINGO
In this lesson, students play bingo while becoming acquainted with sight words from the Natural Inquirer Reader Series. Materials: Natural Inquirer Reader Series (choose one Reader for each day you... -
In this lesson plan, you will use the visual thinking strategy to elicit prior knowledge from students before reading a Natural Inquirer Reader. After reading the article, you will use...Lesson Plan – Visual Thinking Strategy and Picture Description Strategy
In this lesson plan, you will use the visual thinking strategy to elicit prior knowledge from students before reading a Natural Inquirer Reader. After reading the article, you will use... -
Use the “Take Two” strategy to encourage students to share their personal experiences and outside knowledge regarding topics presented in the text. This lesson plan can be used with any...Lesson Plan – Take Two
Use the “Take Two” strategy to encourage students to share their personal experiences and outside knowledge regarding topics presented in the text. This lesson plan can be used with any... -
Get students moving and listening closely by using “pop ups.” Assign students words from a text, and as you read, students “pop up” (jump out of their seat, then sit...Lesson Plan – Pop ups
Get students moving and listening closely by using “pop ups.” Assign students words from a text, and as you read, students “pop up” (jump out of their seat, then sit... -
Use the Observations-Wonderings-Learnings (OWL) graphic organizer to connect students to a topic and draw out prior knowledge and questions for future exploration. This lesson plan can be used with any...Lesson Plan – OWL
Use the Observations-Wonderings-Learnings (OWL) graphic organizer to connect students to a topic and draw out prior knowledge and questions for future exploration. This lesson plan can be used with any... -
Gauge students’ prior knowledge and knowledge gain by doing true/false questions before and after a Reader. Materials: A Natural Inquirer Reader The anticipation guide that corresponds to your chosen Reader...Lesson Plan – Anticipation Guide
Gauge students’ prior knowledge and knowledge gain by doing true/false questions before and after a Reader. Materials: A Natural Inquirer Reader The anticipation guide that corresponds to your chosen Reader...
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Natural Inquirer Readers for students in grades K-2 focus on a scientist and their research. In this Reader, students meet Dr. Evan Mercer who compares climate in rural and urban...Meet Dr. Mercer!
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