It's National Tell a Joke Day

Why not combine National Tell a Joke Day with STEM Friday?

Super Silly Science Jokes, a series written for the upper elementary reader, has six titles. Q: Why did Benjamin Franklin fly a kite in 1752? A: The idea that lightning was a giant electric spark had him all charged up. Find this joke, as well as scientific information about electricity and magnetism in Shockingly Silly Jokes About Electricity and Magnetism.

Other titles in the series include rocks, minerals, and soil; wacky weather and silly season; the solar system; dinosaurs and prehistoric life; and spiders and other bugs.

Containing fun illustrations by Gerald Kelley, these books will keep students entertained as well as teach them about different aspects of science. Interested in writing your own jokes? These titles help with suggestions on how to do so.

These titles are available in library and paperback editions from your preferred vendor, enslow.com, independent bookstores, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. They are also available as epubs and single-user and multi-user PDFs.

Lively Plant Science Projects Published

Lively Plant Science Projects, written by Ann Benbow and Colin Mably, has been published. Benbow is a biologist and former science teacher. Mably is a teacher and creator of science education products. Together they have written easy-to-do plant experiments and provide the scientific explantion behind each. The experiments are based upon questions such as: "How Are Plant's Leaves the Same and Different?" This 'get your hands dirty (in the soil)' book will inspire young readers to investigate their natural world. This title is part of Real Life Science Experiment series and is written for Grades 3-4.

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