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Grade Pre-K/TK. 2015. 16 pages. Patterns All Round eBook, part of the Building Blocks of Science Literacy Series™, connects students to the phenomena of patterns that are all around them. Its crosscutting concept questions ask them to develop answers around these phenomena. Topics include: People Make Patterns; Patterns in Nature; Daily Patterns; Longer Patterns; Sky Patterns; and the Career of a Traffic Flow Scientist. Digital eBook. Access for 24 students per year for 60 months.

Grade Pre-K/TK. 2015. 16 pages. The Patterns All Around eBook, part of the Building Blocks of Science Literacy Series™, connects students to the phenomena of patterns that are all around them. Its crosscutting concept questions ask them to develop answers around these phenomena. Topics include:

• People Make Patterns
• Patterns in Nature
• Daily Patterns
• Longer Patterns
• Sky Patterns
• The Career of a Traffic Flow Scientist

Developed to enhance the teaching of Building Blocks of Science® units and other science curriculums, the Building Blocks of Science Literacy Series™: Patterns All Around reader supports inquiry-based science lessons with engaging informational text. The content gives students a natural transition from hands-on investigations, builds background knowledge to reinforce conceptual learning, and lets students apply relevant nonfiction to their own real-world experiences. Educational studies show that children are more likely to engage with a reading exercise when the literature is related to a recent hands-on activity. The reader helps improve reading comprehension and aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards*. Digital eBook. Access for 24 students per year for 60 months.

*Next Generation Science Standards® is a registered trademark of WestEd. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.