{"id":231,"date":"2019-02-08T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=231"},"modified":"2019-01-25T15:09:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T23:09:10","slug":"the-dinosaur-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/the-dinosaur-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dinosaur Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Dinosaur Expert<\/strong><\/em>
\nby Margaret McNamara; illus. by G. Brian Karas
\n40 pages; ages 4-8
\nSchwartz & Wade, 2018<\/p>\n

Kimmy collected things so she could study them. She collected rocks<\/em>
\nand shells<\/em>
\nand leaves and pebbles and feathers.<\/em><\/p>\n

I love books that inspire kids to follow their passions – even when their passion seems so out of the ordinary. And I especially love books that encourage girls to explore science.<\/p>\n

This book opens with an illustration of Kimmy examining an ammonite from her fossil collection. Yes, she collects them, too. So on the day that Kimmy’s class is visiting the natural history museum, she is very excited. She knows a lot about dinosaurs and can’t wait to share. But when she mentions that she wants to be a scientist, one of the kids says, “Girls aren’t scientists.” And Kimmy stops talking.<\/p>\n

What I like<\/del> love<\/strong> about this book: I love the illustrations of the various dinosaurs. And I love the expressiveness of Kimmy’s face – readers will understand how she feels about the possibility that there is no place for her in paleontology. What I really love, though, is that the teacher nudges her towards an exhibit of Gasparinisaura, a dinosaur discovered by a woman.<\/p>\n

And there is Back Matter (and you know<\/em> how much I love that!). Titled “My Favorite Paleontologists by Kimmy”, we discover seven women who dug and sorted and identified dino bones. Six of them are alive and working in their field right now.<\/p>\n

Head over to Archimedes Notebook<\/a> for some Beyond-the-Book activities<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2019 Sue Heavenrich <\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dinosaur Expert by Margaret McNamara; illus. by G. Brian Karas 40 pages; ages 4-8 Schwartz & Wade, 2018 Kimmy collected things so she could study them. She collected rocks and shells and leaves and pebbles and feathers. I love books that inspire kids to follow their passions – even when their passion seems so … <\/p>\n

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