by Emily Starr | Aug 23, 2022 | New Text Discovery
Are you searching for that perfect picture book to read aloud at the beginning of the year that will encouraging your students to become young scientists and engineers? Here are a few of my favorites to jumpstart the curious minds in your classroom! ...
by Emily Starr | Feb 25, 2022 | New Text Discovery
Picture books are a great way to get students to examine the crosscutting concepts of the Next Generation Science Standards. New to the crosscutting concepts? Here’s a quick summary! The crosscutting concepts are one of the three dimensions of the NGSS. The...
by Emily Starr | Dec 2, 2021 | Behind the Scenes of StarrMatica
Hi! I’m Katy and I work part-time as the Social Media and Marketing Specialist for StarrMatica. I’m also an educator and have over 14 years of teaching experience at the elementary level. It was my first grade teacher, Mrs. Martin, who inspired me to become a teacher....
by Emily Starr | Sep 19, 2021 | New Text Discovery
Picture books are a great way to get students to examine the crosscutting concepts of the Next Generation Science Standards. New to the crosscutting concepts? Here’s a quick summary! The crosscutting concepts are one of the three dimensions of the NGSS. The...
by Emily Starr | Sep 14, 2021 | New Text Discovery
Imagine what your life would be like without a TV. What about a vacuum cleaner? Your refrigerator? Toilet paper? Soap? Most of these common household items would be hard to live without, and we have inventors to thank for them! Every year on February 11th, National...