How Do You Use Trade Books In Biology?
Teachers in various disciplines are attempting to incorporate additional pieces of literature into their classrooms. Across the curriculum, students do well when they are given an opportunity to extend their classroom reading beyond the traditional classroom textbooks. Teachers want to incorporate nonfiction trade books into their classrooms to help students to raise their academic achievements. According to a study conducted by Project 2061, an educational reform group established by the American Association for Advancement of Science, teachers are also able to supplement what the educational textbooks are often lacking by incorporating trade books into their curriculum. One way to use trade books in the biology classroom is to have students complete an individual inquiry into a topic of their choice that expands upon a lesson from the textbooks. Assign students to choose a nonfiction trade book based on a biology topic of interest to them personally from the classroom library. If nec
