K-12 Educational Writer
Partial Publications List
Books
Benchmark Books (Marshall Cavendish)
- The Dwarf Planet Pluto (Space! series) – Grades 5-8 – ISBN: 978-0-7614-4243-1
- Respiratory System (The Amazing Human Body series) – Grades 6-8 – ISBN: 978-0-7614-4042-0
- Mosquito-borne Illnesses (Health Alert series) – Grades 4+ – ISBN: 978-0-7614-3980-6
Capstone Press
- Human Organs (Anatomy Class series) – Grades 4-6 – ISBN: 978-1-4296-3887-6
Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Teacher resources that include ready-to-use transparencies, differentiated lessons, and activities:
- Life Science – Grades K-2 – ISBN: 978-1-60418-149-4
- Life Science – Grades 3-5 – ISBN: 978-1-60418-150-0
- Physical Science – Grades K-2 – ISBN: 978-1-60418-151-7
- Physical Science – Grades 3-5 – ISBN: 978-1-60418-152-4
- Earth and Space Science – Grades K-2 – ISBN: 978-1-60418-153-1
- Earth and Space Science – Grades 3-5 – ISBN: 978-1-60418-154-8
Chelsea House Publishers
Essential Chemistry series – Grades 8-12:
- Chemical Reactions – ISBN: 978-0-7910-9531-7
- Acids and Bases – ISBN: 978-0-7910-9783-0
Science Foundations series – Grades 8-12:
- Heredity – ISBN: 978-1-6041-3042-3
Compass Point Books (Coughlan Publishing)
- Goodbye, Gasoline: The Science of Fuel Cells (Headline Science series) – Grades 5-7 – ISBN: 978-0-7565-3521-6
Corwin Press Classroom – Developmental Writer
- Engage the Brain: Games – Grades 6-8 – ISBN: 978-1-4129-5925-4
- Activities for the Differentiated Classroom: Science – Grades 6-8 – ISBN: 978-1-4129-5344-3
Enslow Publishers
- The Truth about Cancer: Understanding and Fighting a Deadly Disease (Issues in Focus Today series) – Grades 5-8 – ISBN: 978-0-7660-3068-8
Gareth Stevens Publishing
- The Exterminator: Wiping Out the World’s Most Infectious Diseases (Current Science series) – Grades 2-6 – ISBN: 978-1-4339-2061-5
Millbrook Press (Lerner Publishing Group)
Gross Body series – Grades 3-5:
- Itch & Ooze: Gross Stuff on Your Skin – ISBN: 978-0-8225-8963-1
- Clot & Scab: Gross Stuff About Your Scrapes, Bumps, and Bruises – ISBN: 978-0-8225-8965-5
Rosen Central
Understanding the Elements of the Periodic Table series – Grades 5-8:
- Zinc – ISBN: 978-1-4042-1407-1
- Argon – ISBN: 978-1-4042-1409-5
- Mercury – ISBN: 978-1-4042-1780-5
- Lead – ISBN: 978-1-4042-1779-9
- Iodine – ISBN: 978-1-4358-5071-2
- Radium – ISBN: 978-1-4358-5072-9
- The Alkali Metals – ISBN: 978-1-4358-5330-0
- The 15 Lanthanides and the 15 Actinides – ISBN: 978-1-4358-3557-3
The Reasons and the Risks series – Grades 6+:
- Egg Donation: The Reasons and the Risks – ISBN: 978-1-4358-5559-5
The United States: Past and Present series – Grades 5+:
- Ohio – ISBN: 978-1-4358-5286-0
Magazine Articles
Cobblestone Publications
“Rip-Roarin’ and
Ready to Fly!” – Odyssey – May 2006
issue
- Grades 4 & up – Feature article using the
extreme sport of kite boarding to teach the physics of lift and drag.
Includes an activity for students to try. Approximately 900 words.
“Salt Flats –
Faster than a Speeding Bullet” – Appleseeds
– March 2007 issue
- Grades 1-5 – 200-word short introducing
Weekly Reader Publications
“Juiced” – Weekly Reader’s Current Health 2
–April/May 2007 issue
- Grades 7-12 – 1000 word feature article about the
health and moral aspects of steroid abuse
- Renamed “Don’t Be a Dope” and reprinted in Current Health 1 February 2008
issue
“Too Hot to
Handle” – Current Health 2 – April/May
2007 issue
- Grades 4-12 – 800 word photo-essay cover
- Published as “Weather Gone Wild” in Current Health 1 the same month
“A Twist of Fate”
– Current Health 2 – January 2008
issue
- Grades 7-12 – 1000 word feature article about the
health and emotional aspects of genetic testing
“A Computer for
Everyone!” – Weekly Reader Science –
December 2007 issue
- Grades 3-5 – 800 word feature article about the
One Laptop Per Child program and the basics of computer technology.
Peter Piper Publishing
“Stinky Snow” –
KNOW – January/February 2007 issue
- Grades K-4 – 150-word short about the discovery
of a sulfur spring on a glacier in the Canadian North, the bacteria found
growing there and why NASA is interested in this extreme ecosystem.
“Toothpaste” –
KNOW – July/August 2007 issue
- Grades K-4 – 150-word short about what is in
toothpaste, how it works, what people used before there was
toothpaste-in-a-tube, and how it gets into the tube.
Boy Scouts of
“Pumped Up Poison
Ivy” – Boys’ Life – April 2007
- Grades 6 & up – 200-word short introducing new
scientific research showing poison ivy is getting bigger and meaner due to
global warming – Includes tips on identifying and treating poison ivy
