Albert J. Musmanno Sr.

Little Poems About Big Ideas in Science Albert J. Musmanno Sr.

The "magic of Rhyme" has made learning easier and more enjoyable for my students and science workshop participants over my 41 years of writing and using my Science poems and songs. I'll share that "magic" with you through the pages of my book. Mr. Musmanno invites you to enjoy learning the important science education involved in the NSTA's And New Jersey Science Core Curriculum content Standards. The poems in the book will be easy and enjoyable to learn because they rhyme. For example, you will learn about an insect from the grasshopper poem. The chorus to the poem goes-"I am an insect, I've got six legs you see. And three parts to my body-I am an insect. The "magic of rhyme" will make learning easier most of the time. Many years ago, when I first started teaching, I was told that the vice principal would be coming in to evaluate my lesson on the upcoming Monday. I was worried and wanted to do my best. We were studying the cell and the vocabulary included the words-endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondrion, protoplasm, etc. A lot of my students had trouble reading so I had to develop a lesson that would enable them to be able to pronounce, read and understand the vocabulary and the lesson about the cell. I was a lead singer in a band in my younger years and realized that the rhymes to the lyrics of the songs made it easy for me to remember and understand. So, I wrote my first science poem and science song-The Cell. I drew the parts of the cell on the board, labeled them and explained what the parts did. The students copied the drawing and the information. Then as a review of the lesson, we read the cell poem. The kids were able to pronounce the words and understand them through the "magic of rhyme". The kids loved it and my principal said it was a great lesson and great poem. Use the poems in my book to help you or someone else near you understand the concepts of Science. I even invited my students to write Science po