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Dr. Lora L. Tyson Education Curriculum Resource Center

The Dr. Lora L. Tyson Education Curriculum Resource Center provides students in the education program access to materials for planning and implementing lessons. Materials housed in the Tyson Center include:

  • A representative selection of K-12 textbook sets
  • Activity suggestion books
  • Children's and young adult literature
  • Manipulatives, kits, and other hands on teaching materials
  • An Ellison shape-cutting machine with a complete set of 4" block letters and numbers, cardinal mascot die, and a variety of other dies
  • A pouch laminator that will laminate materials up to 12 x 18 inches
  • A binding machine
  • A paper trimmer

Tyson Curriculum Resource Center Stacks Map

Map of the stacks of books in the Tyson Curriculum Resource Center

The book stacks in Dr. Lora L. Tyson Curriculum Resource Center consist of a book display and ten rows of books. As you approach the stacks from the stairs, the collection is organized in the following way:

  • The first section of shelves facing the open seating area are dedicated for displays, and typically display current children's literature on a specific theme
  • The first row of books has fictional juvenile literature on both sides of the aisle. 
  • The second row of books has fictional juvenile literature on one side (toward the entrance to the stacks) and nonfiction juvenile literature on the other side
  • The third row of books has nonfictional juvenile literature on one side of the aisle and curriculum materials/k-12 textbooks on the other side
  • The fourth, fifth, and sixth rows have curriculum materials/k-12 textbooks on both sides of the aisle 
  • The seventh, eighth, and ninth rows have curriculum activities on both sides of the aisle 
  • The tenth aisle has oversized curriculum activities

2022-2023 Picture Book Winner - Asian Pacific American Award for Literature

From the Tops of the Trees

Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences of the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. The Thai camp holds many thousands of Hmong families who fled in the aftermath of the little-known Secret War in Laos that was waged during America's Vietnam War. For Kalia and her cousins, life isn't always easy, but they still find ways to play, racing with chickens and riding a beloved pet dog. Just four years old, Kalia is still figuring out her place in the world. When she asks what is beyond the fence, at first her father has no answers for her. But on the following day, he leads her to the tallest tree in the camp and, secure in her father's arms, Kalia sees the spread of a world beyond.

2023 Schneider Family Book Award Winner

Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

A gorgeous and empowering picture book biography about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world. (Cover may vary)

“No. You can’t,” people said.
But Evelyn knew she could. She had found her own way to listen.

From the moment Evelyn Glennie heard her first note, music held her heart. She played the piano by ear at age eight, and the clarinet by age ten. But soon, the nerves in her ears began to deteriorate, and Evelyn was told that, as a deaf girl, she could never be a musician. What sounds Evelyn couldn’thear with her ears, though, she could feel resonate through her body as if she, herself, were a drum. And the music she created was extraordinary. Evelyn Glennie had learned how to listen in a new way. And soon, the world was listening too.

2023 Caldecott Medal Winner, 2021-2022 Picture Book Winner - Asian Pacific American Award for Literature, 2022 Newberry Honor

Watercress

Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl’s parents stop suddenly when they spot something growing in a ditch by the side of the road…watercress! With an old paper bag and some rusty scissors, the whole family wades into the muck to collect as much of the muddy, snail-covered plant as they can.

At first, it’s embarrassing. Why can’t her family get food at the grocery store? But when her mother shares the story of her family’s life in China, the girl learns to appreciate the fresh food they foraged. Together, they make a new memory of watercress in this tender story inspired by the author’s childhood memories and illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Jason Chin.

2023 Caldecott Medal Winner

Hot Dog

This hot dog has had enough of summer in the city! Enough of sizzling sidewalks, enough of wailing sirens, enough of people’s feet right in his face. When he plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner endeavors to get him the breath of fresh air he needs. She hails a taxi, hops a train, and ferries out to the beach.

Here, a pup can run!

With fluid art and lyrical text that have the soothing effect of waves on sand, award-winning author Doug Salati shows us how to find calm and carry it back with us so we can appreciate the small joys in a day.

2023 Youth Illustrator Medal Winner Pura Belprรฉ

Where Wonder Grows

When Grandma walks to her special garden, her granddaughters know to follow her there. Grandma invites the girls to explore her collection of treasures--magical rocks, crystals, seashells, and meteorites--to see what wonders they reveal. "They are alive with wisdom," Grandma says. As her granddaughters look closely, the treasures spark the girls' imaginations. They find stories in the strength of rocks shaped by volcanoes, the cleansing power of beautiful crystals, the mystery of the sea that houses shells and shapes the environment, and the long journey meteorites took to find their way to Earth. This is the power of Grandma's special garden, where wonder grows and stories blossom.

Circulation Policies

Materials in the Dr. Lora L. Tyson Education Curriculum Resource Center can be checked out by both faculty and students for the following loan periods.

COLLECTION

LOAN PERIOD

Curriculum (C)

1 week

Curriculum Activities (C Activities)

1 week

Juvenile

4 weeks

Materials that are still needed at the end of the loan period may be renewed up to a maximum of three times.  



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