{"id":14,"date":"2021-11-21T15:14:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T15:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T02:43:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T02:43:33","slug":"authors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/index.php\/authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14\" class=\"elementor elementor-14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3447f83 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"3447f83\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3a35f8\" data-id=\"b3a35f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32eb271 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32eb271\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 17-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MEET THE AUTHORS<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-485ef7e elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"485ef7e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c944cd5\" data-id=\"c944cd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3adbe9c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3adbe9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 17-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><em>Picture-Perfect Science<\/em>\u00a0authors Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan are both former elementary teachers\u00a0who&#8217;ve honed their approach to teaching science through their presentation of high-energy, hands-on workshops to teachers nationwide. In\u00a0addition to writing the\u00a0<em>Picture-Perfect Science<\/em>\u00a0book series, they have contributed to the\u00a0&#8220;Teaching Through Trade Books&#8221;<em>\u00a0<\/em>column for NSTA\u2019s elementary journal,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsta.org\/science-and-children\"><em>Science &amp; Children<\/em><\/a>, where teachers can find many more ideas for using children\u2019s literature to teach science.\u00a0Karen and Emily\u00a0have\u00a0nearly\u00a050 years of combined experience in the classroom and as leaders in the field\u00a0of elementary science professional development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-460970c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"460970c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21f68a6\" data-id=\"21f68a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abe4031 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"abe4031\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 17-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ansberry-Headshot-2020-214x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2098\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ansberry-Headshot-2020-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ansberry-Headshot-2020-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ansberry-Headshot-2020-768x1076.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ansberry-Headshot-2020-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ansberry-Headshot-2020-1462x2048.jpg 1462w, https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ansberry-Headshot-2020-scaled.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc42c60\" data-id=\"bc42c60\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0073403 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0073403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Karen Ansberry<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb40bc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb40bc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"mailto:karen@pictureperfectscience.com\">karen@pictureperfectscience.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60241e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60241e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Karen Ansberry<\/strong>\u00a0co-founded\u00a0<em>Picture-Perfect Science<\/em> to give elementary teachers the tools they need to help students learn to read and read to learn. As a former classroom teacher, she understands that teachers are crunched for time and need high-interest, ready-to-use lessons that integrate literature, reading strategies, and science. After graduating from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio with a bachelor\u2019s degree in biology, she completed an internship in the Cincinnati Zoo\u2019s education department. This experience inspired her to change her career focus from wildlife biology to elementary education, and after earning a Master of Arts in teaching from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, she began teaching fifth and sixth grade science at Mason City Schools, in Mason, Ohio. She served as the Elementary Science Curriculum Leader there for 16 years, and now works with Emily to develop teacher-friendly, standards-based science lessons and facilitate Picture-Perfect Science workshops. She is also a co-author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsta.org\/store\/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505\/9781936959136\"><em>Teaching Science Through Tradebooks<\/em><\/a>, published by NSTA Press, and the author of the children&#8217;s book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nature-Did-First-Engineering-Biomimicry\/dp\/1584696583\/ref=zg_bs_16244711_85?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=M8AJ5EHB1RVXDW0H4PW2\"><em>Nature Did it First: Engineering through Biomimicry.<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>Karen lives in Lebanon, Ohio with her husband, two sons, two daughters, and two dogs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9609d28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9609d28\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ead6d9d\" data-id=\"ead6d9d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a33be58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a33be58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Emily-New-Author-Photo-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2092\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Emily-New-Author-Photo-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Emily-New-Author-Photo-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Emily-New-Author-Photo-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Emily-New-Author-Photo-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Emily-New-Author-Photo-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/pictureperfectscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Emily-New-Author-Photo-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87c88b0\" data-id=\"87c88b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7afe55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7afe55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Emily Morgan<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea4bd82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea4bd82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"mailto:emily@pictureperfectscience.com\">emily@pictureperfectscience.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2180eec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2180eec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Emily Morgan<\/strong> feels that tapping into students\u2019 fascination with science will give them the motivation to read about it. She believes that every teacher is a reading teacher and enjoys writing lessons that use engaging picture books and integrate reading strategies. Emily has a bachelor\u2019s degree in education from Wright State University and a master\u2019s in education from the University of Dayton. She taught seventh grade science at Northridge Local Schools in Dayton, Ohio, and second through fourth grade science lab at Mason City Schools in Mason, Ohio. She has served as a science consultant for the Hamilton County Educational Service Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, and as the science leader for the High AIMS Consortium. She is currently\u00a0 working as the Moonshot Ohio Coordinator for the Ohio Afterschool Network in addition to writing. She is the author of the award-winning<em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nexttimeyousee.com\/\"><em>Next Time You See\u00a0<\/em><\/a>nonfiction picture book series and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Never-Stop-Wondering-Emily-Morgan\/dp\/1681400081\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=191QXU9GYB2OJ&amp;keywords=never+stop+wondering&amp;qid=1697765572&amp;sprefix=never+stop+wondering%2Caps%2C89&amp;sr=8-1\">Never Stop Wondering<\/a><\/em>, both from NSTA Press. Her latest book is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1071912208\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1\"><em>Balance Screen Time with Green Time: Connecting Students With Nature<\/em> <\/a>by Corwin Press. Emily lives in West Chester, Ohio with her husband, son, and a golden retriever named Copernicus.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f79098 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f79098\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d73825c\" data-id=\"d73825c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEET THE AUTHORS Picture-Perfect Science\u00a0authors Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan are both former elementary teachers\u00a0who&#8217;ve honed their approach to teaching science through their presentation of high-energy, hands-on workshops to teachers nationwide. 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