Energy, Climate, Environment

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.07.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Objectives
  3. Rationale
  4. Strategies
  5. Activities:
  6. Appendix A: Implementing District Standards
  7. Annotated Bibliography
  8. Annotated Children's Bibliography
  9. Endnotes

Teaching Ecology Principles through the Study of an Ecosystem

Valerie J. Schwarz

Published September 2009

Tools for this Unit:

Annotated Children's Bibliography

Bell, David Owen. Chesapeake Bay Walk. Annapolis: Tidewater Publishers, 1998. This book has beautiful illustrations and will introduce children to species and vocabulary associated with the bay.

Cherry, Lynne. A River Ran Wild. Douglas: Harcourt Children's Books, 2002. This beautifully illustrated and very informative story tells the effect of human impact on a river.

David, Laurie, and Cambria Gordon. Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming. New York: Orchard Books, 2007. This book is full of cool facts about global warming.

Rockwell, Anne F. Why Are the Ice Caps Melting? (Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science: Stage 2). Logan, Iowa: Perfection Learning, 2006. An introduction to global warming written in terms children can easier comprehend.

Rockwell, Anne. What's So Bad About Gasoline? Fossil Fuels and What They Do (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2). London: Collins, 2009. A beginner science book full of information about the harm fossil fuels pose to the environment.

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