Asking Questions in Biology: Discovery versus Knowledge

Teacher Resources

The following is a list of student books for life cycles.

Butterfield, Moira, and Paul Johnson. Butterfly. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Delafosse, Claude. Butterflies. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1997.

Fowler, Allan, and Janann V. Jenner. From seed to plant. New York: Children's Press, 2001.

Fridell, Ron. Life cycle of a— pumpkin. Chicago, Ill.: Heinemann Library, 2001.

Ganeri, Anita. From egg to chicken. Chicago, Ill.: Heinemann Library, 2006.

Gibbons, Gail. From seed to plant. New York: Holiday House, 1991.

Heller, Ruth. Chickens aren't the only ones. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1981.

Legg, Gerald, Carolyn Franklin, and David Salariya. From egg to chicken. New York: F. Watts, 1998.

Legg, Gerald, and Carolyn Franklin. From seed to sunflower. New York: Franklin Watts, 1998.

Legg, Gerald, Carolyn Franklin, and David Salariya. From caterpillar to butterfly. New York: F. Watts, 1998.

Ling, Mary, and Kim Taylor. Butterfly. Rev. pbk. ed., rev. ed. London: DK, 2007.

Nelson, Robin. From egg to chicken. Minneapolis, Minn.: Lerner Publications Co., 2003.

Pfeffer, Wendy, and Holly Keller. From tadpole to frog. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.

Royston, Angela. Life cycle of a sunflower. Des Plaines, Ill.: Heinemann Library, 1998.

Stewart, David, and Carolyn Franklin. From tadpole to frog. New York: Franklin Watts, 1998.

Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner. Tadpole to frog. New York: Scholastic, 2001.

Web sites for frog facts, purchasing frogs and supplies online.

http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/weird.html

http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/frogs/facts.htm

http://www.westallegheny.k12.pa.us/mckee/reading_activities/grade%202/frog_facts.htm

http://www.frogsvilleusa.com/facts/index.html

http://www.nature-gifts.com/grow-a-live-frog.html

http://www.hometrainingtools.com/frog-hatchery-deluxe-kit/p/LM-FROGKIT/

http://www.insectlore.com/

Web sites with information and supplies for chickens.

http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/elementary/lifecycles/chickens.htm

http://lsault.tripod.com/incubation_tips.htm about keeping chicks

http://applesandabcs.blogspot.com/2012/03/life-cycle-of-chicken.html- This site demonstrates the activities a kindergarten class used to study chickens.

http://www.hometrainingtools.com/life-cycle-of-a-chicken/a/1482/ This site has directions for several experiments disappearing eggshell – shrinking egg – discover feathers and fun facts

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5266452_life-cycle-chickens.html life cycle of a developing embryo

http://www.ehow.com/info_8569216_differences-life-cycles-frogs-chickens.html compares the life cycle of a frog and a chicken

Web sites with information on butterflies.

http://www.ehow.com/search.html?s=Life+Cycle+Butterfly&skin=corporate&t=all&rs=1

http://www.thebutterflysite.com/life-cycle.shtml good photos of stages and video

http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle/

http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/elementary/lifecycles/butterflies.htm- pintables, activities & games