Teaching Resources
Recommended Read Aloud Books
Anderson, Margaret J, and Gretchen Bracher. 1991. Food Chains. Hillside, NJ; Enslow Publishers Inc. A useful book that children can use to research food chains and food webs.
Brinkman, Patricia. 2006. The Solar System. Pelham, N.Y.: Benchmark Education.
Lafferty, Peter. 1989. Energy And Light. New York: Scholastic. A beginner science book full of illustrations introducing children to the sun as both a source of energy and light.
O'Donnell, Liam, Richard Dominguez, and Charles Barnett. 2007. Understanding Photosynthesis With Max Axiom, Super Scientist. Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press. A comic book version illustrating plants and photosynthesis that children enjoy reading.
Latham, Donna. 2009. Respiration And Photosynthesis. Chicago, Illinois: Raintree. An excellent illustrated book relating plants and animals to the world around them.
O'Donnell, Liam, Cynthia Martin, and Bill Anderson. 2007. The World Of Food Chains With Max Axiom, Super Scientist. Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press. A comic book version illustrating producers, consumers, food chains, food webs, energy pyramids, and humans impact on them.
Pipe, Jim, and Suzy Gazlay. 2008. Earth's Ecosystems. Pleasantville, NY: Gareth Stevens Pub. Beautifully illustrated and informative book about ecosystems, natural cycles, and biomes in an ever changing world.
Activity Materials
Interactive Notes
Notebooks
Glue
Scissors
Prisms (Set of 5 – 10 per class size)
Clear drinking glasses (1 per 4 students)
Sticky notes
Paper towels
Zip lock bags
Access to trees with green leaves on them
Board / bucket to cover grass with
Romaine lettuce
Glass jar
Pie dish
Assorted pictures of plants, animals, and decomposers (aquatic and terrestrial)
Cardstock
Laminator
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