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Alpasan, Eunice. 2023. “Chicago Has 3 New Piping Plovers at Montrose: Meet Sea Rocket, Prickly Pear and Wild Indigo.” WTTW News, July 12
This article continues celebrating the offspring and family tree of Monty and Rose.
Bauer, Kelly. 2026. “4 Piping Plovers Hatch at Montrose Beach.” Block Club Chicago
This article continues celebrating the offspring and family tree of Monty and Rose.
Berger, Warren. 2014. A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas. Bloomsbury.
This book highlights the importance of asking questions and how they can be a gateway to advocacy and innovation.
Carla Baricz and James Kessenides, curators, "Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: Rachel Carson’s Environmental Vision," exhibition, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, May 18–October 4, 2026
This exhibit, which I viewed during the Intensive Session at YNI, was instrumental in writing this curriculum unit.
Carson, Rachel. 2021. Rachel Carson: The Sea Trilogy (LOA #352). Library of America.
Rachel Carson’s first three books are written in such a way that they made ordinary people understand science.
Chicago Park District. 2024. “Chicago’s Very Own Native Son, Imani the Great Lakes Piping Plover, Returns to Montrose Beach Dunes’ Monty & Rose Wildlife Habitat for the 2024 Season.” April 25.
This statement by the Chicago Park District demonstrates the effects volunteers had on persuading the park district to work towards the piping plover’s conservation.
Chicago Piping Plovers. 2023. “Chicago Piping Plovers.” In Chicago Piping Plovers
This website was made when Monty and Rose first appeared on Montrose Beach and has tracked their offspring.
Ebsco. 2023. “Dutch Elm Disease Arrives in the United States | History | Research Starters | EBSCO Research.”
This article helped me better understand the history of Dutch elm disease.
Gretchen, Kraig-Turner, Liza, Jana, and Jen. 2026. “Science Teaching for Social Justice.” Rethinking Schools.
This article shows a great way to get students asking questions in biology.
Kimmerer, Robin Wall. 2013. Braiding Sweetgrass. In Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Milkweed Editions.
This book talks about the reciprocity that exists between the natural world and goes hand in hand with Rachel Carson’s life work.
Lei, Ryan F., Emily R. Green, Sarah Jane Leslie, and Marjorie Rhodes. 2019. “Children Lose Confidence in Their Potential to ‘Be Scientists,’ but Not in Their Capacity to ‘Do Science.’” Developmental Science 22 (6).
This study shows the importance of giving students time to do science as a verb.
Lipske, Michael. 2024. “How Rachel Carson Helped Save the Brown Pelican.” In National Wildlife Federation.
This article explains the connection between Silent Spring and the conservation efforts of birds of prey.
The Peregrine Fund. n.d. “History of the Peregrine Falcon | the Peregrine Fund.” In Peregrinefund.Org. Accessed August 14, 2026.
This article explains the connection between Silent Spring and the conservation efforts of birds of prey.
Vlamis, Kelsey. 2020. “How One Woman Revived the City’s Most Impressive Natural Ecosystem.” Chicago Reader, October 7.
This article highlights Leslie Borns’ contribution to the Montrose Sand Dunes.
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