The Natural World Through Children's Literature: An Integrated Approach (Through Children's Literature)

in A Similar Treatment To Their Previous Books About Science And Literature, The Authors Consider Over 25 Picture Books (both New And Classic, But All New To This Volume) That Provide Examples In Nature (topics Include Living Things, Earth And Stars, And Natural Changes) For Children To Observe, Describe, And Appreciate. Summaries Of Each Book Are Included As Are Extensive Vocabulary Lists, Science Concepts, Puzzles, And Integrated Activities In Math, Language Arts, Writing, Social Studies, Science, And Art. The Book Also Offers Integrated Activities In The Area Of Information Literacy To Help Hone Student Skills. well-known Authors, Carol And John Butzow Consider Over 25 Picture Books And Correlating Integrated Activities In All Curricular Areas That Provide Examples In Nature For Children To Observe, Describe, And Appreciate. this Book Is Targeted For The Primary Student (k-3) And Focuses Only On Books That Build On Children's Appreciation Of The Natural World. As Added Value To Each Chapter, A List Of Additional Picture Book Titles And Web References Is Included. Contents......Page 6 Illustrations......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 Animal Life Cycles: Mr. Sea horse......Page 16 Animal Movement: From Head to Toe......Page 24 Birds and Bird Behavior: Wild Birds......Page 30 Animal Anat omy: What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?......Page 36 Life of Insects: The Very Ugly Bug......Page 40 Animals of the Rain forest: Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth......Page 46 Fresh water Life: In the Small, Small Pond......Page 52 Animal Adaptation and Survival: Teeth, Tails, and Tentacles......Page 60 Tree Life: Meet ing Trees......Page 64 Vegetables and Gardening: The Ugly Vegetables......Page 72 Invention of the Air plane: My Brothers’ Flying Machine......Page 80 Discovery of an Ichthyosaur: Fossil Girl......Page 88 Land forms and Bod ies of Water: M Is for Majestic......Page 96 Water Conservation: The Incredible Water Show......Page 102 Meteorites: Call Me Ahnighito......Page 108 Discovery of a Comet: Maria’s Comet......Page 112 The Desert: The Tortoise and the Jack rabbit......Page 118 Tornadoes: Twister......Page 126 Hurricanes: Hurricane......Page 132 Conservation Ethics: Henry Works......Page 140 Drought and Survival: The Water Hole......Page 148 The Cloud Forest Environment: The Um brella......Page 152 Light ning and Electricity: How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning......Page 158 Man grove Islands: The Sea, the Storm, and the Man grove Tangle......Page 164 Stream Ecology: Crawdad Creek......Page 168 Trash and Garbage Disposal: I Stink......Page 176 Sea shore Envi ronments: The Sea shore Book......Page 182 Answers to Cross word Puzzles......Page 190 Index......Page 198 About the Authors......Page 202 In a similar treatment to their previous books about science and literature, the authors consider over 25 picture books (both new and classic, but all new to this volume) that provide examples in nature (topics include living things, earth and stars, and natural changes) for children to observe, describe, and appreciate. This book is targeted for the primary student aged 5-9, and unlike others, will focus only on books that build on children's appreciation of the natural world. As added value to each chapter, a list of additional picture book titles and web references is included. New features in this book include integrated activities in the area of information literacy to help hone student skills