HABITATS NAME: Cheryl Burnett SCHOOL: Driscoll Elementary School, Centerville City Schools WORKSHOP LOCATION: Centerville TITLE OF COMPANION ACTION PLAN: Habitats GRADE LEVELS: 2 & 3 CURRICULUM/SUBJECT AREA: Science SPECIFIC TOPIC: Habitats This is a Pathfinder for the new science course of study for Centerville City Schools. The Dewey numbers are as follows: 577.6 591 591.5 598.2 CA CD-ROM 591 VC 574.92 VC 591 VC 577 VC 578.76 Subject headings include: Habitats Ecosystems Animals BOOKS (FICTION) Walker, Sally M. Seahorse reef: a story of the South Pacific. Describes a seahorse living the coral reefs of the central Philippines, its habitat, life cycle, food, and how it protects itself from predators. Lewis, J. Patrick. Earth & me, our family tree: nature's creatures. Many diverse creatures, including a beetle, a hawk, a whale, a dragonfly, a deer, a penguin, and a boy, converse about their habitats, which are all so different, but together make up the earth. BOOKS (NONFICTION) Zeman, Anne. Everything you need to know about science homework. Snowball, Diane. Exploring freshwater habitats. Illustrations and text describe five freshwater environments located in countries throughout the world that serve as home to a wide variety of plants and animals. Dorfman, Gillian. Animal homes. Looks at different kinds of animals and the homes in which they live. Menzel-Tettenborn, Helga. Animals in their worlds. Relf, Patricia. The magic school bus hops home: a book about animal habitats. James, Diane. Animal homes: a first look at animals. Introduces young children to the exciting and entertaining world of animals and their homes. Lauber, Patricia. Fur, feathers, and flippers: how animals live where they do. Describes the varied behaviors, physical characteristics, and abilities animals have developed to enable them to survive in the many different environments found on earth. Hirschi, Ron. Where do birds live? Examins where birds live, looking at such natural habitats as ponds, rivers, old trees, mountains, and back yards. PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES Our earth...A...to...Z. National Audubon Society and Dayton Daily News. A collection of activities on: apple, birds, cities, decomposition, earthworms, food chain, habitat, migration, oceans, rainforests, trees, wetlands, zooplankton. Polette, Nancy. Earthwatch: booktalks and activities. A guide for teaching grades 2-6 about environmental protection, including animal habitats, ecosystems, wildlife, nature, and pollution. WEB SITES (FOR STUDENTS) Centerville City Schools IMC Home Page Grolier resources.You can get to this through the Centerville City Schools IMC home page. WEB SITES (FOR TEACHERS) Desert animals and wildlife. Microbe zoo. Prairie dogs. Evergreen project. All about nature: habitats/biomes. INFOHIO ELECTRONIC RESOURCES If you do a primary search (Searchasaurus) in EBSCO, you will find many good ideas for classroom activities. Puzzle in the jungle and a habitat hunt are two of the fun ways to learn about habitats. MEDIA RESOURCES Videocassette: Ocean. DK Vision, 1997. Visits the alien world of the deep. Oceans contain 99% of the living space on Earth, an enormous habitat for a dazzling aquatic population. Videocassette: A home for Pearl. Phillips Petroleum Company. Videocassette: Biotrackers learn all about habitats. Thinkeroo, LLC, 2003. Videocassette: Animals of the rainforest. Schlessinger Video Productions, 1996. Videocassette: Freshwater ecosystems. Schlessinger Media, 2001. Videocassette: Is this a house for hermit crab? Great Plains National.