Cynthia J. Chadwell Westfall Elementary School Columbus Workshop Plants Action Plan Fourth Grade Level Life Science Plants and Scientific Inquiry Plants Pathfinder created by Cynthia J.Chadwell This pathfinder was created to assist fourth grade students and teachers in locating information that is aligned to the Ohio Department of Education State Standards of Ohio for Science under both Life Sciences (plants) and Scientific Inquiry. It specifically looks at the life cycles, characteristics and fossil evidence of plants in our world . It includes both fiction and non-fiction materials as well as media and internet sources for more hands-on, student oriented learning. Students Fiction Books: Fic Dad Dadey, Debbie, Frankenstein DoesnBt Plant Petunias, Scholastic Inc., New York, NY, c.1993. Fic Gor Gorland, Sherry, The Lotus Seed, Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, NY, c.1997. Fic McA McArthur, Nancy, The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, Harper Collins, New York, NY, c.1998. Fic McA McArthur, Nancy, Marvelous Adventure of the Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, HarperCollins, New York, NY, c.2000. Fic McA McArthur, Nancy, The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Gets a Girlfriend, Harper Collins, New York, NY, c.1997. Fic McA McArthur, Nancy, The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Goes Hollywood, Harper Collins, New York, NY, c.1998. Fic McA McArthur, Nancy, The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Goes Up in Space, Harper Collins, New York, NY, c.1995. These are books just for fun that have something to do with plants. Non-fiction Books: 582.16 BRO Brockman, Frank C., Trees of North America, St. MartinBs Press, New York, NY, c.2001. 581.7 PLA Burnie, David and Shone, Karl, Eyewitness: Plant, DK Publishing, Inc., London, c.2000. 582.03 COL Cole, Joanna, The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds, Scholastic Inc., New York, NY, c.1995. 581.63 FOR Forsyth, Adrian, How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Food and Medicines from the Rainforests, Maple Tree Press, Richmond Hill, Ontario, c.1995. 580.3 HAG Haglan, Andrew, Plants, Creative Publishing International, Inc., Chanhassen, MN, c.2000. 582.13 HEL Heller, Ruth, The Reason For a Flower, Putnam Juvenile, New York, NY, c.1999. 586 HEL Heller, Ruth, Plants That Never Bloom: World of Nature, Putnam Juvenile, New York, NY, c.1999. 582.0467 JOR Jordan, Helene J., How A Seed Grows, HarperCollins ChildrenBs Books, c.1992. 580.78 LAM Lammert, John, Plants, Rourke Publishing LLC, Vero Beach, FL, c.1992. 582.16 LAW Lawrence, Eleanor, Instant Guide to Trees, Random House Value Publishing, New York, NY, c.1998. 582.16 WAT Watts, Mary T., Winter Tree Finder Vol. 1, Nature Study Guild Publishing, Berkley, CA, c.1970. 582.16 WAT Watts, Mary Theilguard, Tree Finder: A Manual for the Identification of Trees by Their Leaves, Nature Study Guild, Berkley, CA, c.1963. DonBt let the copyright dates fool you on these two books by Mary T. Watts. These are excellent little tools to help to identify trees. TheyBre even small enough to slip in your pocket, which makes them easy to carry along on that hike in the woods! 580 WHA Whalley, Margaret and Graham, Kate, Plants, Creative Publishing International, Inc., Chanhassen, MN, c.2000. These informational books are all written at a level that can be read and understood by fourth grade students. Media Resources: CD 591.96 NAT Stearns, Peggy Healy, Nature: Virtual Serengeti, Grolier Interactive, Danbury, CT, c.2000. Using this CD-ROM you can complete an interactive journal and investigate plants and animals of this East African Serengeti using an interactive field guide. Finish your project by creating your own video documentary! CD 918.66 RAI Stearns, Peggy Healy, Rainforest Designer, Tom Snyder Productions, Watertown, MA, c.2000. This CD-ROM program allows you to design your own rainforest including plants and animal life that are found in the various layers of the forest. You choose what plants and animals you want in your diorama, then you can print it out in full color and assemble it for display. Web Sites: www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/trees2/index.html Click on this link to take you to Exploring the Secret Life of Trees. Here you can learn all about why trees are important to us as well as the parts of a tree. www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/trees1/index.html This website is called Trees Are Terrific, Travels with Pierre. You can learn about the parts of a tree and their importance in its life. There is a comedy club found here as well. www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/woods/index.html At this link you will find A Walk in the Woods, You can create your own stories about your walk in the woods and post them online. Once you have completed the activities there is even a certificate that you can print out. www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html Click here to take you to The Great Plant Escape. This website has activities that you can complete that will help you to understand the life cycle of plants, their structure and needs. There is a glossary here to help you with words that are new to you. Teachers Fiction Books: Fic Ant Anthony, Joseph, The Dandelion Seed, Dawn Publishing, Nevada City, CA, c.1997. Fic Car Carle, Eric, The Tiny Seed, Simon & Schuster ChildrenBs, New York, NY, c.1991. Fic Che Cherry, Lynne, The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest, A Gulliver Green Book, Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, NY, c.1990. All of these books would make excellent read-aloudBs for students of any age. Fic Geo George, Jean Craighead, One Day in the Woods, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY, c.1988. This would make an excellent book to do whole-group before sending students to do a forest habitat journal, used in the Temperate Forests teacherBs manual listed in this pathfinder. There are also other books, by Jean Craighead George in the same format, dealing with different habitats that could be used to compare temperate forests to other habitats of the world. Non-fiction Books: 577.18 BAT Batten, Mary & Doyle, Beverly, Aliens from Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade Other Ecosystems, Peachtree Publishers, Atlanta, GA, c.2003. 580 CHA Charman, Andrew, I Wonder Why Trees Have Leaves and Other Questions About Plants, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA, c.2003. 580 SPI Spilsbury, Louise and Richard, Plant Classification, Heinemann Library, Orlando, FL, c.2002. 580 SPI Spilsbury, Louise A. & Richard, Plant Parts, Heinemann Library, Orlando, FL, c.2002. 630 SPI Spilsbury, Louise A. & Richard, Plant Products, Heinemann Library, Orlando, FL, c.2002. Professional Books: 745.5 COO Cook, Deanna F., Kids Pumpkin Projects, Ideals Publications, Nashville, TN, c.1998. This is an excellent resource for integrating language arts with science. Gardening is observed and data collected and logged in a daily journal, which encourages the authors to use drawings as well as graphs. PRO 574 HOW How Nature Works, H.E.L.P. (Habitat Ecology Learning Program), Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, c.1995. This is an excellent resource and can be used in conjunction with the Temperate Forest book included on this list by the same publisher. 635.048 KIT Kite, L. Patrick and Banek Yvette Santiago, Gardening Wizardry for Kids, BarronBs Educational Series, Inc., Hauppauge, NY, c.1995. Excellent resource for integrating crafts and language arts into science. Encourages the use of journals during gardening which include data collection, drawing pictures, writing poetry, as well as carving jack-o-lanterns, pumpkin pie and pumpkin seed soap. 582 MOO Moore, Jo Ellen, Plants Science Works for Kids Series, Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Monterey, CA, c.1998. This book contains hands-on activities that connect science with real life, as well as easy to teach lessons that includes record sheets, logbook forms, mini books, and picture cards. PRO 500 OHI Ohio Department of Education: Academic Content Standards K-12 Science, Center for Curriculum and Assessment Office of Curriculum and Instruction, Columbus, OH, c.2003. PRO 910 TEM Temperate Forests, H.E.L.P. (Habitat Ecology Learning Program), Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, c.1995. This is an excellent resource, which includes various formats for learning, such as dramas, hands-on activities, and games. 580.78 TOC Tocci, Salvatore, Experiments with Plants, Scholastic Library Publications, New York, NY, c.2002. 581.078 UNW Unwin, Mike, Science with Plants, Usborne Books, London, c.1993. 615.321 MAG ReaderBs Digest, Magic and Medicine of Plants, ReaderBs Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, NY, c.1986. Media Resources: VID 580 MAG The Magic School Bus Gets Planted: Helping a Tiny Sprout Grow Tall, Atlantic, c.2001 (VHS) Another wonderful adventure with Ms. Frizzel and her students into the world of science, at a level easily understood by intermediate students. SLI 910 PRE Presto-Change-O, H.E.L.P. (Habitat Ecology Learning Program), Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, c.1995. (slide show and script.) Web Sites: www.nationalgeographic.com/kids Here you will find great resource for teachers to locate hands-on activities such as crafts and experiments to explore with students. www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html Excellent website that includes three interactive sites for students to use to study plants as well as trees. Each site includes a teachers guide in addition to the games and activities for students. They include The Great Plant Escape, Exploring the Secret Life of Trees, and Trees Are Terrific: Travels with Pierre. These individual URLBs can be found on the For Students section of this Pathfinder. www.kidsgardening.com/ This website includes a Teacher's Room with information about Grow Lab Indoor Garden Basic Science Program. Find online newsletter with articles on herbs, seed saving, nutrition and more. Included are excellent ideas for integrating science with language arts and math.