Content Pathfinder

Claudia Fett

Tremont Elementary School

2900 Tremont Road

Columbus, OH 43221

Workshop Location: March 17, ORCLISH

Title of Content Pathfinder: Plants and Their Environment

Grades 2 & 4

Class: Elementary Science Class

Specific Topic: Plants (Life Science)

(Students will demonstrate an understanding of how living systems function and interact with their physical environment.)

Content Pathfinder

Plants and Their Environment

May, 2004

Print Resources: Fiction

E A Applebaum, Diana. Cocoa Ice. New York: Orchard Books, 1997

E B Baker, Jeannie. Story of Rosy Dock. New York: Greenwillow, 1995

E B Brown, Ruth. Ten Seeds. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001

E C Carle, Eric. Tiny Seed. Saxonville, MA: Picture Book Studio, 1987

E F Fleischman, Paul. Weslandia, Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 1999

E E Ehlert, Lois. Growing Vegetable Soup, New York: Harcourt Brace, 1987

E F Fleming, Denise. Where Once There was a Wood, New York: Henry Holt, 1996

E F Freymann, Saxton How Are You Peeling, New York: Arthur Levine, 1999

E H Hall, Zoe. It’s Pumpkin Time, New York,: Blue Sky Press, 1994

E H Hutchins, Pat. Titch, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1993

E N Nolen, Jerdine. Balloon Farm, New York, NY: Scholastic, 1994

E R Rey, H.A. Elizabite, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969

E R Rockwell, Anne. Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night, New York:Walker & Co.,1999

E S Stevens, Janet. Tops & Bottoms, New York, N.Y: Harcourt Brace, 1995

E S Stewart Sarah. The Gardener, New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1997

E T Tolstoy, Alexei. Great Big Enormous Turnip, New York, NY: Franklin Watts, 1968

E U Ushinsky, Konstantin. How a Shirt Grew in the Field, New York: Clarion books, 1992

E W Wallace, Nancy. Paperwhite, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000

Print Resources: Non Fiction

580 WOR Worth, Bonnie. Oh Say Can you Seed? New York: Random House, 2001

581 BYL Byles, Monica. Experiment with Plants, Minneapolis, MN: Lerner, 1992

581 GIE Giesecke, Ernstine. Wetland Plants, Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 1999

581 GIE Giesecke, Ernstine. Forest Plants, Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 1999

581 GIE Giesecke, Ernstine. Desert Plants, Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 1999

581 HAS Haslam, Andrew. Plants, Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc., 1997

581 MAS Masani, Isabella. How Do Seeds Travel? Washington, D,C,: National Geographic Society, 2003

581 MOR Morgan, Sally. Roots, Stems and Leaves, North Mankato, MN: Thameside

Press, 2002

581 PAS Pascoe, Elaine. How & Why Seeds Travel, Milawaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens

Publishing, 2000

581 SCH Schwartz, David. Stems & Roots, Wilwaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens,1998

581 SPI Spilsbury, Louise. Plant Habitats, Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 2003

581 SPI Spilsbury, Louise. Plant Growth, Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 2003

581 SPI Spilsbury, Louise. Plant Classification, Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 2003

581 SPI Spilsbury, Louise. Plant Parts, Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 2003

581 STE Stewart, Melissa. Plants(Simply Science Series), Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books, 2003

581 WHU Whitehouse, Patricia. Roots, Chicago, IL: Heineman Library, 2002

581 WHU Whitehouse, Patricia. Plant ABC, Chicago, IL: Heineman Library, 2002

581 WHU Whitehouse, Patricia. Leaves, Chicago, IL: Heineman Library, 2002

581 WHU Whitehouse, Patricia. Seeds, Chicago, IL: Heineman Library, 2002

581.3 MOR Morgan, Sally. From Seed to Sunflower, North Mankato, MN: Thameside

Press, 2002

581.3 MOR Morgan, Sally. Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds, North Mankato, MN: Thameside Press, 2002

581.6 ROY Royston, Angela. Plants and Us, Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 1999

582 JOR Jordan, Helene. How a Seed Grows, New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1992

582 KUH Kuhn, Dwight. Seeds and Seedlings, Woodbridge, CT: Blackbirch Press,1997

582 ORM Orme, Helen. Why Do Plants Grow in Spring? Milwaukee, WI: Gareth

Stevens Publishing, 2003

582 WHI Whitehouse, Patricia, Flowers, Chicago, IL: Heineman Library, 2002

582.16 AYE Ayers, Patricia. A Kid’s Guide to How Flowers Grow, New York, NY:

Power Kids Press, 2000

582.16 LOC Locker, Thomas. Sky Tree, New York: Harper Collins, 1995

583 GEN Gentle, Victor. Venus Fly Traps and Waterwheels, Milaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1996

583 GEN Gentle, Victor. Bladderworts, Milaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1996

583 GEN Gentle, Victor. Pitcher Plants, Milaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1996

583 HIM Himmelman, John. A Dandelion’s Life, New York: Children’s Press, 1998

583 JEN Jenkins, Martin. Fly Traps! Plants That Bite Back, Cambridge, MA:

Candlewick Press, 1996

583 MOR Morgan, Sally, Plants and Life, North Mankato, MN: Thameside Press, 2002

583 POS Posada, Mia. Dandelions, Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 2000

583 ROY Royston, Angela. Life Cycle of a Sunflower, Des Plaines, Illinois, Heineman Library, 1998

583 ROY Royston, Angela. Life Cycle of a Bean, Des Plaines, Illinois, Heineman Library, 1998

583 ROY Royston, Angela. Life Cycle of an Apple, Des Plaines, Illinois, Heineman Library, 1998

583 SCH Schaefer, Lola. This is the Sunflower, New York: Greenwillow, 1999

583 SCH Schwartz, David. Bean, Huntington Beach, CA: Creative Teaching Press, Inc., 1999

583 SCH Schwartz, David. Maple Tree, Huntington Beach, CA: Creative Teaching Press, Inc., 1999

583 SCH Schwartz, David. Sunflower, Huntington Beach, CA: Creative Teaching Press, Inc., 1999

Reference Books

REF 031 HEI Heinemann Fist Encyclopedia. 1999

REF 031 WOR World Book Student Dicovery Encyclopedia. 2003

Professional Resources

PROF 372.6 STE Stead, Tony. Is That a Fact? Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers, 2002

PROF 507 BAI Bain, Amy. Soloman Resource Guide, Cincinnati, OH: Solomon Publishing, 1993

PROF 582 AIMS Tillman, Beverly. “Primarily Plants” AIMS. 1990: 135-157.

PROF 811.54 ROU Routman, Regie. Kid’s Poems Teaching Second Graders to Love Writing Poetry, New York, NY: Scholastic, 2000

Websites for Students

Wonderful World of Trees

http://www.domtar.com/arbre/english/start.htm

This web site is good for a year round observation of a tree.

Yahooligans!

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/

This search engine is wonderful for elementary age children. Children need only type the

name of a specific plant in the search box and hit “return” in order to locate information

at an elementary child’s reading level.

Ask Jeeves for Kids

http://www.ajkids.com/

“Ask Jeeves for Kids” is another wonderful search engine for elementary age children.

Study tools, such as the dictionary, thesaurus, and almanac are provided on the main

page.

Websites for Teachers

Kids Gardening

http://www.kidsgardening.org/

This site has a teacher’s room section with classroom stories, advice, activities and

suggested web sites.

Big 6

http://www.big6.com/

The Big6 is an information literacy model. Some people call it a metacognitive scaffold,

or an information problem solving strategy. Developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob

Berkowitz, the Big6 is the most widely-known and widely-used approach to teaching

information and technology skills in the world

Poetry Teachers

http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html

This web site shows many ways to inspire poetry writing in your classroom. If a student

is to use this website, s/he must be a strong reader.

Poetry Writing with Karla Kuskin

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/karla_home.htm

Teachers, go to the “Teacher’s Guide” section of this website. You will find a ready

made poetry project, complete with national standards correlations for both language

arts and technology.

INFOhio Electronic Resources

http://www.infohio.org/

INFOhio is a state funded resource free to all Ohio’s K-12 students and teachers.

Username and password is required for home access. The username and password can

be obtained from your school library media specialist.

The following electronic resources, found under Resources for Grades K-6 button,

would be must useful for gathering information about plants and their environment:

SIRS Discover

http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/SIRS.asp

This resource is a full-text database of articles and graphics from more than 1400 U.S

and international magazines.

First Gov for Kids (subject = plants and animals)

http://www.kids.gov/

This site provides links to Federal kids’ sites along with some of the best kids’ sites from

other organizations all grouped by subject.

Searchasaurus

http://www.infohio.org/er/secure/ebscosearchasaurus.asp

This resource provides a database of articles and graphics for use at the elementary level.

When searching for information about plants, the following path could be taken:

Searchsaurus - primary search – nature – plants

Videos

All videos listed are the property of Upper Arlington City Schools, and are available for

the general public (both staff, students and their families).

Learning About Science: Flowers. Videocassette, AIMS Media. 15 min.

Living and Nonliving Things. Videocassette. 100% Educational Video, 2003. 12 min.

Plants and Their Importance.Videocassette. 100% Educational Video, 1997. 13 min.

Sunflowers. Videocassette. Benchmark Media, 1995. 10 min.

Wonders of Growing Plants.Videocassette. Churchill Media, 2001. 14 min.