Life Sciences Across the Grades
Figure 7.3 Biomes of the World
Figure 7.4 Venn Diagram of Plants and Animals
Figure 7.9a “Over in the Meadow” With Words
Figure 7.9b “Over in the Meadow” With Words and Pictures
Figure 7.10 Sample Food Chain and Food Web
Teacher Website Resources and Links:
Plants
The Great Plant Escape: In Search of Green Life—Solving Plant Mysteries
Interdisciplinary (Science, Language, Mathematics) Plants and Seeds Unit (60-page pdf), K–5
What Do Plants Need to Grow (124-page pdf), 2–4
How Much Is Too Much, How Little Is Too Little, 5–8
Popcorn Activities, K–5
- http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/popcorn-activities-k-5.html
- http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson324.shtml
General
Cycle of Life 1: Food Chain Lesson
- http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/cycle-of-life-1-food-chain/
- http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/cycle-of-life-2-food-webs/
Field Trip Writing Exercise, 2–12
Teacher Resources for Science and Language Arts, K–2 and 3–5
- http://www.learner.org/resources/lessonplanbrowse.html?grade_levels%5B%5D=K-2&page=1&per_page=20&query=
- http://www.learner.org/resources/lessonplanbrowse.html?grade_levels%5B%5D=K-2&grade_levels%5B%5D=3-5&page=1&per_page=20&query=
Animals
Animal Coverings Matching Games
Books on Animal Tracks (34-page pdf)
“Over in the Meadow” by Olive A. Wadsworth
- http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/Greengrass.shtml
- http://www.isd622.org/cms/lib07/MN01001375/Centricity/Domain/33/OverintheMedowBook.pdf
Birds