Bibliography
The following books and websites contain additional information, activities, and enrichment options. The books may be available through publishers, distributors such as bookstores or online retailers, or library systems.
For Students
- Animal Lives: Frog
- Sally Tagholm, Kingfisher, 2005
- Flowers, Trees, and Fruits
- Sally Morgan, Kingfisher, 2002
- Life Cycles
- Michael Elsohn Ross, Millbrook, 2001
- A Parade of Plants
- Melissa Stewart, Compass Point, 2004
- Seeds
- Ken Robbins, Atheneum, 2005
- Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids
- Gail Gibbons, Little, Brown, 2002
For Teachers
- Eyewitness: Plants
- David Burnie, DK, 2000
- Early Themes: Life Cycles
- Maria L. Chang, Scholastic, 1999
- Janice VanCleave's Plants
- Janice VanCleave, Wiley, 1996
Websites
- The Electronic Naturalist
- http://www.enaturalist.org/
- Garden Mosaics
- http://www.gardenmosaics.cornell.edu/
- Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms
- http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/uli.htm
For additional websites, see the Best of the Net feature at www.eduplace.com/science and sites recommended by the National Science Teachers Association at www2.nsta.org/sciencesites/