Resources

toc = Books= = = = = = = = = Here is a list of great books to read on plants and gardening:

__Apple Doll, The__ by Elisa Kleven

__Picking Apples and Pumpkins__ by Amy Hutchins

__Pumpkin, Pumpkin__ by Jean Titherington

__Pumpkins__ by Ken Robbins

__Sunflower,The__ by Frances Barry

__Tiny Seed__ by Eric Carle  __Follow the Drinking Gourd__ by Jeanette Winter

Books that I have that can be loaned: Dawn Davis - Moriarty School 823-4206

Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey  Usborne First Nature – Flowers __Flowers__ Creative Teaching Press

__The Carrot Seed__ Ruth Krauss

__Growing Vegetable Soup__ Lois Ehlert

__The Reason For a Flower__ Ruth Heller

__Grandpa’s Garden Lunch__ Judith Caseley

__Anna’s Garden Songs__ Lena Anderson, Mary Q. Steele

__If A Tree Could Talk__ Creative Teaching Press

__Talk About Soil__ Angela Webb, Chris Fairclough

__Eating the Alphabet__ Lois Ehlert

__Anno’s Magic Seeds__ Mitsumasa Anno

__Everybody Bakes Bread__, Norah Dooley

__Everyone Serves Soup__, Norah Dooley

From the Houghton Mifflin Readers:

__The Huge Carrot__ (1.6.1)

__Planting Beans and Beets__ (1.8.1.)

__The Empty Lot__ (2.2.2)

__Busy Bees__ (2.4.2)

__The Amazing Earthworm__ (2.4.2) __My Green Thumb__ (3.3.3)

__Pick A Pumpkin__ (3.3.3)

__Peters Harvest__ (4.2.3)

__Jane in the Beanstalk__ (4.3.2)

__Potato Pride__ (4.6.1)

__Peter's Harvest__ (4.6.1)

From Bishop School's Library

__Gardening by the Numbers__, Celia Minden

__Green and Growin__g, Susan Blackaby

__Green Thumbs__, Laurie Carlson

__Exploring Plants__, Jeremy Smith

=Web Sites =  Link to CSDE []
 * Here are some great web sites you may want to visit: **


 * Go to link to Curriculum and Instruction
 * Click on Science (microscope icon)

[|National Science Teacher] - search Science and Children articles.

[|SciLinks]the World's a Click Away

[|Foss Web] - Full Option Science System

[|ExplOritorium] - Tools for Teachers

[|My First Garden]  [|Kids Gardening] - site for kids from the National Gardening Association

[|Aggie Horticulture Just for Kids] - all about gardening and nutrition.

[|The Science of Gardening] - learn about the science in your garden.

[|Nutrition in the Garden] - learn why gardening is healthy.

[|Kids' Valley Garden] - learn all about planting a garden.

[|Children's Garden in San Antonio, Texas] - see this video about other children who are gardening.

[|School Gardens] - learn all about gardening at school.

[|The Botanists-in-Training Dictionary] - an online dictionary about plants for kids.

[|BiteSize, Helping Plants Grow] - a game to play to find out what conditions are best for plant growth.

[|National Geographic Kids Plant Power] - test your knowledge about how plants grow.

[|Enchanted Learning Plant Pages] - lots of information about all kinds of plants.

[|The Biology of Plants] - good information about all aspects of plant life.

[|Plants Need Light and Water to Grow] - interactive activities to show what happens to plants when conditions change.

[|The Life Cycle of Plants] - another interactive activity with special whiteboard screen.

[|Food a Fact of Life, Food and Farming - Plants] a short video about food farming

[|Plant Explorer] - more interactive activities about plants

[|Transport in Plants] - an animation to show how water and minerals travel through a plant.

[|The Great Plant Escape] - Play a game to help Detective Laplant and his friends Bud and Sprout solve a mystery.

[|Helping Plants Grow] - another interactive activity to show how plants grow.

[|Paper Towel Plants] - a video showing how to grow seeds in a bag.

[|Vascular Plants from Harcourt Schools] - another animation to show how plants get water and minerals from the soil.

[|Watch It Grow - New Plants] - a simulation that compares the growth of several vegetables.

[|Illuminating Photosynthesis from PBS] - this site explains photosynthesis using animation and interactivity.

[|The Tomato Zone] - lots of fun activities to teach you everything you wanted to know about tomatoes.

[|Adventures of the Argonauts] - interactive adventures about growing plants on the moon!

[|Hunkins Experiments] - search through the list to find lots of experiments you can do with plants.

[|Roots, Stems, Leaves Song] - Sing along to learn the parts of a plant.

[|Pollen Park] - an interactive site that teaches how plants reproduce.

[|Seedy Characters] - interactive quiz to learn how seeds travel.

[|Raise a Green Roof] - learn about gardening as you plan a virtual rooftop garden.