Unit Studies for Teachers
By Leslie WilsonLesson 7: Putting it All Together on an Ocean Cruise: Build Your Own Study Now!
7-5 Resources
Bibliography
***Note: all books and reading assignments are optional and are provided as additional information for the student.
DOWNLOADS:
Framework Planning Sheet
Character Keys
Study Goodies Treasure Chest
Research Vessel Science Journal
Activity Packet
passport
Ship Plaque
Bendt, Valerie. How to Create Your Own Unit Study. Common Sense Press, 1997.
Chandrasekhar, Aruna. Oliver and the Oil Spill. Landmark Publications
Core Value Series: What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea
Holling, Holling Clancy. Seabird.
– Paddle to the Sea
Instructional Fair. Super Workbook series.
Latham , Jean Lee. Carry On Mr. Bowditch.
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow. Gift of the Sea
Melville, Herman. Moby Dick
Nordhoff, Charles. Mutiny on the Bounty
O'Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Pelttari, Carole.Carry On Mr. Bowditch Study Guide
Scarlata, Robin . What Your Child Needs to Know When. Family Christian Press, 1996.
Siegal, Robert. Whalesong
Santors, Charles. The Little Mermaid: The Original Story .
Sperry, Armstrong. Call It Courage.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island.
Verne, Jules. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
Poems:
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Windham, Sophie.The Mermaid and Other Sea Poems. Scholastic.
Melton's Written and Illustrated By... Awards Contest, Landmark Publications
World Almanac and Book of Facts 2003 current edition
Scholastic. Every Teacher's Thematic Booklist.
Usborne. Essential Science.
The ABCs of Books and Thinking Skills, A Literature-Based Thinking Skills Program.
National Geographic magazines
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Links
Besides the links below, many of the other resources listed in this section have web URLs as well.
General reference tools:
Project Gutenburg Library
http://www.gutenberg.net/
University of Virginia E-Text Library
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu
American Poems Online Library
http://www.americanpoems.com
Ask Eric
http://ericir.syr.edu/
Online encyclopedias:
Tools for designing studies:
http://homeschoolunitstudies.com/Ancient...
Bible search engines: http://crosswalk.com
Troll Biographies:
http://www.troll.com/
General Knowledge:
http://www.ed.gov/free
A breathtaking array of educational resources in all subject areas offered by various government agencies. Science alone listed over 100 resource links from agencies like NASA, NOAA, Dept of Energy.
http://www.evan-moor.com/
Evan Moor publications
The Scientific Method: SM-14 Formula
http://www.buildfreedom.com/content/othe...
sea-going research help:
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_plane...
http://www.cms.udel.edu/ships/
sea-going unit study helps:
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Ocean.htm
http://home.fuse.net/mansfield/marybeth....
PBS' Newton's Apple
http://www.tpt.org/newtons/
book catalogues:
Sundance Company
http://www.sundancepub.com
Rainbow Resource Center
http://www.rainbowresource.com/
NASCO Catalogues
http://www.nasco.com/
Chinaberry
http://www.chinaberry.com/