Dewey 572 Interest Level: Pre-Grade 3 Reading Level: 3.2 Children will understand the energy shared between living things and nature.
Dewey: 779.32 Interest Age Level: 6-9 Notes: This first-person narrative will take you into the struggles for survival in the African wilderness.
Dewey 513 Interest Level: K-3 Reading Level: 2.9 Math can be fun when children think through problems.
Dewey: 551.57 Classification: Biography Interest Level: K-3 Reading Level:4.4 Born in Jericho, VT, Bentley spent his entire life being curious about, drawing, and studying snow crystals.
Dewey 560 Interest Level: K-3 In this “actual size” look at the prehistoric world, you’ll meet some interesting creatures.
Dewey: 567.9 Interest Level: K-3 Reading Level: 2.9 The prehistoric world will come alive with this book.
Dewey: 591.4 Genre: Nonfiction Interest Level: K-3 Reading Level: 3.2 In this visually stunning book, seeing is believing as Steve Jenkins illustrates animals both large and small at ACTUAL SIZE.
Online Resources
Visit this site for ideas for Science demonstrations (building a model volcano and watching it erupt that shows how something works) or experiments (more involved; ask a question, perform experiment, get an answer, compare results).
ETV's educational Web portal, a collection of fun, interactive websites for K-12 students, teachers, and parents will keep you busy with virtual field trips, images, videos, and more.
An interactive site where you can explore and learn about many topics through interactive experiments. Also included are links and resources.
This site offers K-3 25 different games for kids to play while learning about dinosaurs, each featuring different ones with a field guide with animated pictures to learn all about them. Additional links provide further learning.
Thirty science topics allow fun learning opportunities through interactive games, hands-on experiments, gathering ideas, and more.
This website provides an overview of sites reviewed by the Association for Library Service to Children. An icon directs you to the site where a brief summary on the site's content with star rating and link to launch the site.
Here you can follow the weather, migration, and read reports of various bird sightings. For more interactivity, you can report your sightings. For past years' sightings, you can access the archived reports.
An elementary level website with information on the environment (atmosphere, water, weather/climate, plants and animals, energy). The site is clear, with videos, crafts, games, and other activities with interesting graphics and age appropriate language.
Reading Level: 3 Subject: Zoos The Oakland Zoo is home to over 300 animals from 50 different species. You can take a multimedia tour, visit them alphabetically, watch a video or webcam, or read the latest zoo news.
A web-based scientific journal with an editorial board of kids.
With the Frizz, any day can be an adventure. Choose activities such as reading the latest Science news, doing an experiment, or downloading coloring sheets of your favorite MSB characters.