Science and Language Arts

Here is a list of books that we currently have in the curriculum library or they are on Net library where as the teacher you can gain ideas of how to integrate science and literature together in your curriculum.

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Using Caldecotts Across the Curriculum: Reading and Writing mini lessons, Math and Science Spin offs, Unique Art Activities, and more by Joan Novelli.


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Literature- Based Science Activities: An Integrated Approach. by Audrey Brainard and Denise H. Wrubel

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Science through Children’s Literature: An Integrated Approach (2^nd edition). by Carol M. Butzow and John W. Butzow

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Intermediate Science through Children’s Literature Over Land and Sea, by Carol M. Butzow and John W. Butzow

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Science through Children’s Literature: An Integrated Approach. by Carol M. Butzow and John W. Butzow

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Teaching Physical Science through Children’s Literature: 20 complete lessons for Elementary grades. by Susan E. Gertz, Dwight J. Portman, and Mickey Sarquis.

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Caldecott Connection to Science. by Shan Glandon.

Books on Net Library
Note: If you do not know how to access the Net library ask one of the librarians.

NETLIBRARY BUTZOW
More science through children's literature [computer file]: an integrated approach by Carol M. Butzow and John W. Butzow

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Science through children's literature [computer file]: an integrated approach by Carol M. Butzow and John W. Butzow

Here are a few website that may also help
<>http://oncampus.richmond.edu/~pstohrhu/profdevelop/childlit.html

<>http://www.physics.emich.edu/ebehringer/JoAnneS/webpage/397PHY_webpage.html

Thanks to Jennell Morfitt, guest blogger

The Curriculum Library ...a great place to visit

Social Studies Project Nov 7 The Roaring Twenties

Students from Horace Mann 5th grade experienced a living museum that featured recreations of The Roxy, Harlem streets, homes of the time, grocery stores, New York Yankees stadium, Woman's Temperance crusader, a back room speakeasy and live piano performances at the Cotton Club. Throughout the day students learned lessons about financial climate at the time and were given envelopes filled with money. At the end of the day, the students discovered how their money and investments did during the stock market crash of 1929.

Home life, general store and inventions:
Megan Madison
Elizabeth Rountree
Elizabeth Otten

Yankee Stadium and other entertainment/famous entertainers.
Mendi Richerson
Barbara Merriman
Kristen McConathy

Prohibition
Jennifer Morris
Tracy Dotson
and guests

Harlem Renaissance
Annie Lewis
Katy Rader
Lacey Anderberg

Joel Dixon and Jeanne Akin were New York Times Reporters, undercover

Special thanks goes to Horace Mann 5th graders who were Jr. NY Times reporters undercover

School Nurses can educate children about Infection

Strep Throat
It’s that time of year when children start to miss school days from being sick. Coats are forgotten and the weather turns to cold. Children are confined to the classroom and hand washing techniques are not always completed. This encourages the spread of infection.
Strep throat is an infection that is very common among school-aged kids and teens. The common symptoms of strep throat include fever, stomach pain, and red, swollen tonsils. Further symptoms that will develop within three days include:
red and white patches in the throat
difficulty swallowing
tender or swollen glands (lymph nodes) in the neck
headache
general discomfort, uneasiness, or ill feeling
loss of appetite and nausea
rash

The bacteria can spread easily from person to person by sneezing, coughing, or shaking hands. After experiencing several symptoms, a call to the child’s doctor is a good idea. Most likely the doctor will do a rapid strep test and the infection can be diagnosed in a few minutes.

Treatment for strep throat is an antibiotic medication prescribed from the doctor. Also, it is important that the child gets plenty of rest and drinks plenty of fluids in order to prevent dehydration. In about 24 hours after taking the antibiotics, the temperature should be back to normal and the child should no longer be contagious. After a few days, the symptoms should start to go away.
It is very important to teach children in the classroom the importance of Hand Washing!
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/lung/strep_throat.html

Government website for especially for kids

This site is maintained by the Federal Citizen's Information Center and is specifically designed for kids. This site provides links to Government sites for kids as well as other reputable sources of information. The site is organized by subject which include Arts, Careers, Computers, Fighting Crime, Fun Stuff, Geography, Global Village, Government, Health, History, Homework, Money, Music, Plants and Animals, Recreation, Safety, Science and Math, Space, State Sites and Transportation.

Science Sites by Kimberly

Science is very a very important part in the education of elementary children. Not only will teachers be implementing science into the lesson plans, but parents also should encourage the child’ s learning and excitement about science. Listed below are simple science projects and experiments that can be used the classroom or at home.

This website includes lists of science project ideas and topics.
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/projects.html

This website is for teachers to use experiments and science projects in their lesson plan, as well as ideas to decorate a science wall.
http://www.proteacher.com/110053.shtml

This website is for teachers and elementary students that provides general sites for science, topics and fun activities.
http://www.homeworkspot.com/elementary/science/

Science projects, experiments, and activities that are implemented will help raise the interest level of children in science education.

Teacher Created Resources

Teacher Created Resources has a page on their website that they offer free ideas and resources to teachers. They also give away a free e-book once a month to those who sign up with them to get their updates. This month's free book is on technology. Many of the practical resources we have in the curriculum library have come from Teacher Created Resources.

Their site offers

Free Lesson Plans, Worksheets & Activities
- for 400+ free lesson plans using keywords.
-Lessons can be viewed by Subject and Grade.
-This week's featured subject: Mathematics.

Free Monthly Calendars
Our monthly calendars are packed with daily items of interest!
--You can currently download October, November and December

Free Teaching Tip of the Month
--See this month's teaching tip.
--Free Monthly Activities
-- In October the have included activities for Computer Learning Month and Halloween. You'll also find related clip art, Web sites, and products.
Free Brain Teasers
See this week's brain tickler.

Harper Collins Children's Literature

Harper Collins, the book publishers, have a great website for teachers and librarians. Click on the title above to visit this site.

Features:
What's New -- they feature new books and rereleased favorites.
Authors and Illustrators -- in this section, Harper Collins features a short author/illustrator biography and the other books that they have produced. Below this, they have an extensive list of authors and illustrators that you can click on that include a short biography. Many of the authors featured have personal websites, podcasts or videos to view.
Awards and Honors -- in this section you can search books by the awards that they have won. The awards list is extensive.
Teaching Resources -- This section includes downloadable/printable teaching and reading guides for the books.
Book Activities -- This section has printable pages for teachers to use to reinforce learning.

This site will become a favorite for Elementary, Reading , English and Language Arts teachers.

National Indian Education Study: Part II released

This morning the National Center for Education Statistics released National Indian Education Study: Part II; the educational experiences of 4th- and 8th- grade American Indian and Alaska Native Students. Also known by the acronym "NIES".Here is the press release with links to the report in PDF--http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007454Here is the Executive Summary of the report (about two screens)--
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/studies/2007454.aspHere is the publication (148 pages)--http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/studies/2007454.pdf
And if you missed NIES, Part 1, here it is--http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006463

Message from Steve Beleu Oklahoma Department of Libraries sbeleu@oltn.odl.state.ok.us

Calliope World History magazine from Cobblestone Publication

The curriculum library now has all back issues of Calliope magazine beginning 1990 to the present. Calliope is a magazine that is designed for grades 3-8 and focuses on events in world history. You can find this magazine in ED SEC 308. Here are the upcoming themes for CALLIOPE ®

2006 - 2007 School Year
September -- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
October-- Mesopotamia
November --Greece vs. Persia: Centuries of Conflict
December -- Julius Caesar
January -- Music Travels the Silk Road
February -- China - at the Forefront with Technology
March -- Korea's Silla Dynasty
April -- The French Revolution
May -- Epic Heroes

2007 - 2008 School Year
September -- Akhenaten, Egypt's Heretic King
October -- The Birth of Ancient India
November -- Greek Olympics
December -- Heroes and Heroines of Early Rome
January -- Maps
February -- Mythical Monsters
March -- Genghis Khan
April -- Joan of Arc
May -- Inventions

Science Bulletin Boards from Sarah Wiemero

I found this great website for bulletin boards! Conveniently categorized by subject areas and themes, almost all the bulletin board ideas come with a picture! The ideas are fun, fresh, and creative, and would be a great addition to any classroom or hallway.

Here are a few of my favorites:
Have your class "pitch in a hand" with this tribute to the United States by Sharon Brandt.















For the science side of the room, this bulletin board clearly demonstrates the water cycle with a realistic diagram by Mr. Michael Koloski.













Safety First! Beware Stranger Danger is a great idea for the hallway in an elementary school reminding kids to be careful about strangers by Kay Robinson.













So have fun creating helpful and vibrant bulletin boards for your students! And be sure to stop by the Curriculum Library to make use of our die cuts, borders, paper, and laminating services!
(all pictures taken from http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=20303&ck=).

Sarah Wiemero Family Development Major

Science Websites to visit

One of the best resources around is kidsites.com science websites. There are multiple places for kids to visit and learn about different concepts of science


Amusement Park Physics is a sight that actually lets kids design their own roller coaster. They get to choose the height of the first and second hills, the slope after the hill, and an optional loop. At the end they receive a fun rating and a safety rating. They can view why their roller coaster did not pass the requirements and make changes accordingly. This site offers the dynamics of physics in a way that is concise and interactive.



Another site listed is National Geographic’s Beyond 2000. Researchers and inventors share possible things that can happen in the next generation. These items include video watches, global positionaling to locate lost kids, and door-to-door transit systems. There is also a place for kids to share their own thoughts about what might happen in the future.






BrainPop is a website full of interactive things for kids to do with many subject areas. They have short videos that teach concepts such as kinetic energy, eclipses, and the electromagnetic spectrum. Each subject has a printable activity page involving crosswords or word finds. Some of the videos require membership in order to view them but all the topics are available for free along with many other resources.




Bill Nye the Science Guy’s website offers many home experiments. They are divided into three categories: life science, physical science, and planetary science. Each experiment uses everyday items and could be used inside or outside the classroom. There is also a question of the week answered by Bill and even a letter from him explaining why Pluto is no longer considered a planet.



Jessica Geer Secondary Education Math Major

Head to Toe Science

Do children in the classroom receive enough science education? Does the teacher express the importance of science? How can the teacher make science fun and interesting? These are questions that should be addressed when incorporating science education into lesson plans.

Head to Toe Science, by Jim Wiese, is a great source to use in the classroom to inform children about the body. This entertaining book includes fund activities and experiments for the children to enjoy. Aside from the experiments, this book presents information about the circulatory system, muscles, digestion, senses, other body parts and their function.

Any teacher implementing the science of human body systems into the lesson plan should come and check out the new book by Jim Weise, Head to Toe Science.

By preservice nursing major Kimberly Dietrick

ELED 4164 Language Arts and Children's Literature

Bulletin boards created by Dr. Belshe's class. Students include Ali Evans, Meisha Meredith, Katy Rader, Sarah Gibson, Kristi Budka, Elizabeth Otten, Joel Dixon, Andrea Koster, Annie Lewis, Dana Hollis, Elizabeth Roundtree and Nicole Cummings.

The Nineteen Twenties Social Studies Project

Listed below are five websites that will have brief overviews of the 1920’s.

Wikipedia – has a fairly extensive listing of the things that occurred in the 20’s including
Technology, war and peace, science, literature and arts, economics, culture and religion, sports figures, politicians and world leaders and styles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s

This site shows a quick overview of the time period and hits the highlights in People, music, literature, politics, clothing, inventions, art entertainment, and fads and fashions.
http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/

Site written and researched by school aged children. Interesting perspective.
http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/decade/1920.htm

“The purpose of this web/library guide is to help the user gain a broad understanding of the Roaring 1920s. While there is no way we can link to everything, we have attempted to find areas of special interest and to select information that we hold dear today, for example books we love - movies we watch - songs we sing - events we find interesting - people we admire.”
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html

Brief Timeline of American Literature, Music, and Movies 1920-1929
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1920m.html

The following resources are listed in the OBU catalog. The Curriculum library has the first 3 items listed below that are specific to the 1920’s and I have pulled other Cobblestones that contain information about the 1920's. These will be held at the curriculum library desk for all to view. The netlibrary book can be viewed online and the Reference book is located on the first floor in our reference collection.

ED SEC 309 GAR6 Roaring 20's & depressing 30's [electronic resource]Gardner, Paul (Paul Henry)
This resource has a cd-rom with pictures/sounds and documents from this time period. The CD is in the student computer for you to use and view.

ED PER 372.83 COB V.27 NO.4 2006Those roaring 20s

ED ELEM 372.83 BOW 17 The Nation in Prosperity and Poverty / y Mariah Marvin and Clancy CarlileMarvin, Mariah

NETLIBRARY XX(218013.1) Daily life in the United States, 1920-1939 [electronic resource] : decades of promise and pain / David E. KyvigKyvig, David E.

REF 391 T971GX V.2The 20s & 30s : flappers & vamps / Cally BlackmanBlackman, Cally.

Children's Literature of the time.

Caldicott Award winners
1922: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon 1923: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting 1924: The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes 1925: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger 1926: Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman 1927: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James 1928: Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji 1929: The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly

1920: Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
1920: Hugh Lofting's charming Story of Dr. Doolittle talks to the animals.
1925: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, a novel of the tragedy of success
1926: A.A. Milne writes of Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, and Piglet.

FREE Science Resources for your future classroom

After cataloging over 800 new resources this summer, which included 5 sets of donated textbooks, I realized that we had multiple copies of Harcourt and McMillan McGraw Hill 2007 Science textbooks. Since space is limited, we will be giving these away when school starts on the 21st of August. The book truck will be in the hallway with a sign marked "FREE BOOKS"

Saxon Phonics Grade 1 Resources available

New Classroom set of Phonics resources courtesy of Saxon Publishing for the Elementary Language Arts classes in the fall. Click on the title above to see what is included in the set.
Call number in the Curriculum Library
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372.4145
SAX

Science in a Nutshell

15 new kits for the Fall include:

• A peek inside you
• Animal Observatory (shown left)
• Clever Levers
• Detective Lab
• Flowering Plants
• Gases
• Liquids
• Microworlds
• One and Only you
• Ponds and Streams
• Seed Mysteries
• The Human Machine
• Visions and Hearing
• Water Physics

Call Number ED ELEM 372.3 Tools DEL in the Curriculum Library.

More New Books Are In!

Title: Thomas Edison: a brilliant inventor
Author: The Editors of TIME for Kids with Lisa DeMauro
Call Number: Juv 621.3 T455te
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060576111/qid=1147185160/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Forensics
Author: Richard Platt
Call Number: Juv 363.25 P719f
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0753458624/sr=1-1/qid=1147185036/ref=sr_1_1/102-6355804-8652910?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Title: My Bodyworks
Author: Jane Schoenberg
Call Number: Juv 372.35 S365mb
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566565839/qid=1147185255/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Galileo: the genius who faced the inquisition
Author: Philip Steele
Call Number: Juv 520.92 S814g
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0792236572/qid=1147185473/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Waves: from surfing to tsunami
Author: Drew Kampion
Call Number: Juv 551.463 K15w
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586852124/qid=1147185549/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: How Dinosaurs Took Flight: the fossils, the science, what we think we know, and mysteries yet unsolved
Author: Christopher Sloan
Call Number: Juv 567.9 S634hf
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0792274040/qid=1147185647/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Invisible Allies: microbes that shape our lives
Author: Jeanette Farrell
Call Number: Juv 579 F245ia
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374336083/qid=1147186073/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: I See a Kookaburra!: discovering animal habitats around the world
Author: Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Call Number: Juv 591.7 J52ik
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618507647/qid=1147186144/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: One Night in the Coral Sea
Author: Sneed B. Collard III
Call Number: Juv 593.6 C697o
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570913897/qid=1147186248/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Mosquito Bite
Author: Alexandra Siy and Dennis Kunkel
Call Number: Juv 595.772 S625mb
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570915911/qid=1147186330/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: A Mother’s Journey
Author: Sandra Markle
Call Number: Juv 598.47 M346mj
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570916217/qid=1147186388/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Big Cats
Author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Call Number: Juv 599.75 P295bc
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802789684/qid=1147186513/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Ice Bear: in the steps of the polar bear
Author: Nicola Davies
Call Number: Juv 599.786 D256ib
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0763627593/qid=1147186569/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Guts: our digestive system
Author: Seymour Simon
Call Number: Juv 612.3 S596gu
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060546514/qid=1147186680/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: The Great Brain Book: an inside look at the inside of your head
Author: HP Newquist
Call Number: Juv 612.82 N558gb
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439458951/qid=1147186781/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Guinea Pig Scientists: bold self-experimenters in science and medicine
Author: Leslie Dendy and Mel Boring
Call Number: Juv 616.027 D391gu
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805073167/qid=1147186862/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: The Prairie Builders: reconstructing America’s lost grasslands
Author: Sneed B. Collard III
Call Number: Juv 635.9 C697pb
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/061839687X/qid=1147187626/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Code Orange
Author: Caroline B. Cooney
Call Number: Juv 813 C775coo
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385732597/qid=1147187709/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Dark Sons
Author: Nikki Grimes
Call Number: Juv 813 G862dks
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786818883/qid=1147187881/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: My Jim: a novel
Author: Nancy Rawles
Call Number: Juv 813 R258myj
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400054001/qid=1147188326/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Dad, Jackie, and Me
Author: Myron Uhlberg
Call Number: Juv 813 U31dj
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561453293/qid=1147188616/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: If You Come Softly
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: Juv 813 W898iys
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0698118626/qid=1147188677/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Sarah Wiemero

Scholastic offers free Class Homepages to teachers

Scholastic is now offering free home pages to classroom teachers. Click on the title above to look around the site.

After you create a homepage it will produce a parent's page for you to send home announcing your site. I created a site for you to browse. Read the parent's page below to access the site.

Date:5/2/06

Dear OBU Education students and faculty

I am happy to announce that we now have a quick and easy way for you to know more about what is going on in our classroom. You can visit our Class Homepage to learn about class news and events, check homework, find resources, and much more.


Our Class Homepage is exclusively for children in our class and their parents. It is completely private and requires a special Username and Password in order to access it.

Here's how to access our Class Homepage:

1. Go to http://www.scholastic.com and click on the Class Homepage Login link on the lower right under "Free Services".

2. A new page will appear with a Login box.
Enter our Class User Name: OBUlibrary
Followed by our Class Password: students
(Please do not give these out to anyone outside our class family)

3. Click Submit.

Our Class Home Page is a great way for all of us to share information. I hope you will join in the fun by visiting it today.


Janet Bailey