Resources

In an attempt to answer the question "Just why do we need plants?" our classes have used the following books.

__The Giving Tree__ by Shel Silverstein __Wonders of Plants and Flowers__ by Laura Damon __The Science of Plants__ by Jonathan Bockneck __The Science Book of Things That Grow__ by Neil Ardley Eyewitness Books __Plant__ by David Burnie __Chocolate Wasn't Always Sweet__ by Marilee Robin Burton __Plant Plumbing__ by Susan Blackaby __Plants in Different Habitats__ by Bobbie Kalman __Wildflowers, Blooms and Blossoms__ by Diane L. Burns __Among the Flowers__ by David M. Schwartz __Visiting the Giant Trees__ by Phyllis Armelle Sibbing __Stems__ by Vijaya Khisty Bodach __Rain Forest Secrets__ by Arthur Dorros __Leaves__ by Vijaya Khisty Bodach __The Rain Forest__ by Fred Fusselman __Encyclopedia of a Rainforest__ by Carol Hosking __Protecting Trees and Forests__ by Felicity Brooks __Don't Touch That!__ by Jeff Day, M.D. __Wacky Plant Cycles__ by Valerie Wyatt __Life in the Rainforest__ by Lucy Baker __Plant Tricksters__ by Janet Halfman __Trees, It's Our Planet__ by Kathie Billingslea Smith __Trees, Leaves and Bark__ by Lucy Baker

We have also used the following pamphlets:

Mushrooms - Waterford Press Roadside Wildflowers - Waterford Press Plants - Illinois Department of Natural Resources

We were also fortunate to have the following magazines. These provided some interesting articles!

"Ag Mag" - Trees - Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom (GREAT resource!) "Puddler" - Ducks Unlimited - Fall 1999 "WOW" - "Wild Outdoor World" - Sept/Oct 2000 "WOW" - "Wild Outdoor World" - May/June 1997 "Current Science" - January 2, 2008 "Current Science" - December 14, 2007 "Current Science" - April 22, 2008 "Current Science" - September 21, 2007 "Current Science" - May 2, 2008 "Highlights" Magazine - September 2009

We viewed the movie from 100% Educational Videos - "How Plants Grow"

Useful websites were: www.librarythinquest.com/3715 www.Biology4Kids.com www.mcwdn.org/Plants/PlantsMain.html www.urbanext.Illinois.edu/gpe/gpe.html www.agintheclassroom.org www.mixbook.com [|www.dnr.state.il.us] (for additional reading and activity materials)

Internet graphic organizers we used: From www.teach-nology.com "Life Cycle" "Three Parts of Plants"

Created by us organizers "Let's Compare Plants" "Leaf My Parts Alone" "Planting Ideas"


 * Please note--For the sake of space, we did not display student-completed work on the graphic organizers.