Humans and Their Environment
Week 20 - Students will learn how the natural environment and the human impact on the environment affects individuals and populations. They will discuss urbanization, clear cutting, hurricanes, floods, crop failures, etc. Students will also discuss the concept that change is inevitable and universal.
Lesson Plan
Week 20 - Students will learn how the natural environment and the human impact on the environment affects individuals and populations. They will discuss urbanization, clear cutting, hurricanes, floods, crop failures, etc. Students will also discuss the concept that change is inevitable and universal.
Vocabulary Words
inevitable: unable to be avoided
universal: present or existing everywhere
climate: the average weather conditions of a place or region over a period of time
extinct: no longer in existence
weather: the state of the atmosphere around Earth, e.g., sunny, rainy, cold, hot
CC ELA L.3.4a and CC ELA L.3.4d
Have students locate sentences containing the five vocabulary words in this week’s lesson and read the sentences to a friend. Have students discuss the meaning of the vocabulary words using the sentences in the article that relate to the word. Provide beginning dictionaries for students have difficulty defining the words.
Literature Selections
“Weather and Climate: Geography Facts and Experiments” by Barbara Taylor
“Weird Weather: Everything You Didn’t Want to Know About Climate Change But
Probably Should Find Out” by Kate Evans
“Climate Change” by Mike Unwin
“What Happened to the Dinosaurs?: A Book about Extinction” by Rebecca Olien
Integrated Activities
Math:
CC ELA RI.3.3: According to the article, “greenhouse gases can cause global warming.” If you were the mayor of a large city, what laws or changes would you make to help reduce greenhouse gases? Use several details from the article to support your answer.
How could global warming change the medical field in the future if clear cutting continues in the rain forests around the world and especially the Amazon Rainforest in South America?
Explain the effects greenhouse gases have on animals that live in areas where global warming is taking place. Underline the sentences in the article that provide evidence for your answer.
How Coyote Stole Fire (Page 3, Student Edition)
CC ELA RL.3.1: After reading How Coyote Stole Fire, answer the following questions with a friend and write some questions of your own for other classmates to answer. Use sentences from the story to support your answers.
CC ELA RI.3.7: After completing the crossword puzzle, find the evidence for your responses by circling your answers in this week’s lesson. Number your responses in the article to correspond with the crossword puzzle. Discuss your answers with a friend.
Vocabulary and Word Games (Page 4, Student Edition)
CC ELA L.3.1i: After highlighting the proper nouns, review the sentences containing those nouns and identify the sentence type (i.e., simple, compound, or complex). With a partner, form additional sentences representing each type using one or more of the proper nouns in each sentence.
Think and Review Questions (Page 4, Student Edition)
CC ELA SL.3.4: After you complete the Think and Review Questions on Page 4, select one of the questions that interests you and reread the selection containing your answer. In small groups, give a short oral report on the article and include the main idea and supporting details.
Gifted Connection:
Ask your gifted students to make a documentary about global warming. This can be in the form of a movie or a news program. The documentary should include causes, effects and possible solutions. Ask students to make a rubric before starting their project. What would work that is above average look like? What would average work look like? What would poor work look like?
English Language Learners:
Create study guides to help English language learners as they read through the newspaper.
Ask another student to read the newspaper with the ELL student.
Allow ELL students to tape record answers to questions.
Provide headphones, a less formal work area (like a comfortable chair) or a study carrel.
Assessment
CC ELA RI.3.1 : After students answer the multiple choice questions, have them find the evidence for their responses in the Studies Weekly student edition by circling the sentences that support their answers. Students should number the sentences in the text to correspond to each multiple choice question for easy access during collaborative discussions.
Vocabulary Words
inevitable: unable to be avoided
universal: present or existing everywhere
climate: the average weather conditions of a place or region over a period of time
extinct: no longer in existence
weather: the state of the atmosphere around Earth, e.g., sunny, rainy, cold, hot
CC ELA L.3.4a and CC ELA L.3.4d
Have students locate sentences containing the five vocabulary words in this week’s lesson and read the sentences to a friend. Have students discuss the meaning of the vocabulary words using the sentences in the article that relate to the word. Provide beginning dictionaries for students have difficulty defining the words.
Literature Selections
“Weather and Climate: Geography Facts and Experiments” by Barbara Taylor
“Weird Weather: Everything You Didn’t Want to Know About Climate Change But
Probably Should Find Out” by Kate Evans
“Climate Change” by Mike Unwin
“What Happened to the Dinosaurs?: A Book about Extinction” by Rebecca Olien
Integrated Activities
Math:
- Ask students to keep track of the weather for 10 days. At the end of 10 days, have them make a graph of the information.
- Next, ask students to put their information into fractions and decimals: What fraction of the 10 days did it rain? How would you say or write that fraction as a decimal? Ask the same questions for different weather conditions.
- Have students make up at least three questions to ask a friend about their graphs. Questions should be written on lined paper with the answers on the back. Discuss how to make up a question. Explain that the questions must contain enough information that their friends are able to answer them by looking at the graph.
- Ask students to research one of the following areas of the rainforest: animals, plants, clear-cutting, people, insects, or medicines. Have them present the information in an interesting and clear way.
- Ask students to do research on an extinct animal.
- Have students do research on a natural disaster.
- If you live in an area of substantial population growth or decline, ask students to research the change in population in your community over 20 years.
- Ask students to do research on an extinct animal. Compare and contrast the reasons given for the extinction of several animals according to the research sites and this week’s lesson.
CC ELA RI.3.3: According to the article, “greenhouse gases can cause global warming.” If you were the mayor of a large city, what laws or changes would you make to help reduce greenhouse gases? Use several details from the article to support your answer.
How could global warming change the medical field in the future if clear cutting continues in the rain forests around the world and especially the Amazon Rainforest in South America?
Explain the effects greenhouse gases have on animals that live in areas where global warming is taking place. Underline the sentences in the article that provide evidence for your answer.
How Coyote Stole Fire (Page 3, Student Edition)
CC ELA RL.3.1: After reading How Coyote Stole Fire, answer the following questions with a friend and write some questions of your own for other classmates to answer. Use sentences from the story to support your answers.
- Why did coyote run as fast as he could?
- Based on the story, what two words do you think best describe coyote?
- What are the events that led to man being grateful to coyote?
- How do the fire beings’ actions affect the story?
CC ELA RI.3.7: After completing the crossword puzzle, find the evidence for your responses by circling your answers in this week’s lesson. Number your responses in the article to correspond with the crossword puzzle. Discuss your answers with a friend.
Vocabulary and Word Games (Page 4, Student Edition)
CC ELA L.3.1i: After highlighting the proper nouns, review the sentences containing those nouns and identify the sentence type (i.e., simple, compound, or complex). With a partner, form additional sentences representing each type using one or more of the proper nouns in each sentence.
Think and Review Questions (Page 4, Student Edition)
CC ELA SL.3.4: After you complete the Think and Review Questions on Page 4, select one of the questions that interests you and reread the selection containing your answer. In small groups, give a short oral report on the article and include the main idea and supporting details.
Gifted Connection:
Ask your gifted students to make a documentary about global warming. This can be in the form of a movie or a news program. The documentary should include causes, effects and possible solutions. Ask students to make a rubric before starting their project. What would work that is above average look like? What would average work look like? What would poor work look like?
English Language Learners:
Create study guides to help English language learners as they read through the newspaper.
Ask another student to read the newspaper with the ELL student.
Allow ELL students to tape record answers to questions.
Provide headphones, a less formal work area (like a comfortable chair) or a study carrel.
Assessment
CC ELA RI.3.1 : After students answer the multiple choice questions, have them find the evidence for their responses in the Studies Weekly student edition by circling the sentences that support their answers. Students should number the sentences in the text to correspond to each multiple choice question for easy access during collaborative discussions.
Resources
1. Quizlet (Click this link)
2. Practice - below
Epic Books
How Does Sound Change?
Johnson, Robin
AR Quiz No. 167388 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.0 - AR Pts: 0.5
Young readers discover how sound waves travel through different matter and will learn about concepts such as echoes, volume, and pitch.
Johnson, Robin
AR Quiz No. 167388 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.0 - AR Pts: 0.5
Young readers discover how sound waves travel through different matter and will learn about concepts such as echoes, volume, and pitch.
Animals Grow and Change
Kalman, Bobbie
AR Quiz No. 118945 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book introduces the physical characteristics of a variety of animals and changes that take place throughout their life cycles.
Kalman, Bobbie
AR Quiz No. 118945 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book introduces the physical characteristics of a variety of animals and changes that take place throughout their life cycles.
How and Why Do Animals Change?
Kalman, Bobbie
AR Quiz No. 170358 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
Simple text and photographs help readers understand the different characteristics of animals as they change and grow from babies to adults.
Kalman, Bobbie
AR Quiz No. 170358 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
Simple text and photographs help readers understand the different characteristics of animals as they change and grow from babies to adults.
Leaves Change Color
Brennan, Linda Crotta
AR Quiz No. 170069 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book offers answers to the most compelling questions about the changing seasons.
Brennan, Linda Crotta
AR Quiz No. 170069 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book offers answers to the most compelling questions about the changing seasons.
Chameleons Change Color
Marsico, Katie
AR Quiz No. 178619 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book offers answers to the most compelling questions about why chameleons change color.
Marsico, Katie
AR Quiz No. 178619 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book offers answers to the most compelling questions about why chameleons change color.
Wind and Water at Work: A Book About Change
Sheehan, Thomas F.
AR Quiz No. 117141 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book examines the changes to Earth's surface that are caused by wind and water
Sheehan, Thomas F.
AR Quiz No. 117141 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book examines the changes to Earth's surface that are caused by wind and water
Road Transportation: From Carts to Racing Cars
Kelly, Tracey
AR Quiz No. 500127 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explores developments in road transportation throughout history.
Kelly, Tracey
AR Quiz No. 500127 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explores developments in road transportation throughout history.
Music Technology: From Gramophones to Music Streaming
Kelly, Tracey
AR Quiz No. 500124 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explores developments in music technology throughout history.
Kelly, Tracey
AR Quiz No. 500124 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explores developments in music technology throughout history.
Computer Technology: From Punch Cards to Supercomputers
Kelly, Tracey
AR Quiz No. 500122 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explores developments in computer technology throughout history.
Kelly, Tracey
AR Quiz No. 500122 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explores developments in computer technology throughout history.
Air Transportation: From Balloons to Superjets
Kelly, Tracey
AR Quiz No. 500118 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explores developments in air transportation throughout history.
Kelly, Tracey
AR Quiz No. 500118 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explores developments in air transportation throughout history.
Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
Barton, Chris
AR Quiz No. 181421 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book is a biography of the Tuskegee-educated inventor and NASA engineer whose knowledge of fluid dynamics led to the invention of the Super Soaker.
Barton, Chris
AR Quiz No. 181421 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book is a biography of the Tuskegee-educated inventor and NASA engineer whose knowledge of fluid dynamics led to the invention of the Super Soaker.
Everyday Inventions Inspired by Nature
Bell, Samantha S.
AR Quiz No. 198285 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
In this book, learn how scientists are using nature as inspiration for innovative technology for everyday inventions.
Bell, Samantha S.
AR Quiz No. 198285 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
In this book, learn how scientists are using nature as inspiration for innovative technology for everyday inventions.
Inventions and Inventors
Sechrist, Darren
AR Quiz No. 128233 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
In graphic form, this book discusses significant inventions throughout history and provides information on inventors, such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford.
Sechrist, Darren
AR Quiz No. 128233 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
In graphic form, this book discusses significant inventions throughout history and provides information on inventors, such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford.
Fun Food Inventions
Higgins, Nadia
AR Quiz No. 158897 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1.0
Readers will learn the strange stories behind the food inventions that we enjoy every day.
Higgins, Nadia
AR Quiz No. 158897 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1.0
Readers will learn the strange stories behind the food inventions that we enjoy every day.
Forgotten History of Everyday Inventions
Hutchison, Patricia
AR Quiz No. 500771 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1.0
This book explores the history of 12 inventions that changed the way we live.
Hutchison, Patricia
AR Quiz No. 500771 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1.0
This book explores the history of 12 inventions that changed the way we live.
Helper Robots
Furstinger, Nancy
AR Quiz No. 166051 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
Through simple text and photographs, young readers are introduced to helper robots.
Furstinger, Nancy
AR Quiz No. 166051 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
Through simple text and photographs, young readers are introduced to helper robots.
Robots at Home
Zuchora-Walske, Christine
AR Quiz No. 166052 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
Through simple text and photographs, young readers are introduced to robots found in the home.
Zuchora-Walske, Christine
AR Quiz No. 166052 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
Through simple text and photographs, young readers are introduced to robots found in the home.
Robots in Space
Furstinger, Nancy
AR Quiz No. 166053 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
Through simple text and photographs, young readers are introduced to different kinds of robots used in space.
Furstinger, Nancy
AR Quiz No. 166053 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
Through simple text and photographs, young readers are introduced to different kinds of robots used in space.
Weather Robots
Zuchora-Walske, Christine
AR Quiz No. 166054 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 0.5
Through simple text and photographs, young readers are introduced to different kinds of weather robots.
Zuchora-Walske, Christine
AR Quiz No. 166054 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 0.5
Through simple text and photographs, young readers are introduced to different kinds of weather robots.
Power up to Fight Pollution
Bullard, Lisa
AR Quiz No. 144097 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 0.5
Join Tyler as he outlines what factors contribute to Earth's pollution problem and offers ways to help clean up the world.
Bullard, Lisa
AR Quiz No. 144097 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 0.5
Join Tyler as he outlines what factors contribute to Earth's pollution problem and offers ways to help clean up the world.
Be the Change for the Environment
Kopp, Megan
AR Quiz No. 171370 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
From planting trees and eating locally grown foods to "precycling" and protecting animal habitats, children will learn to take personal responsibility for environmental stewardship.
Kopp, Megan
AR Quiz No. 171370 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
From planting trees and eating locally grown foods to "precycling" and protecting animal habitats, children will learn to take personal responsibility for environmental stewardship.
Be the Change in the World
Dalrymple, Lisa
AR Quiz No. 171371 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
From water wells in Africa to global disaster relief, children will learn about different needs around the world and discover their own abilities to make the world a better place.
Dalrymple, Lisa
AR Quiz No. 171371 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
From water wells in Africa to global disaster relief, children will learn about different needs around the world and discover their own abilities to make the world a better place.
Environment: A World of Change
Rice, Dona Herweck
AR Quiz No. 170326 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
Engaging text and photographs introduce the water cycle, the rock cycle, volcanoes and earthquakes, fires and floods, adaptation, and more.
Rice, Dona Herweck
AR Quiz No. 170326 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
Engaging text and photographs introduce the water cycle, the rock cycle, volcanoes and earthquakes, fires and floods, adaptation, and more.
Poisoned Rivers and Lakes
Lawrence, Ellen
AR Quiz No. 164587 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
In this book, young readers will explore what makes water pollution in lakes and rivers, the dangers, and what can be done to help reduce it.
Lawrence, Ellen
AR Quiz No. 164587 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
In this book, young readers will explore what makes water pollution in lakes and rivers, the dangers, and what can be done to help reduce it.
Polluted Oceans
Lawrence, Ellen
AR Quiz No. 164588 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
In this book, young readers explore what causes ocean pollution, the dangers, and what can be done to help reduce it.
Lawrence, Ellen
AR Quiz No. 164588 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
In this book, young readers explore what causes ocean pollution, the dangers, and what can be done to help reduce it.
Dirty Air
Lawrence, Ellen
AR Quiz No. 164580 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
In this book, young readers explore what makes air pollution, the dangers, and what can be done to help reduce it.
Lawrence, Ellen
AR Quiz No. 164580 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
In this book, young readers explore what makes air pollution, the dangers, and what can be done to help reduce it.
What Does Green Mean?
Webb, Barbara L.
AR Quiz No. 145907 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explains what it means to be green.
Webb, Barbara L.
AR Quiz No. 145907 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explains what it means to be green.
Global Warming
Lawrence, Ellen
AR Quiz No. 164582 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
In this book, young readers will learn about global warming.
Lawrence, Ellen
AR Quiz No. 164582 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
In this book, young readers will learn about global warming.
Garbage Galore
Lawrence, Ellen
AR Quiz No. 164581 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
In this book, young readers will learn why recycling is important, which materials can be reprocessed into new goods, and how improved design can make products easier to recycle.
Lawrence, Ellen
AR Quiz No. 164581 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
In this book, young readers will learn why recycling is important, which materials can be reprocessed into new goods, and how improved design can make products easier to recycle.
Keeping Water Clean
Farrell, Courtney
AR Quiz No. 137182 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book describes how people from around the world use water, discusses pollution, and encourages readers to consider ways they can help conserve water.
Farrell, Courtney
AR Quiz No. 137182 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book describes how people from around the world use water, discusses pollution, and encourages readers to consider ways they can help conserve water.
Terrific Transportation Inventions
Waxman, Laura Hamilton
AR Quiz No. 159727 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1.0
Readers will learn the strange stories behind the transportation inventions that get us where we're going.
Waxman, Laura Hamilton
AR Quiz No. 159727 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1.0
Readers will learn the strange stories behind the transportation inventions that get us where we're going.
Rain Forests
Wilkins, Mary-Jane
AR Quiz No. 186685 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book describes the habitat of rainforests and the animals that live there.
Wilkins, Mary-Jane
AR Quiz No. 186685 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book describes the habitat of rainforests and the animals that live there.
Rain Forest Habitats
Ringstad, Arnold
AR Quiz No. 164879 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explores rain forest habitats, special plants and animals, and current threats to the world's rain forests.
Ringstad, Arnold
AR Quiz No. 164879 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explores rain forest habitats, special plants and animals, and current threats to the world's rain forests.
Amazon Rain Forest
Franchino, Vicky
AR Quiz No. 180604 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
Explore the Amazon rainforest and learn what it is like to live in this biome, from the plants and animals that live there to the weather it receives.
Franchino, Vicky
AR Quiz No. 180604 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
Explore the Amazon rainforest and learn what it is like to live in this biome, from the plants and animals that live there to the weather it receives.
Let's Visit the Rain Forest
Silverman, Buffy
AR Quiz No. 183342 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
The rainforest biome is filled with many kinds of plants and animals. More rain falls there than anywhere else on Earth. How do animals protect themselves from danger in the rain forest?
Silverman, Buffy
AR Quiz No. 183342 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
The rainforest biome is filled with many kinds of plants and animals. More rain falls there than anywhere else on Earth. How do animals protect themselves from danger in the rain forest?
Life in Rivers
Miller, Mirella S.
AR Quiz No. 169314 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explores the river biome, plants and animals in the biome, and the biome food chain. It also highlights the river otter.
Miller, Mirella S.
AR Quiz No. 169314 EN Nonfiction
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book explores the river biome, plants and animals in the biome, and the biome food chain. It also highlights the river otter.
Books
Be the Change for the Environment
Kopp, Megan
AR Quiz No. 171370 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
From planting trees and eating locally grown foods to "precycling" and protecting animal habitats, children will learn to take personal responsibility for environmental stewardship.
Kopp, Megan
AR Quiz No. 171370 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
From planting trees and eating locally grown foods to "precycling" and protecting animal habitats, children will learn to take personal responsibility for environmental stewardship.
Home Sweet Planet
Mangor, Jodie
AR Quiz No. 505708 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating: Not yet rated.
Simple text and photographs depict everyday conveniences that harm the environment and ways to counteract the effects of modern-day living.
Mangor, Jodie
AR Quiz No. 505708 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating: Not yet rated.
Simple text and photographs depict everyday conveniences that harm the environment and ways to counteract the effects of modern-day living.
Hurricanes
Manolis, Kay
AR Quiz No. 126162 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Simple text and photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of hurricanes.
Manolis, Kay
AR Quiz No. 126162 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Simple text and photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of hurricanes.
We Have Hurricanes
Orr, Tamra B.
AR Quiz No. 178629 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book offers answers to the most compelling questions about the science behind hurricane
Orr, Tamra B.
AR Quiz No. 178629 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book offers answers to the most compelling questions about the science behind hurricane
Hurricanes
Baltzer, Rochelle
AR Quiz No. 147029 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book introduces readers to the basics of hurricanes, explaining why they happen, where they form, and how they change land and affect communities.
Baltzer, Rochelle
AR Quiz No. 147029 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book introduces readers to the basics of hurricanes, explaining why they happen, where they form, and how they change land and affect communities.
Hurricanes
London, Martha
AR Quiz No. 504614 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Readers explore the science behind how hurricanes form, where they most commonly occur, and how people can best stay safe during one.
London, Martha
AR Quiz No. 504614 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Readers explore the science behind how hurricanes form, where they most commonly occur, and how people can best stay safe during one.
Hurricanes
O'Hare, Ted
AR Quiz No. 118691 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book provides an introduction to hurricanes, from their history and causes to how they are measured and where they occur.
O'Hare, Ted
AR Quiz No. 118691 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book provides an introduction to hurricanes, from their history and causes to how they are measured and where they occur.
Hurricanes
Rathburn, Betsy
AR Quiz No. 502842 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Through simple text and photographs, young readers learn about hurricanes.
Rathburn, Betsy
AR Quiz No. 502842 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Through simple text and photographs, young readers learn about hurricanes.
Hurricanes
Doeden, Matt
AR Quiz No. 118822 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book briefly describes hurricanes, discussing how they form, the damage they can cause, and how we can protect ourselves from these dangerous forces of nature.
Doeden, Matt
AR Quiz No. 118822 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book briefly describes hurricanes, discussing how they form, the damage they can cause, and how we can protect ourselves from these dangerous forces of nature.
Hurricanes: Be Aware and Prepare
Gray-Wilburn, Renée
AR Quiz No. 166970 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book describes how hurricanes form, their effects, and how people can prepare for them.
Gray-Wilburn, Renée
AR Quiz No. 166970 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book describes how hurricanes form, their effects, and how people can prepare for them.
Floods!
Hopping, Lorraine Jean
AR Quiz No. 71502 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
In this book, pictures and text describe floods, including their causes and the dangers which they present.
Hopping, Lorraine Jean
AR Quiz No. 71502 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
In this book, pictures and text describe floods, including their causes and the dangers which they present.
Floods
London, Martha
AR Quiz No. 504613 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Readers explore the science behind how floods form, where they most commonly occur, and how people can best stay safe during one.
London, Martha
AR Quiz No. 504613 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Readers explore the science behind how floods form, where they most commonly occur, and how people can best stay safe during one.
Floods
Winget, Mary
AR Quiz No. 122240 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book describes what floods are, what dangers they can bring, and how people can prepare for them.
Winget, Mary
AR Quiz No. 122240 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book describes what floods are, what dangers they can bring, and how people can prepare for them.
Flood!
Raum, Elizabeth
AR Quiz No. 182995 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book explains how floods are predicted, what can be done to help prevent them, and how to stay safe in areas prone to flooding.
Raum, Elizabeth
AR Quiz No. 182995 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book explains how floods are predicted, what can be done to help prevent them, and how to stay safe in areas prone to flooding.
George Washington Carver Plant Doctor
Benitez, Mirna
AR Quiz No. 9057 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP, VP
Rating:
A biography of the agriculturist for beginning readers, chronicling his struggle to get an education, his work at the Tuskegee Institute, and how he helped popularize peanuts as a cash crop in the South.
Benitez, Mirna
AR Quiz No. 9057 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP, VP
Rating:
A biography of the agriculturist for beginning readers, chronicling his struggle to get an education, his work at the Tuskegee Institute, and how he helped popularize peanuts as a cash crop in the South.
George Washington Carver
Franchino, Vicky
AR Quiz No. 50550 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Simple text describes the life and accomplishments of the African American scientist who promoted the idea of crop rotation and found many uses for peanuts.
Franchino, Vicky
AR Quiz No. 50550 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
Simple text describes the life and accomplishments of the African American scientist who promoted the idea of crop rotation and found many uses for peanuts.
George Washington Carver: The Peanut Scientist
McKissack, Pat
AR Quiz No. 14564 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book describes the life and accomplishments of the scientist who promoted the idea of crop rotation and found many uses for peanuts. The coauthor of this book is Frederick McKissack.
McKissack, Pat
AR Quiz No. 14564 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book describes the life and accomplishments of the scientist who promoted the idea of crop rotation and found many uses for peanuts. The coauthor of this book is Frederick McKissack.
Cleaning Water
Olien, Rebecca
AR Quiz No. 179487 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book introduces the processes involved in treating and cleaning water.
Olien, Rebecca
AR Quiz No. 179487 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book introduces the processes involved in treating and cleaning water.
Making Water Clean
Olien, Rebecca
AR Quiz No. 84564 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book describes how cities treat freshwater so that it is safe to drink.
Olien, Rebecca
AR Quiz No. 84564 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating:
This book describes how cities treat freshwater so that it is safe to drink.