Bibliography and Resources
Plants and Animals of Seas and Rivers
Print Resources
Books Needed for Unit:
Berkes, Marianne. Seashells by the Seashore. Dawn Publications, 2002.
Creature Features, Rigby Press.
Pallota, Jerry. The Ocean Alphabet Book. Charlesbridge Publishing, Watertown, MA. 1986.
Raffi. Everything Grows. Rounder Books, 2004.
Raffi. Everything Grows. (album). Rounder, 1996.
Silver, Donald M. and Patricia Wynne. One Small Square: Backyard. McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Silver, Donald M. and Patricia Wynne. One Small Square: Seashore. McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Related books:
Baldwin, Robert F., and Dyen, Don. This Is the Sea That Feeds Us. Dawn Publications, 1998.
Fowler, Allan. Life in a Tide Pool (Rookie Read-About Science). Children’s Press, 1997.
Helman, Andrea, and Wolfe, Art. O is for Orca: An Alphabet Book. Sasquatch Books, 2003.
Hunter, Anne. What's in the Tide Pool? Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Pallotta, Jerry. The Ocean Alphabet Book. Charlesbridge Publishing, 1989.
Pallotta, Jerry. The Underwater Alphabet Book. Charlesbridge Publishing, 1991.
Schaefer, Lola. Sea Urchins. Heinemann, 2003.
Schaefer, Lola. Hermit Crabs. Heinemann, 2002.
Schaefer, Lola. Sea Anemones. Heinemann, 2003.
Schaefer, Lola. Jellyfish. Heinemann, 2002.
Schaefer, Lola. Octopuses. Capstone Press, 2000.
Schaefer, Lola. Barnacles. Heinemann, 2002.
Schaefer, Lola. Starfish. Children’s Press, 2005.
Detailed information about common Alaska marine invertebrates (pdf)
Detailed information about common freshwater invertebrates, amphibians, and mammals (pdf)
Websites:
Masterbug theatre – insect metamorphosisFreshwater insect and larval stages photos
Alaska Department of Fish and Game. 2005. Alaska Subsistence Fisheries 2003 Annual Report. Division of Subsistence. Juneau.
Alaska’s Subsistence Fisheries
AK Dept. of fish and Game Division of Subsistence
Curriculum Resources:
SeaAlaska Heritage Institute Curriculum
Cornell, Joseph. Sharing Nature with Children. California, Dawn Publications, 1998.
Ideas for focus games or initial nature walks.
