Bibliography and Resources
Discovering Our Blue Planet
Print Resources
Books Used in Unit:
Asch, Frank. Water. Voyager Books, 2000.
Baldwin, Robert F. This Is the Sea That Feeds Us. Dawn Publications, 1998.
Cerullo. Mary M. and Curtsinger, Bill. Sea Soup: Phytoplankton. Tilbury House, 1999.
Cerullo. Mary M. and Curtsinger, Bill. Sea Soup: Zooplankton. Tilbury House, 2001.
Related Books:
Berkes, Marianne. Seashells by the Seashore. Dawn Publications, 2002.
Chanko, Pamela. Sea Creatures. Scholastic, 1998.
Frasier, Debra. Out of the Ocean. Voyager Books, 2002.
Halpern, Shari. My River. Scholastic, 1993.
Hulme, Joy N. Sea Squares. Hyperion, 1999.
Hulme, Joy N. Sea Sums. Hyperion, 1996.
O’Clair, Rita. Where is Dinah Diatom? Plant Press, 2000.
Page, Debra. Orcas Around Me: My Alaskan Summer. Albert Whitman & Co., 1997.
Roop, Connie. Starfish: The Stars of the Sea. Scholastic, 2002.
Ryan, Pam Munoz. Hello Ocean. Charlesbridge Publishing, 2001.
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.
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
Alphabet Books:
Helman, Andrea, and Wolfe, Art. O is for Orca: An Alphabet Book. Sasquatch Books, 2003.
Pallotta, Jerry. The Ocean Alphabet Book. Charlesbridge Publishing, 1989.
Pallotta, Jerry. The Underwater Alphabet Book. Charlesbridge Publishing, 1991.
Detailed information about common Alaska marine invertebrates (pdf)
Detailed information about common freshwater invertebrates, amphibians, and mammals (pdf)
Websites
Phytoplankton Photos and sample pictures of phytoplankton
Australian Museum Beyond the Reef Exhibit Phytoplankton and zooplankton information and photos
Masterbug theatre – insect metamorphosis
Freshwater insect and larval stages photos
Utah State University Extension pseudoscorpion information
Description of pseudoscorpions from the Royal Alberta Museum
Description of pseudoscorpions from Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
Description and information about pseudoscorpions
Curriculum Resources:Stevens, Betsy T. and Giebfried, Rosemary. Sea Soup Teachers Guide: Discovering the Watery World of Phytoplankton and Zooplankton. Tilbury House, 1999.
