22Feb / 2020

Spring After Spring: How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement

by Stephanie Roth Sisson

Summary – From Stephanie Roth Sisson, the creator of Star Stuff, comes a picture book biography of Rachel Carson, the iconic environmentalist who fought to keep the sounds of nature from going silent. (Macmillan)

Activities

Rachel Carson – Coloring Page

On This Day Rachel Carson was born – ReadWriteThink

Books

Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson by Amy Ehrlich, ill. by Wendell Minor (NSTA Award, 2004)

Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids: Her Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities and Experiments by Rowena Rae (Chicago Review Press)

Rachel Carson and Her Books That Changed the World by Laurie Lawlor (Penguin Random House)

Rachel Carson: Preserving a Sense of Wonder by Joseph Bruchac (Lesson Plan)

Who Was Rachel Carson by Sarah Fabiny

Video

Rachel Carson – BrainPop (subscription required)

Rachel Carson – PBS

Websites

Author’s Website – Stephanie Roth Sisson

Facts about Rachel Carson for Kids– Easy Science for Kids

Rachel Carson.com – Biography

Rachel Carson: Environmentalist and Writer – Scholastic

Rachel Carson Facts – KidsKonnect

Rachel Carson | National Women’s History Museum

Rachel Carson Biography – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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21Feb / 2020

25 Women Who Thought of It First

by Jill Sherman

Summary – Discover 25 women who were trailblazers in science, technology, architecture, engineering, and more. Learn about some of the women who defied expectations and introduced the world to new ideas and creations big and small. (Capstone)

Subjects –

Women Inventors – Stephanie Kwolek, Madame C.J. Walker, Katharine Burr Blodgett, Hedy Lamarr, Margaret Knight

Women Mathematicians – Grace Hopper, Katherine Johnson, Roberta Williams, Maryamm Mirzakhani

Women Architects – Jane Jacobs, Elizabeth Diller, Zaha Hadid, Alison Brooks

Women Scientists – Rosalind Franklin, Marie Curie, Peggy Whitson, Sara Seager

Women Naturalist – Rachel Carson, Jane Goodall, Adriana Ocampo, Katharine Hayhoe

Women Doctors – Mamie Phipps Clark, Jane Cooke Wright, Temple Grandin, Flossie Wong-Staal

Books

25 Women Who Dared to Go by Allison Lassieur

25 Women Who Fought Back by Jill Sherman

25 Women Who Ruled by Rebecca Stanborough

Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone

Bold Women of Medicine: 21 Stories of Astounding Discoveries, Daring Surgeries, and Healing Breakthroughs by Susan M. Latta

A Computer Called Katherine by Suzanne Slade

Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker

Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space by Libby Jackson

Girls Research!: Amazing Tales of Female Scientists by Jennifer Phillips

Girls Think of Everything: Famous Inventions by Women by Catherine Thimmesh

Girls Who Looked Under Rocks by Jeannine Atkins

Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca

How to Build a Hug by Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville

I am Jane Goodall by Brad Meltzer

I am Marie Curie by Brad Meltzer

Marie Curie ( DK Biography) by Vicki Cobb

Marie Curie for Kids: Her Life and Scientific Discoveries by Amy M. O’Quinn

Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor by Emily Arnold McCully

Me— Jane by Patrick McDonnell

My Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall

Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson by Amy Ehrlich, ill. by Wendell Minor

Rachel Carson and Her Books That Changed the World by Laurie Lawlor

Rachel Carson: Preserving a Sense of Wonder by Joseph Bruchac

Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson by Katherine Johnson

Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium by Carla Killough McClafferty

Spring after Spring: How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement by Stephanie Roth Sisson

Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by by Sy Montgomery

Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall by Anita Silvey

Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker by Kathryn Lasky

The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter

Women in Science : 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky

Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures by Karen Bush Gibson

Who is Jane Goodall by Roberta Edwards

Who Was Marie Curie by Megan Stine

Who Was Rachel Carson by Sarah Fabiny

Women of Steel and Stone by Anna M. Lewis

You Should Meet: Katherine Johnson by Thea Feldman

Websites

11 Amazing Women Who Made Wilderness Conservation History

Biographies of Woman Mathematicians

Get to Know These 91 Famous Female Scientists

Biographies – Duckster – Rachel Carson. Marie Curie, Jane Goodall

Inventive Minds: Women Inventors | Lemeison Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation

Ten Historic Female Scientists You Should Know| Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists – Role Models – Mighty Girls & Women – Books |A Mighty Girl

Women in Architecture: 10 Successful Female Architects You Should Know

Women Physicians Who Changed the Course of American Medicine

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15Feb / 2020

The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs

by Kate Messner, illustrated by Matthew Forsythe

Subjects – Coral Reefs, Ken Nedimyer, Coral Restoration

Summary – All it takes is one: one coral gamete to start a colony in the ocean, one person to make a difference in the world, one idea to help us heal the earth. The ongoing conservation efforts to save and rebuild the world’s coral reefs—with hammer and glue, and grafts of newly grown coral—are the living legacy of environmental scientist Ken Nedimyer, founder of the Coral Restoration Foundation. (Chronicle Books)

Activities

Chasing Coral – Movie Trailer

Coloring Page and Word Search – NOA

Coral 101 – National Geographic Video

Word Search – Coral Reef – Print -a -Puzzle

Ocean First Education Explorer Series: Ecosystem – Coral Reefs – Video

Coral Printouts – Enchanted Learning (subscription required for best printing)

Books about Coral Reefs

At Home in the Coral Reef by Katy Muzik

Coral Reef by Gary Davis Lesson Plan p. 12 -17

Coral Reefs by Jason Chin – Teaching Guide

Coral Reefs by Gail Gibbons (updated 2019)

Coral Reefs by Kathryn Hulick (AV2 by Weigl, 2018) (Google Books)

Coral Reefs by Precious McKenzie (Google Books)

Coral Reefs by Megan Peterson (Capstone Press -Smithsonian Little Explorer)

Coral Reefs by Kristin Baird Rattini (National Geographic kids, level 2) Printables

Coral Reefs by Seymour Simon – Read a Sample (Preview)

Coral Reefs: Cities in the Ocean by Maris Wicks (Macmillan)

Coral Reefs: Colorful Underwater Habitats by Laura Purdie Salas and Jeff Yesh (Capstone Publishing) – Google Books

Here is the Coral Reef by Madeleine Dunphy and Tom Leonard (Web of Life series)

Jump into Science: Coral Reefs by Sylvia Earle (Penguin Random House)

Life in a Coral Reef by Wendy Pfeffer, illustrator Steve Jenkins – Activity Guide

One Night in the Coral Sea by Sneed B. Collard, III and Robin Brickman (Charlesbridge)

Over in the ocean: In a Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes and Jeanette Canyon (Dawn Publications – Activites/Bookmark)

A Trip Through a Coral Reef by Richard Spillsbury, Louise Spillsbury (Google Books)

Underwater Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta (Charlesbridge)

Websites about Coral Reefs

Coral Reef Creatures – Education.com – Lesson plan

Kids Do Ecology – Coral Reefs

Science for Kids: Coral Reef Biome – Ducksters

What is a Coral Reef? Elementary School | Smithsonian Ocean – Lesson Plan/Powerpoint

Websites about Ken Nedimyer/Coral Restoration Foundation

Coral Restoration Foundation

Coral Restoration – GreenMatters

Florida Keys Coral Restoration Project

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10Feb / 2020

Snowy Owl Invasion!: Tracking an Unusual Migration

by Sandra Markle

Subjects – Snowy Owls, Lemmings, Arctic fox, Tundra, Project SNOWstorm

Summary – Late in 2013, snowy owls started showing up in places no one expected to find them—including Florida. What had caused so many of these majestic birds to leave their Arctic home and fly to southern Canada and the United States? Scientists quickly began working to find out. Author Sandra Markle brings together firsthand reports from the scientists involved along with stunning photographs of the owls to explain this rare event, known as an irruption. Follow along as scientists figure out why snowy owls took part in this unusual migration and discover what they learned from the unexpected opportunity to study them up close (Lerner Books)

Activities

Coloring Page – KidsZone

Coloring page – Coloring-Pages-kids.com

Snow Owls Dot-to-Dot – Education.com

Snowy Owls: Independent Reading Activity Pages | Scholastic

Books

It’s a snowy owl by Kerry Dinmont (Download entire book)

Snowy Owls by Helen Frost (Capstone Press- Pebble- Polar Animal Series)

Snowy Owls by Melissa Hill (Capstone Press)

Snowy Owls by Elaine Landau (Enslow Publishing)

Snowy Owls by Julie Murray (ABDO Publishing)

Snowy Owls by Ruth Owen (Rosen Publishing Group)