Text Sets Text Citation

Lasky, K., & Fellows, S. (2006). John Muir: America's First Environmentalist. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press.

Summary A real-life environmentalist John Muir is characterized in this book about his life and discoveries. Along the way he encouraged others to participate in outdoor activities that included seeking nature as a place of joy for people.

Instructional Implications This can be used to inspire students to have an impact on their local environment, as well as across the country. It states the importance of preserving the American wilderness and other areas susceptible to unfortunate changes. I will use this as a guide to a specific type of habitat and animals of the desert. This will be an introduction to my lessons on the desert.

Frierson, V. (1996). A Desert Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk in the Sonoran Desert. New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Sidman, J., & Allen, R. (2010). Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night. Boston [Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children.

This book takes a look at life in the desert including pictures of the landscape and animals found there. The narrator also talks about the different weather that may be experienced in the desert and how it affects the habitats. Poems about nature including plants and animals in a forest habitat. Each poem is from a different animals point of view and what kind of experiences they have in their habitat.

This book could connect to a poetry unit where students could write about nature. To be even more creative, the students could write in the first person just like the author of this book did.

Cole, J., & Degen, B. (1992). The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor. New York: Scholastic.

The class in this book is given an underwater tour of the ocean. They get to see the animals and plants that live in different parts of the ocean and get a lot of facts related to habitats. This is about different plants and animals that can be found in our very own habitatsour neighborhood. It also displays the diversity and abundance of life that can be found in your own backyard. Small captions below the pictures represent information about the plants and animals in the book. This is an article with a lot of information about rainforests and could be valuable information for writing.

This book can be an introduction to ocean habitats. Since it shows a lot of different pictorial representations of the ocean and beaches. This would serve as an introduction to my lesson about plants and animals that are closest to us in the classroom. It can also be used before a nature walk around the school or home, and what things to look for.

Morrison, G. (2004). Nature in the Neighborhood. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.

Rain Forest. (n.d.). National Geographic. Retrieved March 17, 2014, from http://environment.nationalgeogr aphic.com/environment/habitats/r ainforest-profile/

I would use this as one of the pieces of evidence for the IMSCI unit of persuasive writing.

Grasslands. (n.d.). National Geographic. Retrieved March 19, 2014, from http://environment.nationalgeogr aphic.com/environment/habitats/ grassland-profile/

This is an article about grasslands of the world, who lives there and general characteristics of the terrain.

This will be one of the articles that the students would refer to and take notes about during the IMSCI unit.

Deserts. (n.d.). National Geographic. Retrieved March 16, 2014, from http://environment.nationalgeogr aphic.com/environment/habitats/ desert-profile/

This article is about living in the desert, ranging from the Sahara to Antarctica. It stresses that not all deserts are hot like most may think.

This will be one of the articles that the students would refer to and take notes about during the IMSCI unit.

Urban. (n.d.). National Geographic. Retrieved March 18, 2014, from http://environment.nationalgeogr aphic.com/environment/habitats/ urban-profile/

This article is about ancient cities and what the importance of cities are to the American culture.

This will be one of the articles that the students would refer to and take notes about during the IMSCI unit.

Tundra. (n.d.). National Geographic. Retrieved March 18, 2014, from http://environment.nationalgeogr aphic.com/environment/habitats/t undra-profile/

Tundra regions are some of the harshest places to live as told in this article. It offers a lot of information about these regions and what can be found there.

This will be one of the articles that the students would refer to and take notes about during the IMSCI unit.

The Giant Panda Cam. (n.d.). Giant Panda Cam. Retrieved March 18, 2014, from http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/ webcams/giant-panda.cfm

The video feed watches over panda bears in captivity at the Smithsonian zoo. Its a look into another side of natural habitats, because pandas may not always be in the wild. This is a video about the temperate rainforest in Vancouver, BC. The Great Bear Rainforest was created to protect this temperate rainforest. This catchy song is a great attention getter for kids and has a lot of great information within the song.

I would show this in class as an example of a panda bears habitat in captivity versus in the wild.

Vancouver Rain Forest. (n.d.). Vancouver Rain Forest. Retrieved March 18, 2014, from http://video.nationalgeographic.c om/video/vancouver-rainforest

This would be an introduction video to a lesson about temperate rainforests.

Garfield, H. A. (2011, November 3). "I GOT A HABITAT" BY THE BUMBLEMEN.YouTube. Retrieved March 18, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =H_CSlLIuVZs

I would play this as an anticipatory set to a lesson about habitats.