Science Units


The Pond Ecosystem (Gr. 3 - 8)
Teacher Unit Study Guide                              $16.95
This Unit uses the pond ecosystem as a means to show students that all living things are interdependent, and when the creatures and plants are living in a balanced environment the quality of the ecosystem is enhanced. "Hands-on" activities and experiments are included for the pond field trip and the classroom environment.
Main Skills: comparing & contrasting/mapping/ordering events/conducting a field study/understanding and developing food chains/ investigating changes in plants and animals
Pages:      40
Binding:    Spiral


Pond Ecosystem Supplement  (Gr. 3 - 8)   
Student Notebook                                            $16.95
This Notebooking Supplement accompanies the Pond Ecosystem Unit Study and provides ideas and activities for the student to complete during the Unit. It also provides a place for the students to record their experiments and their observations throughout the Unit.
Pages:      39
Binding:    Spiral

Complete Kit (Includes Teacher's Study Guide and Student Notebook)          $32.00
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Plant Life Cycles ( Gr. 3 - 8)
Teacher Unit Study Guide                                $16.95
This Unit involves the students in growing plants and observing the changes that plants go through during their lifetime. "Hands-on" activities and experiments help to engage the students in their learning.
Main Skills: comparing & contrasting/drawing & labeling diagrams/conducting experiments/ identifying similarities & differences/understanding the Scientific Method of discovery
Pages:      41
Binding:    Spiral


Plant Life Cycles Supplement  (Gr. 3 - 8)      $16.95
Student Notebook
This Notebooking Supplement accompanies the Plant Life Cycles Unit Study and provides ideas and activities for the student to complete during the Unit. It also provides a place for the students to record their experiments and their observations throughout the Unit.
Pages:      36
Binding:    Spiral

Complete Kit  (Includes Teacher's Study Guide and Student Notebook)          $32.00
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Weather ( Gr. 3 - 8)
Teacher Unit Study Guide)                                 $16.95       
In this Unit students use information that they learn about weather phenomena to help them build their own Weather Station. The students keep a weather journal for a period of at least two weeks.
Main Skills: creating charts/making predictions/identifying patterns and relationships/writing explanations/recording observations & measurements/understanding air pressure
Pages:      41
Binding:    Spiral


Weather Supplement  (Gr. 3 - 8)                        $16.95
This Notebooking Supplement accompanies the Weather Unit Study and provides ideas and activities for the student to complete during the Unit. It also provides a place for the students to record their experiments and their observations throughout the Unit.
Pages:      47
Binding:    Spiral

Complete Kit  (Includes Teacher's Study Guide and Student Notebook)           $32.00
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Earth Watch (Gr. 4 - 8)
Teacher's Handbook                                               $10.80
Main Skills: comprehension/making connections/uderstanding cause & effect/mapping/understanding & developing food chains/planning & carrying out a social action/designing & conducting a survey/writing dialogue/persausive writing
Pages:      30
Binding:    Spiral

Student Notebook                                                    $19.95

This unit explores the present day state of the Earth's health and encourages the students to discover what will happen if Earth's inhabitants do not take measures to conserve resources. In this Unit the students will have an opportunity to bake cookies using a solar oven that they build themselves.
Pages:      90
Binding:    Spiral

Fiction Text:	The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry	$8.95
Non-Fiction Text:	Endangered Planet by David Burnie	$10.50

Complete Kit (Includes Teacher's Handbook, Student Notebook, Fiction Text, and Non-Fiction Text)            $45.95
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Wolves in the Wild (Gr. 4 - 5)
Teacher's Handbook                                                  $10.80   
Main Skills: comprehension/character analysis/making connections/comparing & contrasting/categorizing information/prediction/problem resolution/creating and using a research plan/understanding author's purpose/persuasive writing/identifying rules for irregular nouns
Pages:      30
Binding:    Spiral

Student Workbook                                                      $19.95 
     
This Unit looks at a wolf pack and the roles of its members as they work together and interact to survive in their natural habitat. The fiction book explores the theme through the eyes of a young wolf pup, Runt, who is driven to prove to his father that he is a valuable member of the pack.
Pages:      94
Binding:    Spiral

Fiction Text:	Runt by Marion Dane Bauer	$6.95
Non-Fiction Text:	Wolves by Seymour Simon	$8.50

Complete Kit (Includes Teacher's Handbook, Student Notebook, Fiction Text, and Non-Fiction Text         $45.95
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Owls (Gr. 3 - 5)
Teacher's Handbook                                               $10.80
Main Skills: comprehension/categorizing information/character analysis/making connections/comparing & contrasting/creating and using a research plan/understanding & developing food chains/labeling a diagram/persuasive writing/anagrams
Pages:      20
Binding:    Spiral

Student Workbook                                                   $19.95
 
This Unit examines the predatory life of owls. The fiction book relates humorous accounts of what happens when a young boy takes an owl from its nest and raises it as a pet.
Pages:      78
Binding:    Spiral

Fiction Text:	Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat	$7.95
Non-Fiction Text:	Owls - Animal Predators by Sandra Markle	$9.50

Complete Kit (Includes Teacher's Handbook, Student Notebook, Fiction Text, and Non-Fiction Text)           $45.95
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Bats (Gr. 5 - 8)
Teacher's Handbook                                               $10.80
Main Skills:comprehension/making connections/character analysis/story setting/sequence of events/comparing & contrasting/story mapping/identifying outcomes/creating behavior webs/identifying root words/descriptive writing
Pages:      28
Binding:    Spiral

Student Workbook                                                   $19.95

This Unit takes a close look at the life of a bat colony. The fiction book develops an exciting plot through the adventures Shade, a Graywing bat, who becomes separated from the colony during his first migration. The non-fiction book makes use of detailed, close-up photography to compliment the informative text.
Pages:      99
Binding:    Spiral

Fiction Text:	Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel	$8.55
Non-Fiction Text:	Outside and Inside Bats by Sandra Markle	$9.50

Complete Kit (Includes Teacher's Handbook, Student Notebook, Fiction Text, and Non-Fiction Text)           $45.95
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Floating and Sinking ( Gr. 1 - 3)
Teacher's Handbook                                          $12.95

This Unit uses the read-aloud book "Who Sank the Boat" as a springboard for exploring the scientific concepts of flotation and bouyancy. A series of experiments help the younger students to understand basic water principles. Suggested fun activities are included.
Main Skills: comprehension/prediction/classifying/drawing & labeling diagrams/conducting experiments/sharing & classifying ideas about observable phenomena/developing vocabulary through the use of similies and metaphors
Pages:      26
Binding:    Spiral

Text:

Who Sank the Boat by Pamela Allen

$7.95

Floating and Sinking Supplement
 Student Notebook                                    $15.95

This Notebooking Supplement accompanies the Floating and Sinking Unit Study and provides ideas and activities for the student to complete during the Unit. It also provides a place for the students to record their experiments and observations.
Pages:      36
Binding:    Spiral

Complete Kit (Includes Teacher's Handbook, Student Notebook, and Fiction Text            $30.80
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Seasonal Change (Gr. 1 - 3)
Teacher's Handbook                                      $12.95

This Unit uses the read-aloud book "Goose Moon" to introduce the students to the concept of the Sun and the angle of the Earth's axis being responsible for the changes in our seasons. The different phases of the moon are also addressed in this Unit by having the students keep a pictorial record of the moon's changes over a four week period.
Main Skills: comprehension/making connections/reading a calendar/conducting experiments/developing vocabulary through the use of adverbs/sharing ideas about objects in space/identifying patterns in the environment
Pages:      27
Binding:    Spiral

Text:

Goose Moon by Carolyn Arden (Available in Hardcover only)

$18.50

Seasonal Change Supplement  (Gr. 1 - 3)   
Student Notebook                                          $15.95

This Notebooking Supplement accompanies the Seasonal Change Unit Study and provides ideas and activities for the student to complete during the Unit. It also provides a place for the students to record their experiments and observations.
Pages:      32
Binding:    Spiral

Complete Kit (Includes Teacher's Handbook, Student Notebook, and Fiction Text        $43.75
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Shadows (Gr. 1 - 3)
Teacher's Handbook                                      $12.95

Students are introduced to the topic of Shadows through the read-aloud book "Moonbear's Shadow". In this Unit the students discover how shadows are made and how they change according to the time and the position of the light source.
Main Skills: comprehension/making connections/predicting/graphing/measuring/creating & using a research plan/sharing & clarifying ideas about observable physical phenomena/developing vocabulary through the use of adjectives
Pages:      40
Binding:    Spiral

Text:

Moonbear's Shadow by Frank Asch

$9.50

Shadows Supplement  (Gr. 1 - 3)
Student Notebook                                            $15.95

This Notebooking Supplement accompanies the Shadows Unit Study and provides ideas and activities for the student to complete during the Unit. It also provides a place for the students to record their experiments and observations.
Pages:      27
Binding:    Spiral

Complete Kit (Includes Teacher's Handbook, Student Notebook, and Fiction Text          $30.80
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Pets, Farm, Zoo Animals (Gr. 1 - 3)
Teacher's Handbook                                      $12.95

This unit is introduced through the read-aloud book "Arthur's New Puppy". In this unit the students compare and contrast the characteristics of pets, farm and zoo animals.
Main Skills: comprehension/making connections/categorizing information/comparing & contrasting/making observations/identifying the needs of living things/grouping objects according to physical attributes
Pages:      37
Binding:    Spiral

Text:

Arthur's New Puppy by Marc Brown

$8.50

Pets, Farm, and Zoo Animals Supplement   (Gr. 1 - 3) 
Student Notebook                                            $15.95

This Notebooking Supplement accompanies the Pets Unit Study and provides ideas and activities for the student to complete during the Unit. It also provides a place for the students to record their experiments and observations.
Pages:      44
Binding:    Spiral

Complete Kit (Includes Teacher's Handbook, Student Notebook, and Fiction Text           $30.80
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Bees (Gr. K - 3)
Teacher's Handbook                                      $12.95

This unit is introduced through the read-aloud book "The Very Greedy Bee". In this unit the children learn about the parts of a bee's body, how a bee is able to collect honey, the roles of different bees in a hive, and how bees help us by pollinating flowers.
Main Skills: comprehension/making connections/making & recording observations/drawing and labeling diagrams/explaining the stages of an insect's life/understand that bees are social insects
Pages:      56
Binding:    Spiral

Text:

The Very Greedy Bee by Steve Smallman

$9.50

Bees Supplement  (Gr. K - 3)   
Student Notebook                                            $15.95

The Notebooking Supplement accompanies the Bees Unit and provides ideas and activities for the student to complete during the Unit. It also provides a place for the students to record their experiments and observations.
Pages:      33
Binding:    Spiral
Complete Kit (Includes Teacher's Handbook, Student Notebook, and Fiction Text)       $30.80
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History Units

Lewis and Clark (Gr. 4 - 6)

Teacher's Handbook                                                  $10.80
Main Skills: comprehension/interpreting a timeline/cause & effect/similarities & differences/descriptive writing/identifying relationships of characters/comparing & contrasting/expository writing/persuasive writing/mapping
Pages:      41
Binding:    Spiral 
           
Student Workbook                                                      $19.95
This Unit takes the learner on a journey in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark as they explored the route to the West. The fiction story is told from the perspective of Lewis' dog Seaman, who accompanied the Corps of Discovery on their adventure and became involved in many adventures of his own. The non-fiction text tells the journey in diary form and the Study Unit assists the students to develop timelines based on the journal accounts.
Pages:      117
Binding:    Spiral

Fiction Text:	Seaman by Gail Langer Karwoski	$10.50
Non-Fiction Text:	How We Crossed the West by Rosalyn Schanzer	$9.50

Complete Kit (Includes Teacher's Handbook, Student Notebook, Fiction Text, and Non-Fiction
Text      $45.95
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The Great San Francisco Earthquake (Gr. 5 - 8) 
Teacher's Handbook                                              $10.80
Main Skills:comprehension/mapping/character analysis/comparing & contrasting/ story mapping/identifying theme/role playing/identifying effects of an earthquake
Pages:      20
Binding:    Spiral

Student Workbook                                                 $19.95

This Unit Study uses the fiction book "Quake" to tell the story of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, and the non-fiction text "Earthquakes" provides information about how earthquakes occur, how they are measured, and what to do in the event of an earthquake.
Pages:      84
Binding:    Spiral

Fiction Text:	Quake by Gail Langer Karwoski	$8.50
Non-Fiction Text:	Earthquakes by Seymour Simon	$9.50

Complete Kit (Includes Teacher's Handbook, Student Notebook, Fiction Text, and Non-Fiction Text     $45.95
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World Geography SeriesSuitable for Grades 5 - 10

Passport To the World: Book 1             $42.80

A year's Geography curriculum for Grades 5 - 10. This Unit Study looks at the countries that make up North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. It is an Internet based research study covering historical, political, geographical, environmental, social and cultural aspects of each country.
Pages:      135
Binding:    Spiral

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Passport To the World: Book 2             $42.80

A year's Geography curriculum for Grades 5 - 10. This Unit Study looks at the countries that make up Asia and the Pacific. It is an Internet based research study covering historical, political, geographical, environmental, social and cultural aspects of each country.
Pages:      165
Binding:    Spiral

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Read, Write, and Discover Units       $19.95 (includes the Unit and Resource Book)
Suitable for Grades 3 - 6

These units are an excellent resource to use with children who need to sharpen their reading and writing skills and find novel studies too daunting. Especially useful for use with Reading Disabled Students. Each book contains a collection of short stories, articles, plays, and poems which are produced in journal form.
Pages:      Each book is approximately 40 pages
Binding:    Spiral

Book 311	Wild & Wacky; Dress-up Kit Number One; How To Make a Pop-up Card
Book 312	Good Morning!; Watch This Space; Grandma's Garden; Flowers Forever
Book 313	Ina Joins In; Patterns in Wood; The Best Skateboarder in the School; Fruit Salad Art
Book 314	Fast Feet; Digging For Gold; The Perfect Breakfast; The Tame Eels of Anatoki; Camping
Book 315	Brooke's Calf; Seeds That Wear Jackets; Mangrove Forests; Monster on the Highway
Book 411	School Camp Fun; The Butter Trap; Forgetful Friday; The Lightest Wood in the World
Book 412	The Experiment; Craig and The Sister Catcher; The Secret; Lucky Escape; Look, Listen, Swim
Book 413	Twenty Fingers on One Hand; A House With a Mouse; The Old School Bus; Life on the River; Snake
Book 414	Whitebaiting; Storm; The Dragon's Egg; Kiu and Ugauga; Going to School in Taiwan
Book 415	Cooking an Uga; The Blink-Off; Earth Paints; Postcard From the Bahamas; It's Only a Fairy Tale

     
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