Weird Science
in the
Library
Debra Marshall, MLS
Coppell ISD
Karen Kessel, M.Ed
Hays CISD
Science in the library? That’s WEIRD! Really? The library is a big, open space with lots of room, tables, and chairs. What better place than the library for a Science Lab?
Collaboration with your teachers is essential. But if that is difficult just try it with one then it will spread like wildfire.
IDEAS TO TRY IN YOUR LIBRARY
Debra Marshall, Coppell ISD
Karen Kessel, Hays CISD
February 15, 2008
PUMPKIN/SINK & FLOAT — K-1
FOSS KIT/PAPER — K
GARDENS — 2
SIMPLE MACHINES — 3
WHEELS — 4
ROCHELLE STRAUSS — 3-5
BIOMES — 5
LANDFORMS — 5
Debra Marshall, Coppell ISD
Karen Kessel, Hays CISD
February 15, 2008
All unit and lesson plans may be found at the following website:
coppellisd.com Schools Wilson Elementary Staff Debra Marshall
A great website to check out:
Texas Education Agency link to Elementary Science TEKS:
Questions? Please email either of us. We are more than happy to help!
PAIRED FICTION AND NON-FICTION BOOKS
FOR STORYTIME GRADES K-2
Animal Babies
Collard, SneedLEAVING HOME
Guiberson, Brenda Z.THE EMPEROR LAYS AN EGG
Singer, MarilynTOUGH BEGINNINGS
Butterflies
Allen, JudyARE YOU A BUTTERFLY?
Bruel, RobertBOB AND OTTO
Brust, Beth WagnerBUTTERFLIES
Climate
Jenkins, SteveHOTTEST, COLDEST, HIGHEST, DEEPEST
Mara, WilTHE FOUR OCEANS
Pringle, LaurenceGLOBAL WARMING: THE THREAT OF EARTH’S CHANGING CLIMATE
Desert
Gibbons, GailDESERTS
Sayre, April PulleyDIG, WAIT, LISTEN: A DESERT TOAD’S TALE
Food Chain
Sidman, JoyceSONG OF THE WATER BOATMAN AND OTHER POND POEMS
Wallace, HollyFOOD CHAINS AND WEBS
Gardens
Ayres, KatherineUP, DOWN, AND AROUND
Levenson, GeorgePUMPKIN CIRCLE: THE STORY OF A GARDEN
Silver, Donald M. BACKYARD
Inventor/Scientist
Barretta, GeneNOW & BEN: THE MODERN INVENTIONS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Kramer, StephenHIDDEN WORLDS: LOOKING THROUGH A SCIENTIST’S MICROSCOPE
Migration
Hoff, MaryMIGRATION
Simon, SeymourTHEY WALK THE EARTH: THE EXTRAORDINARY TRAVELS OF ANIMALS ON LAND
Pollution
Bunting, EveDUCKY
Carle, Eric10 RUBBER DUCKS
Recycling
Gibbons, GailRECYCLE! A HANDBOOK FOR KIDS
Weber, Rebecca WASTE NOT: TIME TO RECYCLE
Wong, Janet S. THE DUMPSTER DIVER
Seeds
Aston, Dianna Hutts A SEED IS SLEEPY
Brown, RuthTEN SEEDS
Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth SEEDS! SEEDS! SEEDS!
Snow
Martin, Jacqueline BriggsSNOWFLAKE BENTLEY
Waldman, NeilTHE SNOWFLAKE: A WATER CYCLE STORY
Tsunami
Hatkoff, IsabellaOWEN & MZEE: THE LANGUAGE OF FRIENDSHIP
Morris, AnnTSUNAMI: HELPING EACH OTHER
Winter, JeanetteMAMA: A TRUE STORY IN WHICH A BABY HIPPO LOSES HIS MAMA DURING THE TSUNAMI, BUT FINDS A NEW HOME, AND A NEW MAMA
Water
Rosinsky, NatalieWATER: UP, DOWN, AND ALL AROUND
Sherman, JosephaSPLISH, SPLASH! A BOOK ABOUT RAIN
Debra Marshall, Coppell ISD
Karen Kessel, Hays CISD
February 15, 2008
Kinder
absorb
change
chart
conclusion
explain
explore
float
group
habitat
living
non-living
part
questioning
rough
safety
seasons
sink
smooth
thick
thin
weather
whole
repel
First
compare
demonstrate
describe
dissolve
dull
explanation
flexible
gas
SCIENCE VOCABULARY
hand lenses
identify
layer
liquid
matter
mixture
observe
predict
property
recycle
rigid
solid
sort
texture
tool
Second
balance
chrysalis
condensation
conserve
cycle
degrees
dispose
environment
evaporation
habitat
insect
investigate
life cycle
living
metamorphosis
meteorologist
motion
non-living
overcast
patterns
precipitation
pupa
record
temperature
thermometer
thorax
Third
adaptation
conservation
ecosystem
evidence
force
forces of nature
gravity
hardness
hypothesis
inexhaustible
inherit
magnetism
microscope
minerals
natural resource
organisms
parish
processes
renewable
reproduce
retain
scientific process
soil
solar system
structure
system
thrive
traits
Fourth
accumulation
analyze
buoyancy
circuit
complex system
conductor
consumer
data
decomposer
density
energy – sun
erosion
evaluate
flow
food chain/web
fossil
groundwater
habitat
insulator
interpret
invertebrate
learned characteristics
physical properties
producer
record
reduction
result
retain
species
vertebrate
water cycle
weathering
Fifth
atmosphere
basin
classify
conclusion
control
delta
deposition
erosion
evaluate
interactions
mixture
revolve
rotate
sequence
solution
theory
variable
Debra Marshall, Coppell ISD
Karen Kessel, Hays CISD
February 15, 2008
Debra Marshall, Coppell ISD
Karen Kessel, Hays CISD
February 15, 2008