{"id":1706,"date":"2009-09-11T14:44:15","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T19:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1706"},"modified":"2009-09-11T14:44:15","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T19:44:15","slug":"teaching-life-science-through-childrens-literature-rain-forests-and-reefs-a-kids-eye-view-of-the-tropics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/11\/teaching-life-science-through-childrens-literature-rain-forests-and-reefs-a-kids-eye-view-of-the-tropics\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Life Science with Children&#8217;s Literature: Rain Forests and Reefs &#8212; A Kid&#8217;s-Eye View of the Tropics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/rainforests-and-reefs.jpg\" title=\"rainforests-and-reefs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/rainforests-and-reefs.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"rainforests-and-reefs.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rain-Forests-Reefs-KidS-Eye-Cincinnati\/dp\/0531158063\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1252693086&amp;sr=1-1\">Rain\u00a0Forests &amp; Reefs &#8212; A Kid&#8217;s-Eye View of the Tropics<\/a> \u00a0by\u00a0Caitlin Maynard, Thane Maynard, and Stan Rullman, \u00a0is an\u00a0exuberant account of the adventures of eighteen teenage zoologists\u00a0who travel to Belize one summer.\u00a0 The young zoologists&#8217;\u00a0explorations are documented through vivid photographs, postcards, journal entries, and a running commentary on their extraordinary trip.\u00a0Loaded with fascinating facts, this book is an original look at forest and ocean biodiversity told in an engaging style\u00a0to which\u00a0students will readily connect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum Connections<\/strong><br \/>\nThis book would be an excellent tool\u00a0to illustrate real world connections\u00a0in science, and could be\u00a0especially helpful when tackling such topics as ecosystems, biodiversity, interdepenence, and endangered species.\u00a0\u00a0 All of these concepts relate to life science\u00a0standards in grades\u00a04 through\u00a06.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To access a 3D Demo on\u00a0frogs click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.froguts.com\/flash_content\/index.html\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You\u00a0will find\u00a0a\u00a0cooperative\u00a0lesson plan on\u00a0endangered species\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youth.net\/cec\/cecsci\/cecsci.58.txt\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For interactive animal exploration, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/animals\/index.jsp\">National Science Foundation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#039;re looking for\u00a0another\u00a0awesome\u00a0life science resource, try this <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Where-in-the-Wild\/David-M-Schwartz\/e\/9781582462073\/?itm=2&amp;usri=1\">book<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rain-Forests-Reefs-KidS-Eye-Cincinnati\/dp\/0531158063\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1252693086&amp;sr=1-1\">Rain Forests &amp; Reefs &#8212; A Kid&#8217;s-Eye View of the Tropics<\/a><strong><br \/>\nAuthor:<\/strong> Caitlin Maynard, Than Maynard, and Stand Rullman<br \/>\n<strong>Illustrator:<\/strong> Stan Rullman<br \/>\n<strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Franklin Watts: A Division of Grolier Publishing<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> 1996<strong><br \/>\nPages:<\/strong> 64<br \/>\n<strong>Grade Range:<\/strong> 4-6<strong><br \/>\nISBN:<\/strong> 978-0531158067<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rain\u00a0Forests &amp; Reefs &#8212; A Kid&#8217;s-Eye View of the Tropics \u00a0by\u00a0Caitlin Maynard, Thane Maynard, and Stan Rullman, \u00a0is an\u00a0exuberant account of the adventures of eighteen teenage zoologists\u00a0who travel to Belize one summer.\u00a0 The young zoologists&#8217;\u00a0explorations are documented through vivid photographs, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/11\/teaching-life-science-through-childrens-literature-rain-forests-and-reefs-a-kids-eye-view-of-the-tropics\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,127,758],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-environment","category-life-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}