This is an informational picture book that discusses how the biome changes throughout the four seasons. It discusses the flowers and trees that bloom and grow in the spring. The book talks about the animals including birds, woodland animals, reptiles, and amphibians that are most active in the summer months. The book goes on to discuss how the leaves of the trees turn beautiful shades of red, orange, and yellow in the fall. It goes through all of the seasons in the forest.
This book would fit nicely in a unit about biomes. It would supplement the teacher's in-class discussion and the textbook. The book has beautiful illustrations(both hand drawn and photographs) which would be useful in helping children identify the things around them.
South Carolina Standards for Science
Standard 4-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and patterns of behavior that allow organisms to survive in their own distinct environments
Indicator 4-2.2 Explain how the characteristics of distinct environments (including swamps, rivers and
streams, tropical rain forests, deserts, and the polar regions) influence the variety of organisms in each.
I would have the students study a forest in close proximity of their home and record their findings in a forest journal. The students would then compose a poster using Glogster displaying their recorded findings.
http://www.pbs.org/earthonedge/ecosystems/index.html
http://www.forestfoundation.org/healthywoods
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/
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