How Mountains Are Made by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
A mountain might be thousands of feet high, but it can still grow taller or shorter each year. This classic picture book explores how mountains are made—including how Mount Everest grew from a flat plain under an ocean to become 29,028 feet tall! This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in […]
Land and Water by Eve Heidi
This book features 33 major geographical landforms and bodies of water and stunning photographs of the most world’s scenic land and water forms that will appeal to all ages, from pre-K to adult. Visit the Grade 2 Inquiry Launch Module of the BlueTech Curriculum to see curriculum connections.
Bird’s Eye View of San Diego
This video introduces cartography and gives students a sense of “seeing’ the land in map form. Visit the Grade 2 Inquiry Launch Module of the BlueTech Curriculum to see curriculum connections.
Bird’s Eye View: The Natural World
This book introduces cartography and gives students a sense of “seeing’ the land in map form. Get ready for the journey of a lifetime…up in the sky! Bird’s Eye View: The Natural World takes you on an amazing, fact-filled aerial journey around the world with stunning views of its landscapes, and the animals and plants that live […]
PORTS: Help Our Kelp
Online resources about our PORTS helping kelp. Visit the Student Action Module of Grade 1 Curriculum to see curriculum connections. http://www.ports.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=28424
Help Our Kelp
What’s happening to the kelp forests? Students explore the problems that the kelp forests face (i.e. pollution, sea urchin overpopulation, loss of sea otters, warming oceans, etc.). Visit the Student Action Module of Grade 1 Curriculum to see curriculum connections.
Life in a Kelp Forest
What’s happening to the kelp forests? Students explore the problems that the kelp forests face (i.e. pollution, sea urchin overpopulation, loss of sea otters, warming oceans, etc.). Visit the Student Action Module of Grade 1 Curriculum to see curriculum connections.
Kelp in the Classroom
A student created piece, which serves as a model of possible for extensions for our first grade unit, or for publishing student poetry. Specifically discusses the needs of natural habitats. Visit the Engineering and Design Module of Grade 1 Curriculum to see curriculum connections.