Be A Scientist: Marine Biologist by Zelda Salt
“NASA calls the ocean the “great unknown,” because we know more about the surface of the moon than the bottom of the ocean. Marine biologists study marine life by swimming with sharks or learning about life processes by studying plants that grow with almost no sunlight, making them some of Earth’s greatest adventurers. With explanations […]
Manatee vs. Humanity
Visit the Hands on Investigation Module of the TMA BlueTech Grade Three curriculum for curriculum connections.
Manatees Are the “Sea Cows” of the Coast
Visit the Hands on Investigation Module of the TMA BlueTech Grade Three curriculum for curriculum connections.
Manatee Winter by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Two gentle Manatees must swim up a Florida river to escape the chill of winter. Along the way, Little Calf dives deep and gets caught in a clump of large seaweed. Can his mother save him? Find out as this exciting story unfolds! Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Manatee Winter is a fun […]
Slow Down for Manatees by Jim Arnosky

Visit the Hands on Investigation Module of the TMA BlueTech Grade Three curriculum for curriculum connections.
A Manatee Morning by Jim Arnosky

In the Crystal river, where the water’s warm and clean, something big is moving. It’s a swimming manatee. Join a manatee mother and baby as they swim peacefully through the sun-streaked waters of Crystal river, Florida. Watch as they drift past a sleeping alligator and a hungry pelican. But be careful! Noisy motorboats are speeding […]
A Safe Home for Manatee by Priscilla Belz Jenkins
Describes the disappearing habitat of the Florida manatee as an introduction to the idea that each animal needs a specific place to live. Visit the Hands on Investigation Module of the TMA BlueTech Grade Three curriculum for curriculum connections.
Sam the Sea Cow by Francine Jacobs
Sam is called a sea cow because that’s what he looks like – a big cow grazing in the ocean. Another name for Sam is manatee. In this book we meet Sam when he is just hours old and leave him when he is ready to mate. In between is a great deal of information […]