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Science: Nature
Target Grades: 5-7
 
Poetry
Agard, John and Satoshi Kitamura. Hello H2O
Hopkins, Lee Bennett and Virginia Halstead. Spectacular Science: A Book of Poems
Hull, Robert and Annabel Spenceley. Science Poetry (Thematic Poetry)
Lewis, J. Patrick and Frank Remkiewicz. Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science
Peters, Andrew Fusek. Poems about Earth
Peters, Lisa Westberg and Cathie Felstead. Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up
Schwartz, Alvin and Sue Truesdell. And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry 
from Everyone
Shields, Carol Diggory and Richard Thompson. BrainJuice: Science, Fresh Squeezed!
Sidman, Joyce. Eureka! Poems about Inventors
Singer, Marilyn and Meilo So.  Footprints on the Roof: Poems about the Earth
 
Nonfiction
DK Publishing. DK Nature Encyclopedia
Gates, Phil. Nature Got there First: Inventions Inspired by Nature
Gatty, Margaret. Parables from Nature
Locker, Thomas and Candace Christiansen. Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art
Reader’s Digest Editors. How It works: How nature works
Roy, Jennifer Rozines and Gregory Roy. Patterns in Nature (Math all Around)
 
Folktale:
Aesop.  Aesop’s Fables
Holbrook, Florence. Why the Crocodile has a Wide Mouth: and other Nature Myths\
 
Biography
Muir, John, Joseph Cornell, Elizabeth Ann Kelley, and Christopher Canyon.  John 
Muir: My Life With Nature 
Krull, Kathleen and Boris Kulikov. Leonardo Da Vinci: Giants of Science #1
 
Fiction
Barrett, Jan. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Brenner, Barbara and Denise Ortakales. Good Morning, Garden
Mala, Rheena and Pamala Majaraj. Awesome Skies: Fiction with a Non-Fiction Concept
Rotner and Ken Kreisler. Nature Spy
Shetterly, Susan Hand and Rebecca Haley McCall
Suess, Dr. Lorax
Svedberg, Ulf, Lena Anderson and Ingrid Sleberg. Nicky the Nature Detective
 
 
 
 
 
Volcanoes
Target grade: 4-6
 
Nonfiction:
Arnold, Eric. Volcanoes: Mountains of Fire
Carroll, Michael. Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Field, Nancy. Discovering Volcanoes
George, Michael. The Fiery Mount: Volcanoes
Haduch, Bill.  Volcano! An Explosive Tour of Earth’s Hot Spots
Lauber, Patricia. Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens.
Prager, Ellen J.  Volcano
Riley, Gail Blasser. Volcano!: The 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption
Rusch, Elizabeth and KE Lewis. Will It Blow? Become a Volcano Detective at Mt. St. 
Helens
Simon, Seymour.  Volcanoes
Simon, Seymour. Danger! Volcanoes
 
Biography:
O’Meara, Donna.  Into the Volcano: A Volcano Researcher at Work
 
Folktale:
Argueta, Manlio and Elly Simmons.  Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes/Los perros magicos 
de los volcanos.
 
Fiction:
Cole, Joanna. Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth
Gantschev, Ivan. The Volcano
Lewis, P. Thomas. Hill of Fire.
Osborne, Mary Pope and Sal Murdocca. Vacation Under the Volcano.
 
Activity:
Moreau, Roger. Volcano & Earthquake Mazes
O'Brien-Palmer, Michael. How the Earth Works: 60 Fun Activities for Exploring 
Volcanoes, Fossils, Earthquakes, and More
VanCleave, Janice. Janice VanCleave's Earthquakes: Mind-boggling Experiments You 
Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects
 
Video:
PBS: In the Path of the Killer Volcano
National Geographic: Nature’s Inferno
 

 
 
JaKay Greer Teacher-LibrarianMiddle schoolAlbany, Oregonirismedia@msn.com
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