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INFORMAL TEACHING UNITS

To promote interdisciplinary learning, many informal theme-based activities have been developed to supplement existing
elementary curriculum.

JAGUAR by Roland Smith.
Rainforest Theme Activities
Build a Bird Mask (art and Science)
Rainforest Reckoning (mathematics)
The Rainforest Slideshow (CD-Rom)
Scramble Squares (science game)
Rainforest Animal bookmarkers (science and social studies)
The Great Kapok Tree (reader's theatre)
Tropical Treats (art and science)










TWISTER TROUBLE and ELECTRIC STORM
The Magic School Bus Series
Weather Theme Activities
Windblown Writing (reading)
Mapping the Weather (geography)
Dizzy Twister (art)
The Weather Zapper Radio Play (reading)
Make An Anemometer (science)
Tantalizing, Tessellating Snowflake (science)
Weather Fundamentals (science DVD)
Weather Bookmarkers













THE BOGGART and the MONSTER by Susan
Cooper
Water Mysteries Theme Activities
The Loch Ness Times (reading, writing, and art)
Eat At Nessies (art and mathematics)
The Case of the Mysterious Renters (reading, science)
The Murky Water Caper (reading, science, and art)
What Happened to Wendy Water (science game)
Loch Nessie and Ladders (history and science)
The Case of the Disappearing Water (reading and science)











SPRING WATERS, GATHERING PLACES by
Sandra Chishold DeYonge - Project Wet
Conservation Theme Activities
Planet Plop (science)
Water In Your Home (science)
The Right Stuff (science and art)
Conservation Chateau (science and mathematics)
Hydro-Logic (science and geography)
Puddle Pictures (art, reading and science)
SD Forest and Water Activities (science CD-ROM)
Your Hometown Clean Water Tour











A DROP AROUND THE WORLD by Barbara Shaw
McKinney
Water Cycle Theme Activities
Water, Water Everywhere and Not A Drop To Drink (science,
art, and theatre)
You Can Use It For.... (reading and science)
Just The Facts, Ma'am (social studies and science)
Water Spout (science, math, and reading)
Now You See It, Now You Don't (social studies and science)
Planet Plop (reading, art, and science)
Droplet & The Water Cycle (science CD-ROM)
Water Cycle Movie (CD-ROM)











THE RAINSTICK, a fable by Sandra Chisholm
Robinson - Project Wet
Weather and Storytelling Themes Activities
I Am Part of the Water Cycle (science and reading)
Water Cycle Adventure (reader's theatre)
The Story of Drinking Water (science and reading)
The Water Cycle (3-D model)
Invitation to Learn (science)
Water Charades (reading)
More Water Charades (reading)
Water Cycle Cool Cards (science and math)










WET ALL OVER
The Magic School Bus Series
Water Cycle Theme Activities
Earth, The Water Planet (science and art)
Puddle Pictures
Reader's Theatre Script: Water Cycle Adventure (reader's
theatre)
Matching Game: How Much Water
Thirstin's Wacky Water Adventure
The Water Cycle Poster
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