Teacher
Reference Books
Baskin, Yvonne. The Work of Nature: How the Diversity
of Life Sustains Us, Island Press, Washington, D.C.,
1997.
This book looks at how human existence is dependent on
preserving wildlife communities and biodiversity.
Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring, Houghton Mifflin
Co., 1993.
This book, first published in 1962, was a powerful look
at how pesticides have affected the natural world. It
led to the banning of DDT and helped start the environmental
movement.
DiSilvestro, Roger L. Audubon Perspectives: Fight
for Survival, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1990.
This book is a series of essays using text and photographs
to discuss a variety of wildlife issues affecting our
planet today.
Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac, Oxford University
Press, New York, 1949.
This classic of nature writing was one of the first texts
to examine the ethical reasons of why humans need to preserve
wild places.
Morgan, Sally. Ecology and Environment: The Cycles
of Life, Oxford University Press, New York, 1995.
This book is formatted for easy reference, and uses text,
photographs and illustrations to show how biotic and abiotic
factors are interconnected across the planet.
National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 2,
February, 1999. "Biodiversity: The Fragile Web".
This special issue is a great introduction to the concepts
and problems associated with biodiversity.
Ricklefs, Robert E. and Gary L. Miller. Ecology,
W.H. Freeman Company, 1999.
Though, admittedly, college textbooks are often a little
dry and complex, they are often the best resources for
finding information on a particular subject. This textbook
introduces the reader to the science of and problems associated
with ecology.
Tudge, Colin. The Variety of Life, Oxford University
Press, New York, 2000.
This reference book looks at the diversity of life by
showing the taxonomic relationships between all of the
living things that are currently known.
Wallace, David Rains. Life in the Balance, Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, New York, 1987.
This text looks at ecological interdependence in a variety
of ecosystems and of the human efforts to preserve these
ecosystems.
Wilson, Edward O. The Diversity of Life, Harvard
University Press, Cambridge, 1992.
This Pulitzer Prize winning book by one of the world's
foremost scientists looks at what happens to biodiversity
when mass extinctions occur such as the one we are in
today.
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Teacher Reference Websites
National Audubon Society
http://www.audubon.org/
This website includes information on this conservation
organization as well as on education ideas, conservation
issues and species profiles.
National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org/
This website includes information on this conservation
organization as well as on education ideas, conservation
issues and Ranger Rick's Kid Zone.
The
Nature Conservancy
http://nature.org/
This website includes information on this conservation
organization that preserves wildlife communities by buying
and protecting the land they inhabit.
Sierra
Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/
This website includes information on this conservation
organization as well as on conservation issues and how
to take action.
South
Carolina Coastal Conservation League
http://www.scccl.org/
This website includes information on this local conservation
organization for the preservation of South Carolina's
coast, as well as on conservation issues and how to take
action.
South
Carolina Heritage Trust
http://water.dnr.state.sc.us/wild/heritage/preserve.html
This website includes information on this program of the
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources that preserves
land of natural and cultural significance in South Carolina.
South
Carolina Native Plants Society
http://cufp.clemson.edu/scnativeplants/
This website includes information on the society, on the
native plants of South Carolina and on the issues related
to native and exotic species. It also contains links to
related websites.
The
Wilderness Society
http://www.wilderness.org/
This website includes information on this conservation
organization as well as on conservation issues, how to
take action and a kid's page.
World
Wildlife Fund
http://www.worldwildlife.org/
This website includes information on this conservation
organization as well as on conservation issues, how to
take action, education ideas, animal profiles and biodiversity
topics.
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Student
Reference Books
Cone, Molly. Come Back, Salmon, Sierra Club Books
for Children, San Francisco, 1992.
Learn how the students of Jackson Elementary School in
Everett, Washington, cleaned a nearby stream, stocked
it with salmon and protected it from pollution.
Herda,
D.J. Environmental America: The Southeastern States,
The Millbrook Press, Brookfield, CT, 1991.
A student's look at the environmental issues affecting
the Southeastern United States.
Hoff,
Mary and Mary M. Rodgers. Our Endangered Planet: Life
on Land, Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis,
1995.
This book discusses different wildlife communities and
some of the issues affecting them.
Hoff,
Mary and Mary M. Rodgers. Our Endangered Planet: Population
Growth, Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis,
1995.
This book explains population growth, how this affects
wildlife communities and what can be done about it.
Hoffman,
Nancy. Celebrate the States: South Carolina, Benchmark
Books, New York, 2001.
A children's book on the history and culture of South
Carolina as well as sections on the geography and wildlife
of the region of the state.
Kent,
Deborah. America the Beautiful: South Carolina,
Children's Press, Danbury, CT, 1990.
A children's book on the history and culture of South
Carolina as well as sections on the geography and wildlife
of the region of the state.
Liptak,
Karen. Saving Our Wetlands and Their Wildlife,
Franklin Watts, New York, 1991.
This book describes the different types of wetlands and
the wildlife found there. It also includes ideas for protecting
the wetland habitats.
Mattson,
Mark. Scholastic Environmental Atlas of the United
States, Scholastic Inc., 1993.
This excellent reference book is filled with maps and
charts that help kids to understand different aspects
of environmental issues such as overpopulation and waste
disposal.
McVey,
Vicki. The Sierra Club Kid's Guide to Planet Care &
Repair, Sierra Club Books for Children, San Francisco,
1993.
Learn how activities we do everyday affect the environment.
Includes tips for improving our environment as well as
classroom activities for students.
Pantent,
Dorothy Hinshaw. Biodiversity, Clarion Books,
New York, 1996.
A students look at biodiversity around the world and the
issues pertaining to it.
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Student
Fiction Books
Cherry,
Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
Publishers, New York, 1990.
A man getting ready to chop down a tree in the Amazon
rainforest falls asleep and is visited by many different
members of the rainforest wildlife community who tell
him why they do not want the tree to be cut down.
Cherry,
Lynne. A River Ran Wild, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
Publishers, New York, 1992.
A beautifully illustrated story of how a river in New
England has changed during the last 400 years as more
people moved to live on its banks.
George,
Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain, Puffin
Books, New York, 1959.
A boy runs away from the urban sprawl of New York City
to live by himself in the Catskill Mountains and must
learn to survive in this environment.
Jeffers,
Susan. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message From Chief
Seattle, Dial Books, New York, 1991.
A beautifully illustrated book of the ecological message
of Chief Seattle, an Indian chief who lived in the Pacific
Northwest from 1790 to 1866.
Seuss,
Dr. The Lorax, Random House, New York, 1971. |
The story of what happens to a community when the Once-ler
cuts down all of the Truffula Trees.
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Curricula
Aquatic Project WILD
Aquatic Project WILD is an interdisciplinary curriculum
for K-12 teachers on aquatic wildlife and ecosystems.
The activities cover a broad range of environmental and
conservation topics. For information on workshops, call
the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources at
(803) 734-3814.
For
more information click on: www.dnr.state.sc.us/cec/educate/edu1.html#teacher
Project
WILD
Project WILD is an interdisciplinary curriculum for K-12
teachers on a broad range of environmental and conservation
topics. For information on workshops, call the South Carolina
Department of Natural Resources at (803) 734-3814.
For
more information click on: www.dnr.state.sc.us/cec/educate/edu1.html#teacher
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Field
Trip Sites
Visiting any of South Carolina's preserved natural areas,
be it state park, national wildlife refuge or whatever
else, allows students to view preserved wildlife communities
and to understand the importance of conserving them. Two
sites in the state stand out because of their innovative
approach to preserving wildlife communities. These are
the ACE Basin and the Jocassee Gorges Project.
The
ACE Basin
The ACE Basin is the joint effort of national, state and
private organizations to preserve 200,000 acres of coastal
wetlands and upland areas. Many diverse ecosystems and
communities are preserved within this site. Access to
the Ace Basin for school groups is available at these
sites.:
ACE
Basin National Wildlife Refuge
(843) 889-3084
Bear
Island Wildlife Management Area
(843) 844-8957
ACE
Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve
(843) 762-5032
Jocassee
Gorges Project
This project of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Heritage Trust program is looking to preserve 33,000 acres of
mountain wilderness. For information, call (803) 734-3893, or
click on: http://www.jocassee.org/
If
you are aware of other books, videos, websites, curricula, fieldtrip
destinations or other materials that would make excellent resources
for this activity, please e-mail them to us for inclusion in
this list at: Education@scaquarium.org
