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Library Media Skills Objectives:
The student will recognize that information sources are available in a variety of formats.
The student will identify and select resource materials and information on a given topic.
The student will use alphabetical arrangement to locate a subject in a set of general encyclopedias.
The student will use Internet search engines.
The student will skim materials to develop a general overview of content or to locate specific information.
The student will compare and contrast information.
The student will organize and record information on charts, maps, and graphs.
Curriculum (subject area) Objectives:
The student will investigate and understand relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers.
The student will distinguish among herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.
The student will differentiate between predators and prey.
Grade Levels: 3-5
Resources:
Print Encyclopedias
Books
Cole, Joanna, and Bruce Degen. The Magic School Bus Get Eaten: A Book about Food Chain. Scholastic, 2000.
Hickman, Pamela M., and Heather Collins. Hungry Animals: My First Look at a Food Chain. Kids Can Press, 1997.
Lauber, Patricia, and Holly Keller. Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs. HarperCollins, 1995.
Websites
BBC - KS2 - Revisewise - Science: Living Things, http:// www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/science/ living/03b_act.shtml
EcoKids: Chain Reaction - Build a Food Chain, http:// www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_ reaction
KidPort: Reference Library - The Food Chain, http:// www.kidport.com/Reflib/Science/FoodChain/ FoodChain.htm
Food Chain as an Example of a System. http://www....