Selected books & field guides
child development & nature |
choosing field guides for childrenThe Cornell Lab of Ornithology BirdSleuth program provides advice on choosing field guides for children.
" We think that a field guide can help turn curiosity into a lifelong passion, while the wrong field guide and approach might lead to frustration and disinterest." |
choosing books By and about native americans for childrenAmerican Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical perspectives and analysis of indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books, school curricula, and popular culture. Dr. Debbie Reese, a member of the Nambé Pueblo in New Mexico, recommends the best books by and about Native Americans on the AICL blog.
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cultivating environmental literacyAcorn Naturalists offers a thoughtful list of books that help educators to teach about the natural environment and to nurture children's environmental literacy.
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field guidesAcorn Naturalists offers a large selection of field guides for children and adults, including:
Evolutionary biologist Jonathan Eisen shares a field guide to his favorite field guides in Wired Magazine. |
hudson highlands historyEnvironmental History of the Hudson River: Human Uses that Changed the Ecology; Ecology that Changed Human Uses, Robert E. Henshaw, Editor, 2011
First Manhattans: A History of the Indians of Greater New York, by Robert S. Grumet, 2011 Hidden History of the Lower Hudson Valley: Stories from the Albany Post Road, by Carney Rhinevault and Tatiana Rhinevault, 2012 The Hudson: America's River, by Frances F. Dunwell, 2008 The Hudson River Highlands, by Frances F. Dunwell, 1991 |
learning through inquiryAcorn Naturalists offers a strong list of books that advocate and outline methodology for hands-on inquiry-based learning.
Teaching Green: The Elementary Years, Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn, editors, 2005 Teaching Green: The Middle Years, Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn, editors, 2004 |
nurturing a sense of place
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observing and contemplating nature
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