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FOSS Resource Materials

This page was created for Iowa educators who are using Science Kits in their classrooms. It is designed to help teachers locate resources and materials which support science kits and are available from Heartland AEA 11. Teachers will find professional library books, videos, software, children's books, and Web links that correspond to science kits at all grade levels.

Trees

Web Sites
The Major Biomes of the World
http://www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/main.html

Brain Pop: Trees
http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/autumnleaves/index.weml

Christmas Trees and More
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/trees/

Why Do Leaves Change Color in the Fall?
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/leaves.html

Software
At Home in a Tree Macintosh (101466)
Changes Around Us Macintosh (101092)
Learn About Life Science: Plants Version 1.4 (101935)
Neighborhood Map Machine Version 1.3 (101814)
Professional Books
April: A Month of Ideas at Your Fingertips, Grades 1-3 (219447)
Best Bet Internet: Reference and Research When You Don't Have Time to Mess Around (219598)
Bulletin Boards: Ideas for Science and Health (214441)
Celebrations (218999)
It Doesn't Grow on Trees (219840)
Sharks, Ships and Potato Chips (215122)
Web Search Strategies (218324)

Children’s Books

Bird Families (138906)
In a Tree (138237)
In the Country (140038)
A Kid's Guide to How Trees Grow (139600)
Maple Trees (138301)
Oak Trees (138304)
Palm Trees (138303)
Pine Trees (138302)
The Secret Life of Trees (140603)
Tell Me Tree
Things You Find in the Woods (139684)

Videos

Christmas Trees Don't Come From Outer Space (066061)
Come Walk With Me (802037)
Did You Ever Wonder How They Make Paper (066813)
Flowers, Plants and Trees (800517) Habitats 3: Woodland (067374)
Johnny Appleseed (069450)
Legend of Johnny Appleseed (802699)
Materials We Need: Paper (065886)
Natural Resources (802449)
Nature's Foresters (061638)
Once There Was a Tree (062569)
Plants of the Rainforest (802079)
The Reason for the Seasons (065353)
Spring (067406)
Trees (064395)
Trees for Life (801767)
Trees: Nature's Coolers (070334)
Vegetation (802486)
Why Plants Grow Where They Do (2nd Ed) (066852)
Life in the City Habitat (800017)
The Lorax (803371)

FOSS- Link to Modules Descriptions
http://www.delta-ed.com/teachers/science/fossmodules.html

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This document is intended for the use of curriculum adoptioncommittees, curriculum supervisors, school administrators, science coordinators, teachers, and parents in the Heartland area.  It may be reproduced in whole or in part for nonprofit educational purposes.