Aquatics Book List

Aquatics Book List (water, ocean, fish, and marine mammals):

About fish : a guide for children by Sill, Cathryn P.
Across the big blue sea : an ocean wildlife book by Wood, Jakki.
Amazing whales! by Thomson, Sarah L.
Baby whale rescue : the true story of J.J. by Arnold, Caroline.
Baby whales drink milk by Esbensen, Barbara Juster.
Blue sea by Kalan, Robert.
By the ocean : learning the long O sound by Richter, Abigail, 1971-
I wonder why the sea is salty and other questions about the oceans by Ganeri, Anita, 1961-
The magic school bus on the ocean floor by Cole, Joanna.
The rainbow fish by Pfister, Marcus.
What's it like to be a fish? by Pfeffer, Wendy
Amazing dolphins! by Thomson, Sarah L.
Curious clownfish by Maddern, Eric.
Dolphins and sharks : a nonfiction companion to Dolphins at daybreak by Osborne, Mary Pope.
Dolphins at daybreak by Osborne, Mary Pope.
Dolphins! by Behrens, June.
Fidgety fish and friends by Bright, Paul,
Fish, fish, fish by Adams, Georgie.
Follow the water from brook to ocean by Dorros, Arthur.
Hidden under the sea : the world beneath the waves by Kent, Peter, 1949-
I can read about whales and dolphins by Anderson, J. I.
Janice VanCleave's oceans for every kid : easy activities that make learning science fun. by VanCleave, Janice Pratt.
Mysteries of the ocean deep by Dipper, Frances, 1951-
Ocean friends by Nelson, Robert Lyn, 1955-
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish by Seuss, Dr.
Sammy, the seal by Hoff, Syd, 1912-2004.
SWIMMY by Lionni, Leo, 1910-1999.
Whales : the gentle giants by Milton, Joyce.
Winter whale by Ryder, Joanne.
Awesome ocean science! : investigating the secrets of the underwater world by Littlefield, Cindy A., 1956-
Clam-I-am! by Rabe, Tish.
Exploring the ocean depths : the final frontier by Jedicke, Peter.
Fabulous fishes by Stockdale, Susan.
Fish is fish by Lionni, Leo,
A fish out of water by Palmer, Helen Marion, 1898-
I get wet by Cobb, Vicki.
Let's try it out in the water : hands-on early-learning science activities by Simon, Seymour.
The magic school bus at the waterworks by Cole, Joanna.
Oceans & art activities. by Sacks, Janet.
*Splish splash by Weeks, Sarah.

Aquatics Verses:
Bhagavad Gita: 2.70, 7.8, 9.26, 10.31
Srimad Bhagavatam: 5.18.13, 6.6.26, 8.24

Water Cycle Song:
Water travels in a cycle, yes it does!
Water travels in a cycle, yes it does!
It goes up as evaporation,
Forms clouds as condensation,
And falls as precipitation!

Time and Space

We've read a lot of books about the sun, moon, and planets. We made a model of the solar system that hangs from the ceiling above Govinda's bed. The fan blows them so the spin! We are making a book with drawings of each planet. We drew the wheel of the sun with the 12 months as the spokes and the seasons as the rim. We drew the days of the week as they are named after the closer planets. We drew the phases of the moon with white crayon on black paper. We read from scriptures about our universe and discussed the differences between Vedic cosmology and modern astronomy. We drew on the chalkboard the sun and moon and wrote "Krishna is the light of the sun and moon", based on Bhagavad Gita 7.8.

Space Booklist:
Another day in the Milky Way by Milgrim, David
Bear shadow by Asch, Frank
Blast off! : a space counting book by Cole, Norma
Dogs in space by Coffelt, Nancy
Happy birthday, moon by Asch, Frank
*The magic school bus, lost in the solar system by Cole, Joanna
Planets around the sun by Simon, Seymour
*Sun bread by Kleven, Elisa
The sun is always shining somewhere by Fowler, Allan.
Sun up, sun down by Gibbons, Gail
Sun up, sun down : the story of day and night by Bailey, Jacqui
The sun's day by Gerstein, Mordicai
The sun's family of planets by Fowler, Allan
Sunshine, moonshine by Armstrong, Jennifer
Thomas on the moon by Awdry, W. Railway series.
What the sun sees ; What the moon sees by Tafuri, Nancy
Who likes the sun? by Kaner, Etta
Hello sun! by Wilhelm, Hans
Me and my shadow by Dorros, Arthur
My light by Bang, Molly
Regards to the man in the moon by Keats, Ezra Jack
Under the sun by Kandoian, Ellen
Where does the sun go at night by Ginsburg, Mirra

Space Verses:
Bhagavad Gita: 4.1, 7.8, 8.16, 10.21, 11.20
Srimad Bhagavatam: 3.6.15, 3.11.14-15, 5.20.45-46, 5.21.13, 5.22.5, 11.19.
Brahma Samhita: 5.52

Creation Unit Study for 2011

We will be studying aspects of science with homemade unit studies based on a wonderful book about the Vedic creation story called Creation: A Story From Ancient India by Rasamandala Das and Ananta Shakti Das. The boys love this book and we have already read it several times. It summarizes stories from the Srimad Bhagavatam with beautiful pictures.



We will be spending a month on each of the different subjects:

January - Time and Space
February - Aquatics
March - Vegetation
April - Insects
May - Reptiles
June - Birds
July - Mammals
August - Human beings/body

We'll read library books, make our own books, and do science experiments and art projects. After a year of geography, science themes seem especially exciting!

Picture-less 2011

We finished up our year long study of world geography through stories in December. It was a lot of fun and we all learned a lot! Now we will be spending the next year focusing on science unit studies.

Unfortunately, my iphoto has completely stopped working for me, so I am unable to post any pictures until I can get it fixed. I will keep posting our adventures in the meantime!