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Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books on science projects in the biology, natural history and agriculture can be located in most card, book, and online catalogs, include the following:
Benbow, Ann, and Colin Mably. Lively plant science projects. Berkeley Heights, NJ, Enslow Publishers, 2009. Bleifeld, Maurice. Adventures with biology: biology experiments for young people. Springfield, NJ, Enslow Publishers, c1997. 96 p. Bonnet, Robert L., and Dan Keen. Science fair projects: the environment. New York, Sterling Pub. Co., c1995. Dashefsky, H. Steve. Botany: high-school science fair projects. Blue Ridge Summit, PA, TAB Books, c1995. Rainis, Kenneth G. Nature projects for young readers. Rev. ed. New York, F. Watts, c2002. 192 p. Rybolt, Thomas R., and Robert C. Mebane. Environmental science fair projects: revised and expanded using the scientific method. Berkeley Heights, NJ, Enslow Publishers, c2010. 160 p. Thompson, R. Bruce, and Barbara Fritchman Thompson.Illustrated guide to home biology experiments: all lab, no lecture. Sebastopol, CA, O'Reilly, c2012. 359 p. Ward, Alan. Experimenting with nature study.
New York, Chelsea Juniors, c1991. 48 p. VanCleave, Janice Pratt. Biology for every kid:
101 easy experiments that really work. New York, Wiley, c1990.
Benbow, Ann, and Colin Mably. Awesome animal science projects. Berkeley Heights, NJ, Enslow Publishers, 2010. 48 p. Dashefsky, H. Steve. Zoology: 49 science fair projects. New York, TAB Books, c1995. 169 p. Hartzog, John Daniel. Everyday science experiments with food. New York, PowerKids Press, 2000. 24 p. Hershey, David R. Plant biology science projects. New York, J. Wiley, c1995. 165 p. Krezel, Cindy. Kids’ container gardening: year-round projects for inside and out. Batavia, IL, Ball Pub., c2005. 72 p. Talmage, Ellen. Unearthing garden mysteries: experiments for kids. Golden, CO, Fulcrum Resources, c2000. 90 p. Walker, Pam, and Elaine Wood. Ecosystem science fair projects, revised and expanded using the scientific method. Berkeley Heights, NJ, Enslow Publishers, c2010. 1 v. Waters, Marjorie. The Victory garden kid's book. Rev. ed. Old Saybrook, CT, Globe Pequot Press, c1994. 148 p.
Benbow, Ann, and Colin Mably. Master the scientific method with fun life science projects. Berkeley Heights, NJ, Enslow Publishers, c2010. 48 p. Benbow, Ann, and Colin Mably. Nature’s secret habitats science projects. Berkeley Heights, NJ, Enslow Elementary, c2010. 48 p. Court, Judith. Ponds and streams. London, New York,
F. Watts, c1985. 32 p. Dashefsky, H. Steve. Insect biology: 49 science fair
projects. Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., TAB Books, c1992. 165 p. Gardner, Robert, Salvatore Tocci, and Thomas R. Rybolt. Ace your food science project: great science fair ideas. Berkeley Heights, NJ, Enslow Publishers, 2010. 128 p. Harlow, Rosie, and Gareth Morgan. 175 amazing nature
experiments. New York, Random House, 1992. 172 p. Hickman, Pamela M. Birdwise: forty fun feats for
finding out about our feathered friends. The Federation of Ontario
Naturalists. Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1989, c1988. 96 p. Lang, Susan. More nature in your backyard: simple activities for children. With the staff of Cayuga Nature Center. Brookfield, CT, Millbrook Press, c1998. 47 p. MacFarlane, Ruth B. Alford. Making your own nature
museum. New York, F. Watts, 1989. 128 p. Milne, Lorus Johnson, and Margery J. G. Milne. The
mystery of the bog forest. New York, Dodd, Mead, c1984. Producing and obtaining food. Chicago, World Book, c2009. 64 p. Robson, Pam. Food and farming. Brookfield, CT, Copper Beech Books, 2001. 32 p. Roth, Charles Edmund. The amateur naturalist: explorations
and investigations. New York, F. Watts, c1993. 139 p. Try it with food. New York, Children's Press, c2008. 32 p. VanCleave, Janice Pratt. Janice VanCleave's microscopes
and magnifying lenses: mind-boggling chemistry and biology experiments
you can turn into science fair projects. New York, Wiley, c1993.
100 p. Wellnitz, William R. Science in your backyard.
Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., TAB Books, c1992. 118 p.
Armitage, Kevin C. The nature study movement: the forgotten popularizer of America’s conservation ethic. Lawrence, University Press of Kansas, c2009. 291 p. Cohen, Richard, and Betty Phillips Tunick. Snail trails and tadpole tails: nature education guide for young children. St. Paul, MN, Redleaf Press; Mt. Rainier, MD, Distributed by Gryphon House, c1993. 92 p. The Curious naturalist. Washington, National Geographic Society, c1991. 288 p. Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory. Teaching children science: hands-on nature study in North America, 1890-1930. Chicago, London, University of Chicago Press, 2010. 1 v. Louv, Richard. Last child in the woods: saving our children from nature-deficit disorder. Updated and expanded. Chapel Hill, NC, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008. 390 p. Riotte, Louise. Carrots love tomatoes & roses love garlic: secrets of companion planting for successful gardening. Pownal, VT, Storey, 2004. 458 p.
Handbook on agricultural education in public schools. Lloyd J. Phipps and others. 6th ed. Clifton Park, NY, Thomson Delmar Learning, c2008. 553 p. Schmidt, Diane. A guide to field guides: identifying the natural history of North America. Englewood, CO, Libraries Unlimited, 1999. 304 p. Williams, Ernest H. The nature handbook: a guide to observing the great outdoors. Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, 2005. 263 p.
Bain, Amy J., Janet Richer, and Janet Weckman. Life sciences: curriculum resources and activities for school librarians and teachers. Englewood, CO, Teacher Ideas Press, 2001. 293 p. Bellamy, Mary Louise. Biology discovery activities kit: lessons, labs, and worksheets for secondary students. West Nyack, NY, Center for Applied Research in Education, c1991. 231 p. Beller, Joel. Experimenting with plants: projects
for home, garden, and classroom. New York, Arco Pub., c1985.
154 p. Benbow, Ann, and Colin Mably. Sprouting seed science projects. Berkeley Heights, NJ, Enslow Publishers, c2009. 48 p. Harlow, Rosie, and Gareth Morgan. 175 amazing nature experiments. New York, Random House, 1992. 172 p. QH55.H3 1992 Hendrick, Robert. Biology, history & Louis Pasteur:
a new approach to teaching science. American biology teacher,
v. 53, Nov./Dec. 1991: 467-478. Hillman, Lawrence E. Nature puzzlers. Englewood,
Colo., Teacher Ideas Press, 1989. 152 p. Hogan, Kathleen. The maple trail: tap into a hands-on
experience that leaves your students stuck on science. Science
and children, v. 27, May 1990: 22-23. Horsfall, Jacqueline. Play lightly on the earth: nature activities for children ages 3 to 9. Nevada City, CA, Dawn Publications, c1997. 176 p.
Jurenka, Nancy E. Allen, and Rosanne J. Blass. Beyond the bean seed: gardening activities for grades K-6. Englewood, CO, Teacher Ideas Press, 1996. 195 p. Kessler, Colleen. Hands-on ecology: real-life activities for kids. Waco, TX, Prufrock Press, c2007. 157 p.
Bibliography: p. 151-155. Klein, William J. Learning under the sun. New ed. Sioux City, IA, MB Learning Systems, 1993. 291 p. Mueller, Jeanne, and Jamie Picardy. Take me out to the corn field: teacher’s guide. Havre de Grace, MD, Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation, c2004. 172 p. Nature projects on file: experiments, demonstrations, and projects for school and home. The Diagram Group.
New York, Facts on File, 1992. 1 v. (unpaged) Outdoor inquiries: taking science investigations outside the classroom. Patricia McGlashan and others. Portsmouth, NH, Heinemann, c2007. 123 p. Pranis, Eve, and others. GrowLab workshop planning packet. Burlington, VT, National Gardening Association, c1998. 159 p. Sewall, Susan Breyer. Hooked on science: ready-to-use
discovery activities for grades 4-8. West Nyack, N.Y., Center
for Applied Research in Education, c1990. 202 p. VanCleave, Janice Pratt. Janice VanCleave’s science around the world: activities on biomes from pole to pole. Hoboken, NJ, Wiley, c2004. 120 p.
Educators guide to free science materials.
1st- ed.; 1960- Compiled and edited by Mary H. Saterstrom. Randolph,
Wis., Educators Progress Service. annual. Clewis, Beth. Books for the amateur naturalist: sources
of experiments & activities for outdoor biology classes. American
biology teacher, v. 54, Jan. 1992: 16-18. Johnson, Carolyn M. Discovering nature with young
people: an annotated bibliography and selection guide. New York,
Greenwood Press, 1987. 495 p. Kennedy, DayAnn M., Stella S. Spangler, and Mary Ann
Vanderwerf. Science & technology in fact and fiction: a guide
to young adult books. New York, Bowker, c1990. 363 p. Pilger, Mary Anne. Science experiments index for
young people. 4th ed. Englewood, CO, Libraries Unlimited, c2005. 184 p. Resource guide to educational materials about agriculture: a project of Agriculture in the Classroom. Washington, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Aug. 1993. 90 p. Resources for teaching elementary school science. National Science Resources Center, National Academy of Sciences, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, National Academy Press, 1996. 289 p. Science experiments on file: experiments, demonstrations,
and projects for school and home. Edited by Judith A. Bazler. Rev. ed. New York, Facts on File, c2000.
2 v. (loose-leaf) Science fair project index, 1960-1972. Compiled
by the staff of the Science and Technology Division of the Akron
Summit County Public Library; edited by Janet Y. Stoffer. Metuchen,
N.J., Scarecrow Press, 1975. 728 p. Science fair project index, 1973-1980. Edited by Science and Technology Division, Akron-Summit County Public Library. Metuchen, NJ, Scarecrow Press, 1983. 723 p. Science fair project index, 1981-1984. Edited by Cynthia Bishop, Deborah Crowe, Science and Technology Division, Akron-Summit County Public Library. Metuchen, NJ, Scarecrow Press, 1986. 686 p. Science fair project index, 1985-1989. Edited by Cynthia Bishop, Katherine Ertle, Karen Zeleznik. Prepared by the Science and Technology staff of the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Metuchen, NJ, Scarecrow Press, 1992. 555 p. Science fair project index. 1990-
Students may need to use subject-oriented abstracting and indexing services for information on subjects related to their their biology, natural history and agriculture projects. Sample titles are listed below. Some of these may be available only in large or specialized libraries. A reference librarian may be able to suggest additional titles
Journals that often contain articles relevant to biology, natural history and agriculture projects include:
Callison, Priscilla L., and Emmett L. Wright. Wanted:
schoolyard plants. Science activities, v. 29, fall 1992:
8-13. Carlson, Patricia. Environmental investigations: the
science behind the headlines. Science teacher, v. 60, Feb.
1993: 34-37. Cooke, Ron C. Cloning--maximizing your mediums: recipes
for growth. Science teacher, v. 60, Nov. 1993: 43-45. Dalrymple, Dana G. The Smithsonian Bequest, Congress, and nineteenth-century efforts to increase and diffuse agricultural knowledge in the United States. Agricultural history review, v. 57, pt. 2, 2009: 207-235. Eason, Perri K., and Melinda M. LaManna. Testing folklore in the lab: can common plants be used to repel insect pests. American biology teacher, v. 62, June 2000: 448-452. Goh, Ngoh-Khang, Yoke-Kum Wan, and Lian-Sai Chia.
Simply photosynthesis. Try this simple experiment to help children
understand how plants make food. Science and children, v.
31, Sept. 1993: 32-34. Motten, Alexander F. A simplified experimental system
for observing pollen tube growth in styles. American biology
teacher, v. 54, Mar. 1992: 173-176. Schneider, Mike. Setting up an outdoor lab. Science
and children, v. 21, Jan. 1984: 17-20. Strauss, Richard T., and Mable B. Kinzie. Hi-tech
alternatives to dissection. American biology teacher, v.
53, Mar. 1991: 154-158. Swarthout, Flora L. The compost community: a closer
look. Science teacher, v. 60, Oct. 1993: 45-47. Texley, Juliana. Bait-shop biology. Science teacher,
v. 60, May 1993: 23-25.
Selected materials available in the Science Reading Room pamphlet boxes include the following: Adams, Jacqueline. Nests that please bees. Science world, v. 66, Sept. 21, 2009: 10-12. Dungan, Robert S., Brad D. Lee, and Chris Amrhein. Stinking mud: an introductory soil science laboratory exercise demonstrating redox reactions in flooded soil. Journal of natural resources and life science education, v. 28, 1999: 89-92. Franklin, Wilfred. Investigating effects of invasive species on plant community structure. American biology teacher, v. 70, Oct. 2008: 479-482. Hanagriff, Roger D. Measuring the economic value of Ag Ed and benefits to the economy. Techniques, v. 85, Feb. 2010: 52-55. Hillison, John. Agriculture in the classroom: early 1900s style. Journal of agricultural education, v. 39, no. 2, 1998: 11-18. Huss, Jeanine, and Cheryl Baker. The farmer in the lab: agriculture connects students with their community and offers opportunities for scientific investigation. Science and children, v. 47, Feb. 2010: 40-43. Kiemnec, G. L. An experiment to demonstrate density and water-holding capacity of organic matter. Journal of natural resources and life sciences education, v. 28, 1999: 57-58. McComas, William F. Back to the future. Science teacher, v. 75, Feb. 2008: 24-28. May, Robert M. How many species are there on Earth? Science, v. 241, Sept. 16, 1988: 1441-1449. Morris, Rebecca. Transforming a field trip into an expedition supporting active research and science content through a museum visit. Science scope, v. 35, Jan, 2012: 68-73. Olien, Rebecca. Worm your way into science: experiments with these familiar creatures promote a better understanding of the natural world. Science and children, v. 31, Sept. 1993: 25-27. Rozelle, Jeffrey J., and Ann Haley Mackenzie. Biology experiences in the summer: keeping all the faucet flowing for all students. American biology teacher, v. 73, Oct. 2011: 449-552. Ruesink, Jennifer, Eileen O’Connor, and Grace Sparks. Biodiversity & ecosystem functioning: exploring principles of ecology with agricultural plants. American biology teacher, v. 68, May 2006: 285-292. Smith, Marian. Plant growth-responses to touch--literally a 'hands-on' exercise! American biology teacher, v. 53, Feb. 1991: 111-114. Smith, Rosemary J., and Joel S. Brown. A practical technique for measuring the behavior of foraging animals. American biology teacher, v. 53, Apr. 1991: 236-242. Swarthout, Flora L. The science of composting: become an aerobic instructor. Science teacher, v. 60, Sept. 1993: 27-29. Thompson, Greg, and Brian Warnick. Putting the science of agriculture into instruction: the why and how. Agricultural education magazine, v. 76, Mar./Apr, 2004: 13-15.
American Association for the Advancement of Science National Audubon Society Maryland Agricultural Foundation National Science Teachers Association National Wildlife Federation U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Agriculture
The Internet offers a growing number of sites useful in locating information on nature study, biology projects, and agriculture in the classroom. In addition to the organizations listed above, many professional and scientific societies provide links to science activities for students and teachers. You might try the sites listed below, or use your favorite search engine and appropriate key words to identify more specific resources. Agriculture in the Classroom |
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