Book List Project “Energy” Grades K-7

Each of the following books describes what Energy is, how it changes from on for to another, and the different types of energy in a straightforward scientific format. Each book description also contains links to lesson plans or related websites that would be useful for teaching concepts presented in each book.

Energy from the Sun (Rookie Read-About Science) by Allan Fowler Fowler, A. (1997). Energy From the Sun. Chicago: Childrens Press Inc. [ISBN: 0-516- 20432-7] Energy from the Sun is a simplistic description of what energy is. The story begins by helping children to make a connection to how energy is used in their everyday lives such as when they move or play. It then presents the question “Where do you get your energy?” which leads into a description of what energy is. Real photographs will help students to easily comprehend the story. This book is particularly helpful for English Language Learners because at the end of the story there is a picture glossary of terms. An index is also available for quick reference. WIDA Level: 1: Emerging Interest Level: K-6 Reading Level 2.5 600 Lexile GRL: I Available as: paperback in English Teacher Resources: http://sorrentinoscience.weebly.com/sun.html http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/3rd/homework/science/unit_activities_SC/unit2/Un2_Act5.htm  

http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/statehomepages/nc/797489_SCI_NC_G2_001-080.pdf. (pg48) Related Resources https://sites.google.com/site/melaniecurroteachingportfolio/lesson-plans/3rd-grade-science http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/ Bill Nye the Science Guy on Energy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vJCOdFqiYg Power for the Planet

     

Flounders, A. (2014). Power for the Planet. Red Chair Press [ISBN: 13-978-1-939656-45-2] Paperback; [ISBN: 978-1-9396-5633-9] Power for the Planet explores how energy is found everywhere. Energy is in our food, it’s in our environment, and even when we sleep energy fuels our bodies to create what we need to move, talk, and think. But scientists tell us some of the fuels that keep our homes and businesses running, power our transportation, and keep us safe are hurting Earth. This book explains why energy companies are working to come up with cleaner ways to supply oil and gas, how fuels in the future will be safer for Earth, and what you can do now to use energy wisely. The book features, Table of Contents; Glossary; For More Information including books and web sites; Index; photos and captions; charts and graphs; source notes. The pictures are very helpful for ELL’s to visualize the books content and the language used makes a very complicated subject easy to understand which is also helpful for ELL’s. Library Bound Also available as e-book Interest Level: 2-4 WIDA Level: Expanding Ages: 8-10

Guided Reading: R Lexile 850 Teacher Resources https://www.redchairpress.com/environmental-science-ages-8-12  

Related Resources http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/04/21/305666363/searching-the-planet-to-find-power-for-the-cloud http://siemensscienceday.com/activities/activate_wind_power.cfm http://www.efmr.org/edu/wind2009.pdf http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu Wind Power

Malone, P. (2002). Wind Power. National Geographic Learning [ISBN: 978-14263-64136] Spanish Version: [ISBN: 978-07362-42776] This book is about the power of wind, how wind shapes trees, scatters seeds, and shapes sand dunes. It offers a rich array of leveled readers designed to engage and motivate students as they progress through the developmental stages of reading. This Windows on Literacy Fluent book, lets students explore standards-based concepts through the text, stunning photographs, diagrams, and other nonfiction text features which help ELL’s better understand the complexities of wind power. Interest Level: 2-4 WIDA Level: Developing/Expanding Guided Reading: R-S Teacher Resources http://www.ngreach.com/LeveledBookFinder/pdfs/Reach/E/pdf/rch_e_lessons_4_e_fwo.pdf

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/gallery/energy-resources/?ar_a=1 http://devtest.ngsp.com/Portals/0/Downloads/41010_tg.pdf Related Lesson Plans on Wind Power http://www.awea.org/Resources/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=877  NGL.CENGAGE.COM (national geographic learning) Energy changing forms by Lisa Boehm

Boehm, L. (2008). Energy Changing Forms. Millmark Education [ISBN: 978-1-4334-0187-9] Energy Changing forms is a simpler text description of the different forms of energy. It covers content standards that include; kinds and forms of energy, energy change, heat transfer, and the conservation of energy. Real photographs will help students to easily comprehend the science content. This book is particularly helpful for English Language Learners because at the end of the story there is a picture glossary of terms, strategies for finding the most important ideas, and concept maps.. An index is also available for quick reference. WIDA Level: Developing/Expanding Interest Level: 5-8 Reading Level R-S Available as: paperback in English Grade 4. Lexile 790 Duel Language Teacher Resources: http://www.sedl.org/pubs/mosaic/units/Mosaic_Grade1.pdf Related Teacher Resources http://energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html http://www.explorit.org/scienceonline/teacher-resources/TERP_TheEnergyStory.pdf

http://learnzillion.com/lessons/3866-answer-questions-about-a-text http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/ Bill Nye the Science Guy on Energy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vJCOdFqiYg Energy Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy by Lisa Boehm

Boehm, L. (2008). Energy: Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy. Millmark Education [ISBN: 978-1-4334-0185-5] Energy: Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy covers content standards that include; what energy is, the difference between kinetic and potential energy, and the energy changes from one kind to another. Real photographs will help students to easily comprehend the science content. This book is particularly helpful for English Language Learners because at the end of the story there is a picture glossary of terms, strategies for finding the most important ideas, and concept maps.. An index is also available for quick reference. WIDA Level: Emerging/Low Developing Interest Level: 4-6 (Lexile 480) Reading Level L-M Available as: paperback in English Related Teacher http://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/cub_/activities/cub_energy2/cub_energy2_lesson07_activity2.xml Bill Nye the Science Guy on Energy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vJCOdFqiYg http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=651 http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/bp-topic/kinetic-energy/

Chemical Changes: Transfer of Energy by Rebecca Johnson

Johnson, R. (2008). Chemical Changes: Transfer of Energy . Millmark Education [ISBN: 978-1-4334-0216-6] The text, Chemical Changes describes in very simplistic terms how energy is transferred. It covers content standards that include; the properties of matter and changes, chemical reactions and energy, and the amount of matter in reactions. Real photographs will help students to easily comprehend the science content. This book is particularly helpful for English Language Learners because at the end of the story there is a picture glossary of terms, strategies for finding the most important ideas, and concept maps. An index is also available for quick reference. WIDA Level: Developing Interest Level: 5-8 (Lexile 700) Reading Level N-O Available as: paperback in English Related Teacher Resources http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/lessonplans/chapter6/lesson7  http://www.csupomona.edu/~cemast/supermarket_chemical_reactions-­‐1.pdf  http://www.chem4kids.com/activities.html  

http://www.middleschoolscience.com/chemistry.htm Bill Nye the Science Guy on Chemical Reactions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Uk97TPDtA  

Green Power Solar & Wind Power by Peter Lerangis

Lerangis, P. (2009). Green Power: Solar and Wind Power. Readers Digest Children’s Books [ISBN: 978-0-7944-1789-5] Hardcover The sun and the wind have always been there for us. This book provides fascinating facts about these two super sources of energy. Students will learn about using the sun for heating and cooling, harnessing the wind to make electricity, storing the sun’s power and modern wind farms. Real photographs will help students to easily comprehend the science content. This book is particularly helpful for English Language Learners because at the end of the story there is a picture glossary of terms and strategies for finding the most important ideas. WIDA Level: Expanding Interest Level: 5-8 Reading Level R-S Available as: Hard Cover Teacher Resources: http://www.necis-usa.com/documents/STEM%20Training%20Manual.pdf (pg35-37) Related Teacher Resources Bill Nye Greatest Inventions; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVNRG437t8A  

http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/windenergy/preview.weml  http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/the-warmth-of-the-sun/ Energy Makes Things Happen by Kimberly Bradley

Bradley, K. (2003). Energy Makes Things Happens. HarperCollins [ISBN: 978-0-06-445213-7] paperback

Energy Makes Things Happen is a simple description of how energy works and where it comes from. The story begins by showing kids in motion and describes how that motion makes things happen in their everyday lives such as when they move or play. This book is useful to ELL’s because it uses language that is simple and easy to understand and the pictures depict real life activities ELL’s can relate to in the world around them. WIDA Level: High Beginning/Developing Interest Level: 1-3 Graded Reading Level: 3.5 Reading Level J-K Available as: Paper back Teacher Resources http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/archives/1647 http://www.crscience.org/lessonplans/3_energyconversion_groves_07-08.pdf Related Teacher Resources: http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/energysources/preview.weml http://www.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy01/30928.pdf http://www.nrel.gov/education/pdfs/educational_resources/elementary/energy_environment.pdf    

Green Dan Says: “Renewable Energy is Cool” by Dan Marsh

Marsh, D. (2011). Green Dan Says Renewable Energy is Cool [ISBN: 978-1461-084280] This book is about renewable energy that can be used in science classrooms of grades 4-6. It provides a good introduction of energy concepts and makes the complex, important issue of renewable energy accessible to young students. This book is particularly helpful for English Language Learners because at the beginning of the story there is a picture glossary of terms and at the end there is a glossary. Interest Level: 4-6 WIDA Level Expanding

Guided Reading: R-S Teacher Resources http://www.greendan.us/games.html Related Teacher Resources Popular Mechanics for Kids video on water to electricity: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BQYADBU/ref=dv_dp_ep21 http://siemensscienceday.com/activities/activate_wind_power.cfm  

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2124.shtml Fossil Fuels by: Conrad J. Storad

Conrad, S. (2007). Fossil Fuels. Learner Publications [ISBN: 978-0-8225-6736-3] This Early Bird Earth Science book discusses what fossil fuels are, how they were created, how they are used, and the need to find alternate sources of energy before the available fossil fuels are used up. The book also discusses coal, oil, and natural gas, includes a chapter on alternate energy sources, and provides a wealth of vocabulary terms with easy to understand explanations. The simple definitions make it easier for ELL’s to understand the meaning of the given terms. It also includes many pictures to help ELL’s visualize what they are reading Library Bound , also in e-books and paper back      

WIDA Level: Emerging/Developing Interest Level: 1-4 GRL 4.1 Lexile 570 Reading Level N-R Teacher Resources https://www.lernerbooks.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/TeachingGuides/CCSS%20TG%20Fossil%20Fuels.pdf

Caduto, M. (2003). Catch the Wind Harness the Sun. [ISBN-10: 1603427945 ISBN-13: 978-1603427944] hardcover, paperback Kids ages 8—12 will love these activities and experiments focused on producing and playing with renewable energy. Each activity teaches children about renewable energy and larger environmental issues... The serious topics of global warming and energy production, use, and conservation are combined with a self-empowerment, can-do message. The inclusion of stories, humor, full-color photos, and cartoon illustrations and diagrams keep the presentation lighthearted and easy for ELL’s to visualize.. Each chapter begins with background information followed by the projects that range from the intensive bicycle-powered generator to a simpler energy-conservation board game. Each activity concludes with a series of extension ideas that encourage scientific and creative thinking. Clear photos and step-by-step instructions modeled by real students accompany the activities which also contribute to greater understanding for ELL’s. WIDA Level: Expanding Interest Level: 5-8 Reading Level R-S Teacher Resources http://charlotteteachers.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gwinborne_unit_12-20-13.pdf  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-yNs0FkiAA (shows students doing the experiments) Related Teacher Resources http://siemensscienceday.com/activities/activate_wind_power.cfm

Energy and Power by Sally Morgan and Rosie Harlow

Harlow, R. Morgan, S., (1995). Energy and Power. Kingfisher [ISBN: 1-85697-610-6] Hard cover This book provides fascinating facts about to harness energy from water and wind and the sun. Students will learn about where energy comes from and how we make better choices that won’t harm the environment. An index is also available for quick reference. This book is a highly-visual, activity-based book that starts off with basic information and gradually introduces more complex principles. Children can prove to themselves the hows and whys of science and get plenty of ideas for school projects from each book's step-by-step experiment instructions and suggestions. Full-color illustrations  help ELL’s visualize what they are reading

WIDA Level: High Developing/Expanding Interest Level: 5-8 Reading Level R-S Available as: Hardcover and paperback Related Teacher Resources http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/physicszone/05work-energy/  http://www.ftexploring.com/energy/energy-1.htm