BOOKS

For Younger Readers 

Seventeen titles from the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER) Schoolyard Book Series:

And the Tide Comes In, by Merryl Alber

Counting on Caribou, by Patricia H. Partnow

Ellie’s Log: Exploring the Forest Where the Great Tree Fell, by Judith L. Li

Kupe and the Corals, by Jacqueline L. Padilla-Gamiño

My Water Comes from the Rocky Mountains, by Tiffany Fourment

My Water Comes from the San Juan Mountains, by Tiffany Fourment

One Day in the Desert, by Anna Keener

One Night in the Everglades, by Laurel Larsen, PhD

Una Noche en los Everglades, by Laurel Larsen, PhD

Ricky’s Atlas: Mapping a Land on Fire, by Judith Li

Save Our Stream, by Colin Polsky and Jane Tucker

Sea Secrets, by Mary M. Cerullo and Beth E. Simmons

Seeking the Wolf Tree, by Natalie Cleavitt

Shady Streams, Slippery Salamanders by Jason Love

The Autumn Calf, by Jill Haukos

The Golden Forest, by Carrol Blanchette and Jenifer Dugan

The Lost Seal, by Diane McKnight, Dorothy Emerling

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat, Young Readers Edition, by Michael Pollan

 For Middle School and Older Readers

The Atlas of Water, by Maggie Black and Janet Kind

Birds of North America: A Guide To Field Identification (Golden Field Guide Series,) by Chandler S. Robbins, Bertel Bruun, Herbert S. Zimand, ill. Arthur Singer

The Case of the Missing Cutthroats: An Ecological Mystery, by Jean Craighead George

Champions of Wild Animals, by Carol L. and Bruce Malnor

Champions of the Wilderness, by Bruce and Carol L. Malnor

A Drop of Water: A Book Of Science And Wonder, by Walter Wick

Eco-tracking: On the Trail of Habitat Change, by Daniel Shaw

The Edge of the Sea, by Rachel Carson

Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists, by Jeannine Atkins

How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate, by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch

The Oxford Dictionary of Environment and Conservation, by Chris Park

The River Why, by David James Duncan

A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold

Sibley’s Birding Basics, by David Allen Sibley

Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson

Stokes Beginner’s Guide to Birds (Eastern or Western Region),  by Donald and Lillian Stokes

Through the Eyes of a Young Naturalist, by William A. Sipple

Unlocking the Secrets of America’s Wetlands, by Judith F. Taggart

Urban Roosts: Where Birds Nest in the City, by Barbara Bash

Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth’s Last Dinosaur, by Carl Safina

Walden; Or, Life in the Woods, by Henry David Thoreau

Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource, by Marq de Villiers

 LINKS

 Students

Webcams of the Hubbard Brook research area: http://www.hubbardbrook.org/webcam/webcam.shtml

 Teachers

Exploring Acid Rain: A Curriculum Guide: Hubbard Brook Research Foundation http://hubbardbrookfoundation.org/middle-and-high-school-2/exploring-acid-rain-a-curriculum-guide/

Migratory Birds Math and Science Lessons (9 for Middle School and High School) Hubbard Brook Research Foundation http://hubbardbrookfoundation.org/middle-and-high-school-2/migratory-birds-math-and-science-lessons/

Population Ecology Module (upper High School, based on avian population studies) Hubbard Brook Research Foundation http://hubbardbrookfoundation.org/middle-and-high-school-2/population-ecology-module/

Mock NECAP Science Inquiry Task Exams (Grades 8 and 11) based on data from Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study: Hubbard Brook Research Foundation http://hubbardbrookfoundation.org/middle-and-high-school-2/mock-necap-exams/

Data Inquiry Activities: Lessons based on information from Hubbard Brook: developed by teachers in the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation RET (Research Experience for Teachers) program:

Go With the Flow: explores the question: Does more water flow out of a watershed when trees are removed? http://hubbardbrookfoundation.org/middle-and-high-school-2/data-inquiry-activities/go-with-the-flow/

Sugar Babies: explores the factors that influence sugar maple seedling survival: http://hubbardbrookfoundation.org/middle-and-high-school-2/data-inquiry-activities/sugar-babies/

Snowpack Studies: students learn about and explore long term trends in Hubbard Brook snow depth, density, and water equivalency and discover how to collect equivalent data in their schoolyard. http://hubbardbrookfoundation.org/middle-and-high-school-2/data-inquiry-activities/snowpack-studies/

Climate change; a hot topic! Students graph and analyze 40 years of ice cover data for Mirror Lake, NH, and then imagine how a decrease in the duration of ice cover might affect lake ecology. http://hubbardbrookfoundation.org/middle-and-high-school-2/data-inquiry-activities/climate-change-a-hot-topic/

Colder Soils in a Warmer World? From the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation website: “Climate scientists predict that in the future there will be less snowfall on average, and a later onset of the winter snowpack. Knowing that snow is a natural insulator, scientists have been researching how less snow might affect life on the forest floor. Students graph and analyze snow depth and soil frost data to explore how a decrease in snowpack might affect forest floor dynamics. http://hubbardbrookfoundation.org/middle-and-high-school-2/data-inquiry-activities/colder-soils-in-a-warmer-world/