Lessons from the Bay : Lesson Plans : Does It Soak Right In?

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Berger, Melvin, Gilda Berger, and Bobbi Tull. Water, Water Everywhere. Nashville: Ideals Children’s Books, 2001. ISBN 0824953126.

Build Your Own Rain Garden.” Project Action Guide. Lessons from the Bay.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation. <http://www.cbf.org/>.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation. “Your Virginia Watershed,” and “When Rain Hits the Land.” Watershed Action for Virginia’s Environment (WAVE). (See <http://www.cbf.org/site/
PageServer?pagename= edu_educators_curriculum_va_index
>, or contact the Virginia Office: Capitol Place, 1108 E. Main Street, Suite 1600, Richmond, VA 23219; phone 804-780-1392.)

Chesapeake Bay Program. <http://www.chesapeakebay.net/>.

ChesSIE: Chesapeake Science on the Internet for Educators. Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Chesapeake Bay Program. <http://www.bayeducation.net/>.

Cole, Joanna, and Bruce Degen. The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth. New York: Scholastic, 1989. ISBN 0590407600.

Hooper, Meredith, and Christopher Coady. The Pebble in My Pocket: A History of our Earth. New York: Viking, 1999. ISBN 0670862592.

Preparing Graphs and Charts.” Project Action Guide. Lessons from the Bay.

Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide. Project WET. Bozeman, MT: The Watercourse, 1995. (See <http://www.projectwet.org/watercourse/catalog.asp>.)

Tresselt, Alvin, and Leonard Weisgard. Rain Drop Splash. New York: Mulberry Books, 1990. ISBN 0688093523.

Wick, Walter. A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder. New York: Scholastic, 1997. ISBN 0590221973.

 
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Does It Soak Right In?” includes:
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