Learning from the Land: Teaching Ecology Through Stories and Activities

Travel through time with these stories, which take readers into the worlds of molecules and woolly mammoths. Brian Fox Ellis uses narrative to bring the dry bones of geologic history to life, covering subjects from tectonic plates and mineral cycles to metamorphosis and reproduction. The stories work as read-alouds or for silent reading.

Each story is paired with extension activities that focus on scientific facts, concepts and methodology. The approach combines hands-on science with creative-writing lesson plans, which helps students explore ideas and show how much they have understood. The aim throughout is to make abstract scientific concepts concrete.

Edition note: published by Teacher Ideas Pr in 1997, 145 pages. ISBN-13 9781563085635.