Sites to Purchase Curriculum and Other Classroom Materials

Sites Containing Lessons or Online Curriculum

Other Water-Related Sites

"Offline" Organizations and Publications

Related Books and Literature

Primary Level

• Aardema, Verna. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
  
• Andersen, Hans Christian. The Little Mermaid
  
• Ardizzone, Edward. Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (first of a series)
  
• Asch, Frank. Water
  
• Bang, Molly. Dawn
  
• Brown, Margaret Wise. The Sailor Dog
  
• Buchanan, Ken and Debby. It Rained on the Desert Today
  
• Casey, Denise. Weather Everywhere
  
• Cohen, Barbara. The Carp in the Bathtub
  
• Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks
  
• Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor
  
• Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus: Wet All Over
  
• Cowan, Catherine and Buehner, Mark. My Life with the Wave
  
• Cherry, Lynne. A River Ran Wild
  
• Crespo, George. How the Sea Began
  
• Donnelly, Judy. The Titanic: Lost and Found
  
• Dorros, Arthur. Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean
  
• Doubilet, A. Under the Sea from A to Z
  
• Fine, J.C. Creatures of the Sea
  
• Gelman, R.C. Monsters of the Sea
  
• Gilliland, Judith Heide. River
  
• Goldstein, Rhoda. The Cat Who Loved the Sea
  
• Gramatky, Hardie. Little Toot (first of a series)
  
• Hirschi, R. Ocean
  
• Holling, Holling C. Paddle-to-the-Sea
  
• Hulme, J.N. Sea Squares
  
• Ipcar, D.Z. Deep Sea Farm
  
• Kalan, Robert. Rain
  
• Kellogg, Steven. The Mysterious Tadpole
  
• Lee, Jeanne M. Toad is the Uncle of Heaven
  
• Lionni, Leo. Fish is Fish
  
• Lionni, Leo. Swimmy
  
• Littledale, F. The Little Mermaid
  
• Lyon, George Ella. Come a Tide
  
• Margolis, R.J. Wish Again, Big Bear
  
• Matsuani, Miyoko. The Fisherman Under the Sea
  
• McCloskey, Robert. Burt Dow, Deep Water Man
  
• McCloskey, Robert. Time of Wonder
  
• McDonald, G. The Little Island
  
• McGovern, A. The Desert Beneath the Sea
  
• McNulty, Faith. Hurricane!
  
• Murphy, Shirley Rousseau. Tattie's River Journey
  
• Oxenbury, Helen. Beach Day (wordless book)
  
• Pallotta, J. Ocean Alphabet Book
  
• Patch, E.M. Holiday Shore
  
• Pfister, M. The Rainbow Fish
  
• Pratt, Kristen Joy A Swim Through the Sea
  
• Prelutsky, Jack, ed. Rainy Rainy Saturday
  
• Robbins, Ken. Water
  
• Rogers, Jean. King Island Christmas
  
• Schmid, Eleonore. The Water's Journey
  
• Selsam, M.E. See Through the See
  
• Shulevitz, Uri. Rain, Rain Rivers
  
• Spier, Peter. Noah's Ark (wordless book)
  
• Spier, Peter. Rain (wordless book)
  
• Steig, William. Abel's Island
  
• Straker, J.A. Animals that Live in the Sea
  
• Treherne, K.T. The Little Mermaid
  
• Van Allsburg, Chris. The Wreck of the Zephyr
  
• Waters, J.F. Giant Sea Creatures, Real and Fantastic
  
• Weller, Frances Ward. Riptide
  
• Wetterer, M.K. The Mermaid's Cape
  
• Yagawa, Sumiko. The Crane Wife
  
• Yashima, Taro. Umbrella
  
• Yorinks, A. Louis the Fish
  

Intermediate/Advanced Level

• Avi. Captain Grey
  
• Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
  
• Barrett, Norman S. Monsters of the Deep
  
• Beatty, Patricia. Sara and Me and the Lady from the Sea
  
• Bligh, William. The Mutiny on Board H.M.S. Bounty
  
• Buck, Pearl S. The Big Wave
  
• Byars, Betsy. Trouble River
  
• Chambers, Aidan. Seal Secret
  
• Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor
  
• Conrad, Pam. Pedro's Journal: A Voyage With Christopher Columbus
  
• Cherry, Lynn. A River Ran Wild
  
• Crump, Donald J. Hidden Treasures of the Sea
  
• Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe
  
• Dipper, Dr. Frances. The New book of Treasure Under the Ocean
  
• Donnelly, Judy. The Titanic: Lost and Found
  
• Dorris, Michael. Morning Girl
  
• Florian, Douglas. In the Swim
  
• Ganeri, Anita. I Wonder Why the Sea is Salty
  
• Hall, Elizabeth and O'Dell, Scott. Venus Among the Fishes
  
• Hunter, Mollie. The Mermaid Summer
  
• Hunter, Mollie. A Stranger Came Ashore
  
• Jarrell, Randall. The Animal Family
  
• Kennedy, Richard. Amy's Eyes
  
• Lambert, David and McConnell, Anita. Seas and Oceans
  
• Lewis, C.S. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
  
• MacLachlan, Patricia. Cassie Binegar
  
• Nelson, Theresa. Devil Storm
  
• Nordhoff, Charles. Mutiny on the Bounty
  
• O'Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins
  
• O'Dell, Scott. The 290
  
• Parker, Steve. Fearsome Fish
  
• Paulsen, Gary. The River
  
• Paulsen, Gary. Voyage of the Frog
  
• Schlein, Miriam. I Sailed With Columbus
  
• Sperry, Armstrong. Call it Courage
  
• Stevenson, Robert Louis. Kidnapped
  
• Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island
  
• Taylor, Barbara. Ocean: The Living World
  
• Taylor, Theodore. The Cay
  
• Thiele, Colin. Storm Boy
  
• Tolliver, Ruby C. Muddy Banks
  
• Townsend, Tom. The Dark Ships
  
• Townsend, Tom. Where the Pirates Are
  
• Turner, Susan. Lost at Sea
  

Other Resources

• Earth's Natural Resources from SVE
  
• Science Primer: Earth, Air, Water, and Fire from SVE
  
• Understanding Weather and Climate from SVE
  
• Wonders in a Country Stream from SVE
  

Recordings

• Disney - "The Little Mermaid soundtrack"
  
• Fred Gee - "Whales, Whales, Whales"
  
• Jim Post - "Mark Twain and the Laughing River"
  
• Marylee Sunseri - "Whale Watching"
  
• Twin Sisters - "I'd Like to be a Marine Biologist"
  
• "What's in the Sea"
  

Software Titles

• "The Amazing Coral Reef" from CLEARVUE/eav
  
• "Children's Miracle Five Pack" from Orange Cherry New Media (contains 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Swiss Family Robinson)
  
• "Columbus and the Age of Discovery" from CLEARVUE/eav
  
• "Curriculum Web Packs: Oceans" from Sunburst
  
• "Earth's Natural Resources" from CLEARVUE/eav
  
• "Eco-Adventure in the Oceans" from Chariot
  
• "Ecology" from CLEARVUE/eav (part two contains the section about oceans)
  
• "Everything Weather" from Sunburst
  
• "Exploration" from Queue
  
• "Exploring the Nardoo" from The Learning Team
  
• "A Field Trip into the Sea" from Sunburst
• "Geography Search" from Tom Snyder Productions
  
• "Great Barrier Reef" from Queue
  
• "The Great Ocean Rescue" from Tom Snyder Productions
  
• Interactive Classic Literature - "Treasure Island" from Queue
  
• "Introducing Oceanography" from CLEARVUE/eav
  
• "Investigating Lake Iluka" from The Learning Team
  
• "Imagination Express - Destination: Ocean" from Edmark
  
• "Jean-Michel Cousteau's World - Cities Under the Sea: Coral Reefs" from Sunburst
  
• Knowledge Revolution Classic Literature Series - "Old Man and the Sea" from forest Technologies/Southern Star Interactive
  
• "Learning About Weather and Climate" from Queue
  
• "The Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean" from Microsoft
  
• "Mystery Math Island" from Lawrence Productions (a math pirate treasure hunt!)
  
• "The Oceans" from CLEARVUE/eav
  
• "One Small Square: Seashore" from Virgin Sound & Vision
  
• "Salmon Odyssey" from VR Didatech
  
• TimeLiner 4.0 - "The Great Oceans" from Tom Snyder Productions
  
• "Undersea Reading for Meaning" from Gamco
  
• "Understanding Weather and Climate" from CLEARVUE/eav
  
• "Weather Science Explorer" from Orange Cherry New Media
  
• "Weather Wizards" from Entrex
  
• "Whales and Dolphins of the World" from Queue
  
• "The World of Nature" from Queue
  

Videos

Earth Aid Videos - Water Conservation

Eyewitness Discovery Videos


Island
Ocean

Eyewitness Living Earth Videos

Pond & River
Seashore
Shell
Weather

Eyewitness Natural World Videos

Fish
Shark

Fairie Tale Theatre - The Little Mermaid

Gift of Whales

History Channel Videos

Grand Coulee Dam
The Panama Canal

National Geographic

Amazon: Land of the Flooded Forest
Crocodiles: Here be Dragons
Cyclone
The Great Whales
Secrets of the Titanic
The Sharks

Nova - Titanic's Lost Sister

See How They Grow Videos

Pond Animals
Sea Animals

Owl TV - Wet and Wild

Really Wild Animals - Deep Sea Dive Video