Biology and earth science
to accompany classical coversations cycle 1

Week 1: Classifications of Living Things

• Karl, Get Out of the Garden!:  Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything by Anita Sanchez and Catherine Stock

 
Week 2:  Kingdoms of Living Things

• Each Living Thing by Joanne Ryder
• Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth by Nicola Davies
• Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies

 
Week 3:  Parts of an Animal Cell

• Animal Cells by Mason Anders

 
Week 4:  Parts of a Plant Cell

• Plant Cells by Mason Anders

 
Week 5:  Major Groups of Invertebrates

• An Earthworm’s Life by John Himmelman
• Wiggling Worms at Work by Wendy Pfeffer
• Curious About Worms (Smithsonian) by Kate Winters
• About Mollusks: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
• About Insects: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
• About Aracnids: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
• Spinning Spiders by Melvin Berger

 
Week 6:  Major Groups of Vertebrates

• About Fish: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
• About Amphibians: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
• About Reptiles: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
• About Mammals: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill
• About Birds: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill

 
Week 7:  Ways Animals Reproduce

• Animals Born Alive and Well by Ruth Heller
• Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones by Ruth Heller
• An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston

 
Week 8:  Types of Seed Plants

• A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston
• From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
• From Cone to Pine Tree by Emma Carlson Berne

Week 9:  Parts of a Plant

• What Do Roots Do? by Kathleen V. Kudlinski

Week 10:  Leaf Shapes

• We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger
• Trees, Leaves, Bark (Take Along Guide) by Dianne Burns
• Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids by Gail Gibbons
• The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown-Ups by Gina Ingoglia

 
Week 11:  Parts of a Flower

• The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
• Pick, Pull, Snap!  Where Once a Flower Bloomed by Lola M. Schaefer
• How Flowers Grow (Usborne) by Emma Helbrough
• Flowers by Gail Gibbons
• From Seed to Sunflower (Lifecycles) by Gerald Legg

 
Week 12:  Plant Systems

• Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring The Earth To Life by Molly Bang
• From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons

 
Week 13:  Parts of the Geosphere

• Planet Earth Inside Out by Gail Gibbons

 
Week 14:  Three Kinds of Rock

• A Rock is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston
• Let’s Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans

 
Week 15:  Mountains

• About Habitats: Mountains by Cathryn Sill

 
Week 16:  Four Kinds of Volcanos

• Pompeii -- Buried Alive! (Step into Reading) by Edith Kunhardt
• Volcanoes (Let’s Read and Find Out) by Dr. Franklyn M. Branley

 
Week 17:  Parts of a Volcano

• Volcanoes (Let’s Read and Find Out) by Dr. Franklyn M. Branley

 
Week 18:  Ocean Floor

• How to Hide an Octopus and Other Sea Creatures by Ruth Heller

 
Week 19:  Ocean Zones

• About Habitats: Ocean by Cathryn Sill
• Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle by Claire A. Nivola
• Ocean Seasons by Ron Hirschi

 
Week 20:  Atmosphere
 
Week 21:  Circles of Latitude

• Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan by Jean Fritz
• Captain Cook (Useborne) by Rebecca Levene
• A Picture of Christopher Columbus by David Adler           

​Week 22:  Weather Fronts

• Weather Words and What They Mean by Gail Gibbons

 
Week 23:  Clouds

• Shapes in the Sky: A Book About Clouds by Josepha Sherman
• The Cloud Book by Tomie dePaola
• Clouds by Anne Rockwell

 
Week 24:  The Globe

• Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan by Jean Fritz