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Science Standard: 5-ESS3-1

5-ESS3-1: Earth and Human Activity

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/5-ess3-1-earth-and-human-activity

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Berry Song

by Michaela Goade

“We take care of the land… as the land takes care of us. Gunalchéesh, I say giving thanks.”

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Birdsong

by Julie Flett

“Our new home sits on a hill overlooking a field … The field is covered in snowdrops.”

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Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

“Will believed everyone, everywhere, had a right to good food. But how could Will farm in the middle of pavement and parking lots?”

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Forest World

by Margarita Engle

“I can’t resolve or invent the past. / I need a way to change the future.”

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Jayden’s Impossible Garden

by Mélina Mangal

“The magic of nature was all around them—right there in the middle of the city.”

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Love Grows Everywhere

by Barry Timms

“Love grows everywhere… / from country farm to city square. / From desert village, hot and dry, / to mountain home where eagles fly.”

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Moana

by John Musker, Ron Clements

“I know who you are / Who you truly are”

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Odder

by Katherine Applegate

“Once, in times past, when the ancients lived, the ocean was filled with our kind”

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Old Enough to Save the Planet

by Loll Kirby

“I am smart enough to read this book. I care enough to hear the news. I know enough to make the change. I am old enough to save the planet”.

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The End of the Wild

by Nicole Helget

“Mostly I wonder if I’m just wrong. I wonder if everyone thinks fracking is more important than my mushrooms, my ramps, and my beechnuts. I wonder if fracking really is more important than the bears, the coyotes, and the wild turkeys.”

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The Lorax

by Chris Renaud

“A town without nature: not one living tree. So what happened to them? Cue the music, let’s see.”

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The Lorax
The Lorax

by Dr. Seuss

“I meant no harm. I most truly did not. / But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.”

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The Wump World
The Wump World

by Bill Peet

“This world of our has gone sour. We’ve got to get out of here quick”

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We Are Water Protectors

by Carole Lindstrom

“We are stewards of the Earth / Our spirits have not been broken / We are water protectors. WE STAND!”

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Wilderness Wars
Wilderness Wars

by Barbara Henderson

“We are destroying the habitats—the homes—of all these plants and animals … Nature, the wilderness, is fighting back.”

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