Includes bibliographical references.

Using Children's Literature as a Springboard to Science -- Integrating Science and Reading -- Traditional and Contemporary Science Teaching -- Developmental Stages of Children -- Teaching the Integrated Unit -- Judging Books -- Activities for an Integrated Unit -- Reading Activities -- Writing Activities -- Discussion Activities -- Art Activities -- Drama and Media Activities -- The Activities Planner -- Concept Mapping -- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel: A Sample Unit -- Mike Mulligan and Science -- Mike Mulligan and Writing -- Mike Mulligan and Change -- The Library Media Specialist -- Science Activity Books -- Children's Literature -- Professional Journals and Children's Magazines -- Life Science -- Trees -- A Tree Is Nice -- Seeds -- The Tiny Seed -- Reproduction and Development -- Everett Anderson's Nine Month Long -- Before You Were Born -- Ducks and Other Birds -- Make Way for Ducklings -- Ants and Other Insects -- Two Bad Ants -- Spiders -- The Very Busy Spider -- Ladybugs -- The Grouchy Ladybug -- Fish -- Swimmy -- Reptiles -- Verdi -- Air Pollution -- Michael Bird-Boy -- Adaptations of Animals -- Chipmunk Song -- Nutrition -- Gregory, the Terrible Eater -- The Ear and Hearing -- I Have a Sister, My Sister Is Deaf -- Earth and Space Science -- Territorial and Environmental Ownership -- It's Mine -- Volcanoes -- Hill of Fire -- Rocks -- Everybody Needs a Rock -- Soil -- The Gift of the Tree -- Lighthouses and Oceans -- Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie -- Mussels and Arctic Life.