Some of the interesting insects illustrated and described are grasshoppers, bees, butterflies and fireflies.

Includes activities based on: Cars and trucks and things that go by Richard Scarry; First flight by David McPhail; Big city port by Betsy Maestro and Ellen DelVecchio.

Contains reproducible pages of lesson ideas designed for use with intermediate children including The Wump world, One day in the tropical rain forest, and 50 simple things kids can do to save the Earth.

Includes activities based on: Julie of the wolves by Jean Craighead George, The call of the wild by Jack London, and Kavik the wolf dog by Walt Morey.

Includes activities based on: Steven Caney's invention book by Steven Caney, Ben and me by Robert Lawson, and Mistakes that worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones.

Literature-based thematic teaching unit on popcorn. Its core contains three children's literature selections: Popcorn by Frank Asch, The popcorn book by Tomie dePaola and The popcorn dragon by Jane Thayer. The theme of popcorn is connected to the curriculum with activities in language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills (cooking, physical education, etc.). Also includes ideas and patterns for bulletin boards, reproducible student activity sheets, and unit management tools.