DUCKS DON'T GET WET
Books in this lesson:
BOOK TITLE
Author: Nicola Davies Illustrator: Salvatore Rubbino
Publisher: Candlewick Press Year: 2012 This dual-purpose book tells the story of a girl watching and listening to the ducks near her home. It also presents information about the structures and behaviors of ducks. |
BOOK TITLE
Author: Augusta Goldin
Illustrator: Helen K. Davie Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Year: 1999 This Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out Science book explores the process of preening along with other behaviors and structures ducks use to survive in their environments. |
Storytime Video
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Duck In the Fridge Read Aloud by Storybook Nanny
Author & Illustrator: Jeff Mack Run Time: 6 min 7 sec It’s time for bed, but that doesn’t mean it’s time for the same old boring bedtime story. This one starts with a boy who discovers a duck in his fridge. Soon there are more ducks, and the only thing they are interested in is having fun. So the boy gets some dogs to scare them away…but things don’t go quite the way he planned. More and more animals arrive, and soon there’s a party. Will the boy ever be able to get to sleep? Filled with puns and loads of visual humor, the silliness pours off each page of this rollicking story. |
FCS Provided Databases
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Located on Safari Montage
Reading Rainbow: The Runaway Duck Run Time: 29 min 19 sec From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by David Lyon. In the book, Sebastian's pull-toy duck, Egbert, has many adventures after Sebastian ties him to the bumper of his father's car. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton visits Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bird Sanctuary where a naturalist teaches him about waterfowl and their environment, and viewers get a glimpse at the intricate art of duck carving, and hear expert duck callers ''call'' a duck. |
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Birds
Run Time: 2 min 17 sec Hey, bird watchers! Want to learn more about our feathered friends? In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby take time out from their bird-watching session to teach you the basics about these winged creatures. Discover just how many species of bird there are as well as what makes a bird a bird. You’ll learn the basics of bird flight, including how their wings give them lift - and how airplanes are modeled after these amazing creatures. Did you know that birds have very different types of feathers? Tim and Moby will tell you all about it. Lastly, you can discover the key differences between male and female birds. This movie is anything but for-the-birds! |
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Access information about ducks on Animal Kingdom, a database powered by Britannica School Elementary.
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Ducks
Run Time: 2 min 33 sec
*This is geared more for lower grades but does discuss some duck adaptations.
Run Time: 2 min 33 sec
*This is geared more for lower grades but does discuss some duck adaptations.
