Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas
by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm • Book 3 of the Sunlight Series
“I am your sun, your golden star. All ocean life depends on me …”... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2012
Word Count 781
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 670L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 151862
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Sunshine--Juvenile literature
- Plants--Effect of light on--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science
- Photobiology
- Effect of light on
- Marine life
- Photobiology--Juvenile literature
- Sunshine
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Earth Sciences - General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Marine animals--Effect of light on--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Earth Sciences - Water (Oceans, Lakes, Etc.)
- Plants
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm about Ocean Sunlight
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Molly Bang
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Penny Chisholm
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Series Discussion Guide from Scholastic
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Activity Guide from Series Website
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Lesson Plan from Science NetLinks
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Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 4

Cook Prize, 2012-2020
Honor, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2012
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