Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas
by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm • Book 3 of the The Sunlight Series
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2012
Word Count 781
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 670L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 151862, 0.5 AR Points
- 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
- Lists With This Book
- Wit & Wisdom Core Texts, Grade 3
- CSLP 2022 Children
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm about Ocean Sunlight
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Molly Bang
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Penny Chisholm
Created by TeachingBooks
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Molly Bang
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Penny Chisholm
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 14
Meet-the-Author Recording with Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Molly Bang
Created by Horn Book
Interview with Penny Chisholm
Created by Horn Book
Interview with Penny Chisholm
Created by SB&F
Interview with Molly Bang
Created by WCAI
Interview with Penny Chisholm
Created by WCAI
Part 1 of interview with Molly Bang
Created by Lucy Daniels Center
Part 2 of interview with Molly Bang
Created by Lucy Daniels Center
Part 3 of interview with Molly Bang
Created by Lucy Daniels Center
Part 4 of interview with Molly Bang
Created by Lucy Daniels Center
Part 5 of interview with Molly Bang
Created by Lucy Daniels Center
Part 6 of interview with Molly Bang
Created by Lucy Daniels Center
Interview with Penny Chisholm
Created by PBS NewsHour
Series Interview with Penny Chisholm
Created by C&EN
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Activity Guide from Series Website
Created by Series Website
Series Discussion Guide from Scholastic
Created by Scholastic
Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 4
Cook Prize, 2012-2022
Honor, 2013
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2012
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