Food Chains
August 2011
Search Aids
This pathfinder will be useful in finding books, information, and
lesson plans about life cycles.
For an introduction to the topic, see:
 Encyclopedia of Life
 National Geographic Creature Feature
 Online Field Guides
 Scientific Method Form
Key Resources at a Glance:
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The Food Chain Diagram
Harcourt Science: Food Webs
Resources
Magazine Articles
FCPS libraries subscribe to several subscription services. These
databases provide full text magazine articles, up-to-date maps,
scholarly resources, and current news. All of these database
resources can be accessed outside of the school through passwords
provided by the library.
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General One File
Grolier
World Book
Search Terms
(Use for computer searches)
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Ecology
Food Chains
Food Webs
Subject Headings
 Ecology, Food Chains, Food Webs
Call Number
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574, 577, 591, 998 (Dewey
Decimal)
Trade Books
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CultureGrams
Grolier Online
Marshall Cavendish
MyOn Books
PebbleGo
World Book Online Reference
Center
Library catalogs
 FCPS Library Catalog
 Fairfax County Public Library
Books
 Animals Hide, by Lisa Trumbauer - G2 Trade Book
 Animals in Danger, by Melvin Berger - G2 Trade Book
 A Australian Outback Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What
Adventure, by Rebecca Hogue Wojahn (2008)
 A Break in the Chain, by Chris D’Lacey
 Colorful, Captivating Coral Reefs, by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (2003)
 A Coral Reef, by Jen Green (2002)
 Coral Reef, Donald M. Silver (1998)
 Coral Reef: A City That Never Sleeps, by Mary M. Cerullo (1996)
 Coral Reef: A Colorful Web of Life, by Philip Johansson (2008)
 A Coral Reef Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure in the Caribbean Sea, by Rebecca
Hogue Wojahn (2010)
 Coral Reef Food Chains, by Kelley MacAulay (2005)
 Critters: Life Science : Food Chain, Biomes, Adaptation, AIMS activities (1989)
 A Desert Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure in the Caribbean Sea, by Rebecca Hogue
Wojahn (2010)
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Dory Story, by Jerry Palotta
Earth Mother, by Ellen B. Jackson (2005)
Food Chains in a Desert Habitat, by Isaac Nadeau (2002)
Food Chains, by Theresa Greenaway (2001)
Forest Food Webs, by Paul Fleischer (2008)
Gobble it Up!: A Fun Song About Eating, by Jim Arnosky (2008)
Great Barrier Reef: An Underwater Adventure, by Susan Ring (2007)
Hello Fish! Visiting the Coral Reef, by Sylvia A. Earle (1999)
Hungry Animals: My First Look at a Food Chain , by Pamela M. Hickman (1997)
Insect Eaters, by Bobbie Kalman (2009)
Life in a Coral Reef, by Melvin Berger (Big Book)
Life in the Atlantic, by Lynn M. Stone (1995)
Life in the Coral Reef, by Bobbie Kalman (1997)
Life on a Coral Reef, by Mary Jo Rhodes (2007)
Mammal, by Jen Green (2005)
Nature’s Cleaners, by Bobbie Kalman (2009)
Nature’s Food Chains series
Ocean Seasons, by Ron Hirschi (2007)
Old Shell, New Shell: A Coral Reef Tale, by Helen Ward
Pond Circle, by Betsy Franco (2009)
Prairie Food Chains, by Kelley MacAulay (2005)
A Rain Forest Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure in South America, by Rebecca
Hogue Wojahn (2008)
A Savannah Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure in Africa, by Rebecca Hogue Wojahn
(2008)
Seashore Food Chains, by John Crossingham (2005)
Secret Seahorse, by Stella Blackstone
Secrets of the Garden: Food Chains and the Food Web in Our Backyard, by Kathleen
Weidner Zoehfeld (2011)
Snakes are Hunters, by Patricia Lauber - G2 Trade Book
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems, by Joyce Sidman (2005)
A Temperate Forest Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure in North America, by Rebecca
Hogue Wojahn (2009)
A Tundra Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure in the Arctic, by Rebecca Hogue Wojahn
(2009)
The Story Goes On, by Aileen Fisher (2005)
This is the Sea That Feeds Us, by Robert F. Baldwin
Tropical Oceans, by Kelley MacAulay (2006)
Trout are Made of Trees, by April Sayre Pulley (2008)
A Tundra Food Chain: A Who-Eats- What Adventure in the Arctic, by Rebecca Hogue Wojahn
(2009)
Tundra Food Chains, by Kelley MacAulay (2005)
Vulture View, by April Pulley Sayre
Web of Life, by Melvin Berger - G2 Trade Book
What are Food Chains and Webs?, by Bobbie Kalman (1998)
What is a Carnivore?, by Bobbie Kalman (2008)
What is a Herbivore?, by Bobbie Kalman (2008)
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What is an Omnivore?, by Bobbie Kalman (2008)
What Makes an Ocean Wave?: Questions and Answers About Oceans, by Melvin Berger
(2000)
When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature’s Balance in Yellowstone , by Dorothey
Hinshaw Patent (2008)
Who Eats What: Food Chains and Food Webs, by Patricia Lauber (1995) - G2 Trade Book
Wolf Island, by Celia Godkin (2006)
The Wolves Are Back, by Jean Craighead George (2008)
The World of Food Chains with Max Axiom, Super Scientist, by Liam O’Donnell (2007)
Web Pages and Web Portals
 Carnivores
 Chain Reaction: Build a Food Chain
 Coral Reefs of the Tropics
 Decomposers
 Desert Food Chain
 Ecosystems Food Chain Game
 Energy and the Food Chain
 The Food Chain
 Food Chain
 Food Chain as an Example of a System
 Food Chain Gizmo
 Food Chain Tag
 Food Chains & Food Webs
 Food Chains
 Food Chains Lesson Plan
 Fun with Food Webs
 Herbivores
 Interesting Facts About Food Chains
 The Living Eden: PBS
 Living Things
 Omnivores
 Planet Pals: The Food Chain
 The Web of Life
 Webs of Life
 What is the Difference Between a Food Chain and a Food Web? & What is the Difference Between a
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Food Chain and a Food Web?
What Living Things Need & the Food Chain Quiz
Organizations and Special Collections
 BrainPop: Food Chains
 Crayola.com
 Enchanted Learning
 Franklin Institute Circle of Life
 Ranger Rick
Multimedia Resources
 All About Deserts and Grasslands, Schlessinger Video Productions [videorecording]
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All About Food Chains, Schlessinger Video Productions [videorecording]
All About Forest Ecosystems, Schlessinger Video Productions [videorecording]
Desert Food Chain Video
Dive to the Coral Reefs, Scholastic [videorecording]
The Food Chain Mystery, 100% Educational Videos [videorecording]
Takes a Dive, Scholastic [videorecording]
United Streaming
Wet n’ Wild: Under the Sea with Owl, Owl TV [videorecording]