What Is the World Made Of?: All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases
By
Kathleeen Weidner Zoehfeld
Illustrated By: Paul Meisel
"Did you ever walk
through a wall? Drink a glass of blocks? Have you ever played with a
lemonade doll, or put on milk for socks? This latest addition to the
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series introduces the youngest readers
to an important science concept: the differences between solids,
liquids, and gases. Any child who wants to know why he can't walk
through a wall will enjoy Kathleen Zoehfeld's simple text and Paul
Meisel's playful illustrations."
(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/568965.What_Is_the_World_Made_Of_)
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Bones: Skeletons and How They Work
By: Steve Jenkins
"Caldecott Honor winner
Steve Jenkins presents a fascinating look at the bones of the human body
as compared to the bones of animals, and shows them off! This
book is far from skinny -- it's the definitive nonfiction title about
human and animal bones, delivered with in-your-face accuracy and
intrigue. In this visually driven volume, kids come face-to-face with
some head-to-toe boney comparisons, many of them shown at actual size.
Here you'll find the differences between a man's hand and that of a
spider monkey; the great weight of an elephant's leg, paired with the
feather-light femur of a stork; and rib-tickling info about snakes and
sloths. How many bones are in the whole human body?"
(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7552387-bones)
*Caldecott award winning books always catch children's eyes because of the detailed and interesting pictures. This book informs students directly about bones within the human body while capturing their attention.
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The Honeybee Man
By: Lela Nargi
Illustrated By: Krysten Brooker
""Eccentric and unusual with an appealing, gentle charm," raves Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, about this Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year. Every
morning, Fred climbs three flights of stairs—up to his rooftop in
Brooklyn, New York—and greets the members of his enormous family: "Good
morning, my bees, my darlings!" His honeybee workers are busy—they tend
the hive, feed babies, and make wax rooms. They also forage in flowers
abloom across Brooklyn . . . so that, one day, Fred can make his famous
honey, something the entire neighborhood looks forward to tasting. Lela
Nargi's beautifully written story—accompanied by Kyrsten Brooker's
collage-style illustrations—offers an inside look at the life of an
endearing beekeeper and the honey-making process."
(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9643837-the-honeybee-man)
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Ocean Soup: Tide-Pool Poems
By: Stephen R.
Swinburne
Illustrated By: Mary Peterson
"Adorable poems about the
denizens of the tidal zone—such as barnacles, mussels and hermit
crabs—are paired with short paragraphs that teach the reader more about
these creatures."
(http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2010/12/great-science-books-for-the-little-ones/#ixzz2O7A0g2r5)
*This book can be used to teach students about the ocean that surrounds them. The animals and oceans can be seen from a video or in real life to help students make the connect to the story.
And Then It's Spring
By: Julie Fogliano
Illustrated By: Erin E. Stead
"Following a
snow-filled winter, a young boy and his dog decide that they've had
enough of all that brown and resolve to plant a garden. They dig, they
plant, they play, they wait . . . and wait . . . until at last, the
brown becomes a more hopeful shade of brown, a sign that spring may
finally be on its way."
(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11891485-and-then-it-s-spring)
*This book would be a good way to think about changes between the seasons that you see during the school year. It could be an opportunity to go outside and investigate.
Science Experiments You Can Eat
By: Vicki Cobb
Illustrated By: David Cain
"Ever wonderwhat makes popcorn pop? why cakes rise? how jelly gels?
Your
kitchen will be transformed into a laboratory worthy of a mad scientist
as you make startling discoveries about how cabbage can detect acid,
how bacteria makes yogurt, and how decomposed sugar turns to caramel.
Then after a long day at the lab you can relax and eat your results:
soup, biscuits, pretzels, cupcakes, or cookies.
Vicki Cobb's
seminal book has been revised and updated to encompass advances in
modern technology but still provides what all kids want: a legitimate
excuse to play with their food!"
(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/874277.Science_Experiments_You_Can_Eat)
*What a better way to incorporate hands on learning than to bring food to the classroom that you can experiment with. The incorporation of technology this book has is also key to students understanding in the 21st century.
Where Does the Garbage Go?
By: Paul Showers
Illustrated By: Randy Chewning
"Follow that garbage
truck to the landfill to see how trash keeps piling up...to the
incinerator to see how trash can be turned into energy...to the
recycling center to see how a soda bottle can be turned into a
flowerpot. Filled with graphs, charts, and diagrams, "Where Does the
Garbage Go?" explains how we deal with the problems of too much trash
and provides ideas for easy ways to be a part of the solution."
(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/351879.Where_Does_the_Garbage_Go_)
*This book allows students to make connections to their school as well as problem solve as a class.
Spectacular Science
By: Lee Bennett Hopkind
Illustrated By: Virginia Halstead
"Science is all about questions - asking them, searching for answers -- as Lee Bennett Hopkins shows in this brilliant collection of poems.
With sensitivity and wonder, poets explore biology, chemistry, physics,
and more. They ask how insects know that winter is coming and why the
wind sometimes blusters, sometimes pauses. They tell us that a prism bends a beam of light and sand is made of ground rocks. But most of all,
they remind us that we're all scientists at heart because of our
curiosity.Lee Bennett Hopkins combines new voices with those of
beloved poets like Carl Sandburg, Valerie Worth, and David McCord. And
Virginia Halstead's fanciful illustrations are the perfect complement to
this thought-provoking anthology. In these pages, you'll discover the
glory of science and the scientist in yourself."
(http://www.amazon.com/Spectacular-Science-Lee-Bennett-Hopkins/dp/0689851200)
* I think it is important to have a variety of genres of texts in your classroom. This poetry book could be used to relate to science and spark the love of science in your students.
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By: Will Osbrone and Mary Pope Osbrone
Illustrated By: Sal Murdocca
"When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #5: Afternoon on the Amazon, they
had lots of questions. How much rain falls in a rain forest? What is
the world's heaviest insect? What the heck is a sausage tree? Why is it
important to preserve the world's rain forests? Find out the answers to
these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with
up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack
and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for
kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite
Magic Tree House adventures."
(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608289.Rain_Forests)
* The Magic Tree House series has an amazing feature of pairing a fact tracking book with some of their fiction texts to guide students understanding. In this book children can parallel the texts to answer some questions they have about the rainforest. This can be used to teach students how to become researchers by using text features and picture clues throughout the books.
By: Michael Elsohn Ross
Illustrated By: Mary Anne Lloyd
"Young children are
natural scientists at play. While they bake mud pies and pour and
measure water, they are observing, theorizing and developing science
skills, as well as having fun. Children two to eight years old will
thrive on the many open-ended science experiences including: ice and
bubbles, compost and seeds, magnets and gears, potions and plant prints
and more."
(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/509532.Sandbox_Scientist)
*It is important to provide opportunities for students to learn with inquiry, a hands on approach. This book gives teachers many different ideas of open ended experiments to be done in the classroom or at home.
"Meet a fish that flies, a
frog that climbs trees and a bird that flies backward! Whether it's to
escape danger, seek shelter or look for food, animals move in many
amazing ways. This title in the Animal Behavior series contains facts,
activities and easy-to-do experiments to show kids how animals walk,
run, glide, fly, slither and jump. With stunning, realistic
illustrations, Animals in Motion is an innovative approach to
understanding animal life"
(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/259899.Animals_in_Motion)
*See goodreads.com for other great children's books in the science category.
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