Good Science Reads for Children

Good Science Reads for Children

SCIENCE VERSE by Jon Scieszka  

This book contains various poems about science and entails perfect illustrations to match the topics. Some of the poems include within this book are about the water cycle, food chain, scientific method, and changes in matter.

Next Time You See a Maple Seed by Emily Morgan

This informational text describes to readers the hard work that Maple Seeds have to entail in order to eventually turn into a Maple Tree. Moreover, this text could be used within the classroom to discuss seeds with children, and maybe as an introduction to your own seedlings that you could plant! J

Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull and Kathryn Hewitt

This text not only presents readers with scientific information, but it also introduces readers to history and biographies. This book also displays numerous photos which also helps to entrance readers. Even with its quirky style, this book is a must read within the classroom!

Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger by Ann Whitehead Nagda and Cindy Bickel

Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger is a great life science text to use within the classroom. This text is interesting because it incorporates life science and math into the text. The text depicts T.J., an orphaned Siberian tiger cub and uses the aspects of science and math to depict the baby tiger cub’s life.

Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women by Catherine Thimmesh

Girls Think of Everything is a perfect text to use within the classroom because it incorporates social studies and engineering, all in one text. This text depicts the inventions women have made, and how those women used creative thinking to overcome obstacles. A few of the examples of the inventions that women created include windshield wipers, and bulletproof vests.

Meeting Dolphins: My Adventures in the Sea by  Kathleen Dudzinski

This informative text is a great book to use when incorporating life science into lesson plans. This book is written from the Marine biologist/author’s prospective of working with dolphin communications. Throughout the book, Dudzinski explains how gestures, sounds, and behaviors are used as communications tools.

A Handful of Dirt by Raymond Bial

A Handful of Dirt is an informative text to use within the classroom when teaching students about the environment and ecology. This text mainly depicts the importance of soil and the abundance of forms of life that soil supports. Throughout the text, readers embark on a dirt tour to learn about soil and how precious this resource truly is to our environment.

The International Space Station by Franklyn M. Branley

If you or your students have questions about the International Space Station, this text belongs within your classroom.  Not only does this text have hundreds of answers to frequently asked questions, but it also embarks readers on the journey of constructing the Space Station. Furthermore, this text also gives readers to the virtual feeling of being two hundred and fifty miles above the Earth!

Cloud Dance by Thomas Locker

Cloud Dance is a great informational text to use within the classroom when discussing Earth and Space Sciences. Cloud Dance is a poetic text that describes the different types of clouds. In addition, this book entails beautiful illustrations which keep the readers captivated.

River of Life by Debbie S. Miller

River of Life engages readers to learn about the life cycle that occurs along a river, throughout winter, spring, and summer.  The beautiful illustrations truly help readers to understand more about the ecosystem within a river.