ABC Nature Activity Cards. Caz Buckingham & Andrea Pinnington, $16.99

An entertaining and highly original set of learning-to-read flashcards.

These beautiful flashcards have an original natural history twist and humour that makes letter learning surprisingly enjoyable. Their unique foldover design makes them perfect for sharing and for putting up around the home to help reinforce letter learning. Inside the cards are activities based on essential preschool concepts such as colours, shapes, numbers, counting, matching and sorting. Suitable for ages 2 to 5 years.

About Insects: a Guide for Children. Cathryn Sill, $11.95 (ages 3-7)

Cathryn and John Sill explain the basic characteristics that all insects share, while offering a close look at a few of the many animals in this diverse category.

Baby Steps to STEM: Infant and Toddler Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Activities. Jean Barbre, $43.50

Innately curious, infants and toddlers love to explore, investigate, and discover — making the earliest years a perfect time to begin teaching the foundations of STEM. This book explores what science, technology, engineering, and math education looks like for this age group, and why it is so vital for all children to develop STEM knowledge.

Expand your understanding of STEM to lay the foundation for children to develop skills in critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. This book supplies 60 play-based, developmentally appropriate activities for introducing STEM. All activities include extensions, inquiry questions, and tips on how to help parents strengthen children's learning at home. Age focus: 0–3.

Becoming Scientists: Inquiry-based Teaching in Diverse Classrooms, Grades 3-5. Rusty Bresser & Sharon Fargason, $25.95 (Grades 3-5)

Good science starts with a question. This book offers a look into real classrooms where teachers use inquiry science to engage students in seeking answers the same ways real scientists do — they design experiments, make predictions, observe and describe, offer and test explanations, and share their conjectures with others. This practical book shows teachers how to:

• build on students' experiences, background knowledge, and readiness
• anage a diverse classroom during inquiry science exploration
• facilitate science discussions
• deepen their own science content knowledge

Before the World Was Ready: Stories of Daring Genius in Science. Claire Eamer, illustrated by Sa Boothroyd, $14.95

Eight fascinating tales about scientists and inventors ahead of their time — in this thought-provoking book, you’ll find out what happened when people weren’t ready to listen to innovators who came up with revolutionary ideas. Discover how Alfred Wegener struggled to convince geologists that the ground beneath our feet is moving, why “mad scientist” Nikola Tesla’s futuristic ideas about electricity were dismissed, why Charles Darwin delayed publishing his controversial theory of evolution for decades, and how Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace nearly invented the first computer in the 1800s.

You’ll also meet Copernicus, who proposed a sun-centered model of the universe; Ignaz Semmelweis, who tried in vain to persuade doctors to use disinfection methods; the aviation pioneer George Cayley, whose ideas were decades ahead of the technology that would make them work; and Rachel Carson, who sounded the first alarm about the effects of pesticides on wildlife. Nowadays, we think of these scientists as heroes, but they all endured great personal hardships for daring to think differently.

The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea. Helaine Becker, illustrated by Willow Dawson, $10.95

You don't need a day at the beach to learn all about the ocean and discover how important it is to protect them. This terrific collection of experiments, games and earth-friendly ideas will make ocean-science a breeze!

Breaking Through! Helping Girls Succeed in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Harriet Mosatche, Elizabeth Lawner & Susan Matloff-Nieves, $23.95

Even with increased pressure to involve more girls in STEM areas in education, parents are often left wondering what they can do to keep their daughter's love of science, math, and technology from fading. In Breaking Through! topics ranging from how role models can make a difference to finding non-stereotypical toys and taking trips that inspire STEM discovery and engagement are illustrated with research evidence and real-life examples from girls and women. Regardless of a daughter's age (from birth to young adulthood), parents will find tips they can immediately use to help combat the gender imbalance in STEM areas. Whether they need to advocate for gender-neutral, STEM-enriched classrooms or want to encourage creative problem solving and persistence in their daughters, readers will find ideas to take action to help the girls in their lives break through the barriers and achieve success in STEM.

Bright Sky, Starry City. Uma Krishnaswami, illustrated by Aimée Sicuro, $17.95

Phoebe helps her dad set up telescopes on the sidewalk outside his store. It’s a special night — Saturn and Mars are going to appear together in the sky. But will Phoebe be able to see them with all the city lights? Raindrops begin to fall, followed by lightning and thunder. Phoebe is filled with disappointment as she and her father hurry inside to wait out the storm. But suddenly the power fails and then, amazingly, the rain and clouds disappear. Phoebe and her dad and all kinds of people spill into the street. And there, in the bright night sky, the splendor of the planets and a multitude of stars are revealed for all to see.

An illustrated afterword includes information about the solar system, planetary conjunctions and rings, moons, telescopes and light pollution. A glossary and recommended further reading are also included.

Bubbles in the Bathroom: Discover the Fascinating Science in Everyday Life. Susan Martineau, $9.99

Have some bath time fun with squirty squeezers, boats, bubbles and a bending toothbrush.

Building Structures with Young Children. Ingrid Chalufour & Karen Worth, $34.95

From playground equipment to skyscrapers, structures are everywhere. Building Structures with Young Children guides children's explorations to help deepen their understanding of the physical science present in building block structures — including concepts such as gravity, stability, and balance. Looking at science in a new way, this curriculum supports the early development of important science-inquiry skills such as questioning, investigating, discussing, and formulating ideas and theories — all aimed at helping children.

Building Your Own Robots: Design and Build Your First Robot! Gordon McComb, $9.99

There's no better way for kids to learn about the world around them than to test how things work. Building Your Own Robots presents fun robotics projects that children aged 7 – 11 can complete with common household items and old toys. The projects introduce core robotics concepts while keeping tasks simple and easy to follow.

Complete Science Smart, Grades 1-2. William Young, $16.95

The essentials of elementary science are covered with fun exercises and activities that reinforce learning and stimulate children's interest in science.

Curious Jane: Science + Design + Engineering for Inquisitive Girls. Curious Jane, $23.99

Calling all creative, curious, confident girls everywhere!

Packed with inventive fun, the 34 hands-on projects in this book introduce science + design = engineering concepts. Learn how to construct a wind-up rubber band car, create an incredible cloud in a jar, mix up a batch of invisible ink, and so much more! Curious Jane brings interactive projects and DIY fun to girls everywhere — for making, creating, designing, and inventing.

Deep Roots: How Trees Sustain Our Planet. Nikki Tate, $19.95 (ages 8-12)

Most of us see trees every day, and too often we take them for granted. Trees provide us with everything from food, fuel and shelter to oxygen and filtered water. Deep Roots celebrates the central role trees play in our lives, no matter where we live. Each chapter in Deep Roots focuses on a basic element — water, air, fire and earth — and explores the many ways in which we need trees to keep our planet healthy and livable. From making rain to producing fruit to feeding fish, trees play an integral role in maintaining vibrant ecosystems all over the world. Facts about trees and hands-on activities throughout help readers discover ways to get to know our giant neighbors better.

Differentiated Instruction for the Middle School Science Teacher: Activities and Strategies for an Inclusive Classroom, Grades 5-8. Joan D'Amico & Kate Gallaway, $35.95

Differentiated Instruction for the Middle School Science Teacher is a valuable resource for teachers in inclusive classrooms who are seeking new ways to reach all their students.

Differentiating Instruction with Menus for the Inclusive Classroom: SCIENCE. Laurie Westphal, $22.95 (grades 3-5)

Differentiating Instruction with Menus for the Inclusive Classroom: SCIENCE offers teachers everything they need to create a student-centered learning environment based on choice. This book provides six different types of menus that students can use to select exciting products that they will develop so teachers can assess what has been learned—instead of using a traditional worksheet format. Topics addressed include physical science, biological science, Earth science, and tools scientists use.

The book provides numerous types of leveled menus that lower and on-level elementary-aged students can use to demonstrate learning through a method of their choice. Menus with similar formats but geared towards varying ability levels allow teachers to differentiate easily. Using the creative and challenging choices found in Tic-Tac-Toe menus, List menus, 2-5-8 menus, Three Shape menus, Baseball menus, and Game Show menus, students will look forward to sharing their newfound knowledge throughout the year. Also included are specific guidelines for products, rubrics for assessing student products, and teacher introduction pages for each menu.

Discovering Nature with Young Children. Ingrid Chalufour & Karen Worth, $35.95

Discovering Nature with Young Children is an inquiry-based curriculum that builds on children's natural curiosity about the living world. The curriculum guide helps you prepare yourself and your classroom for a new approach to science learning. It then assists you in planning open and focused explorations, ranging from indoor terraria to outdoor animal searches and habitat discussions. You will also learn how to better observe, assess, and document the children's learning. This curriculum is designed to help children learn:

• Essential scientific reasoning skills, such as hypothesis, inference, prediction, and estimation
• Important language and literacy skills as they communicate their findings, participate in discussions, and represent their experiences
• Crucial math skills as they count, measure, sort, categorize, and compare the many plants and animals in their surroundings

Discovering Nature All Year Round with Step-by-Step Projects for Kids. Young Einstein in Action Series, $9.50

Do Trees Get Hungry? Noticing Plant and Animal Traits. Martha Rustad, $9.99 (grades K-2)

Strap on your shoes and join Mr. Andre's class on a nature hike! They're out to discover if their class pet, Jojo the gecko, has any traits in common with the plants and animals they see. After watching for patterns in nature, Mr. Andre's students realize that plants, animals, and even humans are different, but they have many things in common!

EGG: Nature's Perfect Package. Steve Jenkins & Robin Page, $21.99

Explore how a simple, often colorful, sometimes surprisingly shaped package, reveals nature's life cycle, unusual animal defensive strategies, parenting behavior, evolution, and more, in this beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book.

Even More Fizzle, Bubble, Pop & WOW! Simple Science Experiments for Young Children. Lisa Murphy, $28.95 (ages 3-12)

Excite young learners with this collection of more than 80 simple science experiments that promote learning and call for materials that are likely already in your classroom or kitchen. Each fun activity includes simple instructions and a clear explanation of the experiment — and many include variations and helpful hints. 

The Everything STEM Handbook: Help Your Child Learn and Succeed in the Fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Rihab Sawah & Anthony Clark, $23.95

The STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math) are top education priorities in the United States — and they are growing fields with a high demand for jobs. If you want to make sure your children are prepared for the future in these fields, here's how you can help: Make it fun! Expose them to hands-on, real-world, and fun activities so they'll become engaged, motivated, and successful students later on.

Exploring Water leads children's explorations to help deepen their understanding of liquids and the properties of water. From experimenting at the water table to exploring water in nature, teachers learn how to prepare themselves and their classroom, guide children through open and focused science explorations; and observe, assess, and document their learning. Four detailed chapters support the early development of important science inquiry skills such as questioning, investigating, discussing, and formulating ideas and theories.

The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places. Gary Paul Nabhan & Stephen Trimble, $26.95

In alternating essays, Nabham and Trimble examine the needs of children to experience nature firsthand. This thoughtful presentation, testifying to children's need for direct contact with nature, has value for parents and those who work with children.

Hands-On Nature Projects. Sally Hewitt, $16.99

Hands-On Science Experiments. Gary Gibson, $16.99

Designed with any classroom in mind, these fun books put the excitement of discovery in the hands of young students. Simple text provides an easy to follow, step-by-step guide to each project, an explanation to why it works, and ideas for further activities.

Help Your Kids with Science: a Unique Step-by-Step Visual Guide. $21.95

Help Your Kids with Science is a comprehensive and stress-free approach to science.

With clear graphics, instantly understandable diagrams, and welcoming, jargon-free text — covering all the important areas of biology, chemistry and physics — Help Your Kids with Science is a great resource for children and adults to learn even the most complex science problems with confidence.

This innovative visual approach combines colorful diagrams and illustrations with step-by-step instructions, making science easier to understand. This guide is guaranteed to build confidence, reduce stress and make every aspect simple, clear and accessible.

Hollyhocks and Honeybees: Garden Projects for Young Children. Sara Starbuck, Marla Orloff & Karen Midden, $37.50

Discover how gardening provides a full curriculum, incorporating language and literacy, science and math, social sciences, and the arts. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know, from planning and preparation to pest control. Includes sample garden designs, recipes and activities, and an extensive resource list.

If My Mom Were a Platypus: Mammal Babies and Their Mothers. Dia Michels, $13.95

The animal kingdom offers a special fascination for children because so many of the cozy rituals they share at home are echoed in nature. All mammal mothers feed, protect, and teach their young, tasks that often challenge their own needs for survival. With beautiful illustrations and inventive text, this fascinating introduction reveals how fourteen mammal babies travel the path from helpless infant to self-sufficient adults.

IF... a Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers. David Smith, illustrated by Steve Adams, $19.95

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown as different types of balls). Accompanying each description is a kid-friendly drawing by illustrator Steve Adams that visually reinforces the concept.

By simply reducing everything to human scale, Smith has made the incomprehensible easier to grasp, and therefore more meaningful. The children who just love these kinds of fact-filled, knock-your-socks-off books will want to read this one from cover to cover. It will find the most use, however, as an excellent classroom reference that can be reached for again and again when studying scale and measurement in math, and also for any number of applications in social studies, science and language arts. For those who want to delve a little deeper, Smith has included six suggestions for classroom projects. There is also a full page of resource information at the back of the book. 

I’m a Scientist: Kitchen. Lisa Burke, $14.99

In this fun book you’ll find 16 hands-on experiments that bring science to life, right in your own kitchen.  Brightly coloured photos illustrate each experiment and fold-out flaps offer eye-opening explanations and ideas for even more science fun.

Incredible Edible Science: Recipes for Developing Science and Literacy Skills. Liz Plaster & Rick Krustchinsky, $37.50

Incredible Edible Science provides everything you need to teach important science and literacy skills to children in exciting ways. Each of the more than 160 science-based activities encourages children’s investigative nature while incorporating concepts Iike mathematics, language and literacy. Each experience uses simple, inexpensive materials and includes vocabulary words and questions to ask children to encourage their interactions and learning.

Janice VanCleave’s Teaching the Fun of Science to Young Learners, Grades Pr-K to 2. Janice Van Cleave, $21.99

This treasure chest of educational and fun science activities offers teachers a fantastic resource for preparing young students with a solid grounding in scientific inquiry. While kids will have fun doing the activities and learning to love science, they are also developing other skills in reading, writing, math and art.

Literacy in the Science Classroom. Millie Blandford, $17.99 (Grades 6-12)

To gain a deep understanding of scientific concepts and to master a variety of scientific processes, students must develop essential skills that enable them tor ead, write, lsiten to, and speak about scientific texts and presentations.

Literacy in the Science Classroom is a handy tool for teachers to use to improve science instruction. The guidance in this book integrates science and literacy in a variety of fun and engaging activitries that hone students' skills.

Looking Closely Across the Desert. Frank Serafini, $16.95

Looking Closely Along the Shore. Frank Serafini, $16.95

Looking Closely Around the Pond. Frank Serafini, $16.95

Looking Closely In the Rain Forest. Frank Serafini, $16.95

Looking Closely Inside the Garden. Frank Serafini, $16.95

Looking Closely Through the Forest. Frank Serafini, $16.95

The Looking Closely series takes children on a journey of discovery through a variety of natural environments with Frank Serafini’s close-up camera lens as a guide. Readers are challenged to guess the identity of each close-up photo; on the next page, each natural object is revealed in its full habitat, accompanied by a simple but detailed description. Young eyes will rediscover our planet as a place of beauty, mystery and delight. By inspiring children to ask questions and use their imaginations, these books help build problem-solving skills. They also encourage curiosity about environments that, examined this closely, are full of unexpected wonders. 

The Math Myth and Other STEM Delusions. Andrew Hacker, $36.50

Andrew Hacker’s 2012 New York Times op-ed questioning our current mathematics requirements instantly became one of the the paper’s most widely circulated articles. Why, he wondered, do we inflict algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and even calculus on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes?

The Math Myth expands Hacker’s scrutiny of many widely held assumptions, such as the notion that mathematics broadens our minds, that mastery of azimuths and asymptotes will be needed for most jobs, that the entire Common Core syllabus should be required of every student. He worries that a frenzied emphasis on STEM is diverting attention from other pursuits and subverting the spirit of the country. Though Hacker honors mathematics as a calling (he has been a professor of mathematics) and extols its glories and its goals, he shows how mandating it for everyone prevents other talents from being developed and acts as an irrational barrier to graduation and careers. He proposes alternatives, including teaching facility with figures, quantitative reasoning, and utilizing statistics.

The Math Myth is sure to spark a heated and needed national conversation not just about mathematics but about the kind of people and society we want to be.

Math and Science Investigations: Helping Young Learners Make Big Discoveries. Sally Anderson, $35.95

Young children are naturally interested in the patterns and processes occurring in the world around them. They are beginning to learn about the changes happening each day, month, and season. They are starting to ask questions about the environment and world beyond. They are anxious to explore the creatures in their own backyard.

Math and Science Investigations supports young children’s natural curiosity and encourages them to explore what happens around them. Children’s books and hands-on investigations bring math and science concepts to life and help children learn the skills, concepts, and standards of mathematics, science, language, and literacy.  

More Than Magnets, Standards Edition: Science and Activities for Young Children. Sally Moomaw & Brenda Hieronymus, $46.50

Take the uncertainty out of teaching science to young children with this comprehensive curriculum framework that aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards. Enjoy over 100 interactive play-based activities that encourage children to explore their world. Each of these hands-on activities includes background scientific information for teachers, a guide to implementation, and children's typical responses. This new edition addresses the standards related to each activity and includes two new life science chapters, one on plants and one on animals. Age focus: 3–5

Move It! Motion, Forces and You. Adrienne Mason, illustrated by Claudia Dávila, $6.95. Grades: Pre-K to 2 / Ages: 4 to 7

Touch It! Materials, Matter and You. Adrienne Mason, illustrated by Claudia Dávila, $6.95. Grades: Pre-K to 2 / Ages: 4 to 7

Developed with the cooperation of a science consultant, these books are a tool to teach the physical sciences to young children. Move It! and Touch It! follow science curricula in the largest Canadian provinces. Each book is loaded with surprising facts and hands-on activities designed to hold young readers’ interest and tap into their fascination with the everyday world.

• Move It! explores the physics of why and how things move.
• Touch It! explores materials — their colour, shape, texture, size, mass, magnetism and more.

My First Nature Activity Book. Susan Akass, Editor, $21.95 (ages 7++)

Discover the natural world with My First Nature Activity Book. Start with In The Garden — build an insect hotel for creepy crawlies, make fairy posies and create a wheelbarrow vegetable garden. Growing Fun has projects for plants that can be grown in small spaces, from growing a cress caterpillar in an old egg box on the windowsill to transforming your old rain boots into containers for tulips and daffodils. The Outdoors Indoors includes craft ideas for things you've collected — butterfly shell magnets, pine cone animals and an autumn leaf picture frame. Finally, head to Outdoor Crafts and Games with activities for camping, from a secret trail and a wigwam for your teddies, and for the beach, such as playing pebble games and creating seaweed creatures. Every project has a skill level of 1, 2, or 3, and comes with easy-to-read instructions and adorable, step-by-step artworks that will guide you along the way.

Nature Education with Young Children: Integrating Inquiry and Practice. Daniel Meier & Stephanie Sisk-Hilton, Editors, $62.90

Nature Education with Young Children is a thoughtful, sophisticated teacher resource that blends theory and practice on nature education, children's inquiry-based learning, and reflective teaching. The book’s guiding conceptual framework is founded upon the integration of four key ideas for effective and transformative nature education. Implementing nature study is one critical way that educators can integrate more science learning across the ECE curriculum and do so in an active, discovery-based manner. Nature Education with Young Children strives for an American version of what the Reggio Emilia educators do so well: creating a seamless integration of science concepts into the daily intellectual investigations that occur in classrooms everywhere.

Nature Sparks: Connecting Children's Learning to the Natural World. Aerial Cross, $41.50

Extend your classroom outdoors and you will quickly see how nature enhances the learning process in all academic areas, for all children. Nature Sparks helps children explore, respect and connect with the natural world.

Nature’s Playground: Activities, Crafts and Games to Encourage Children to Get Outdoors. Fiona Danks & Jo Schofeld, $21.95

This wonderful book leads parents, teachers and children through fields, across streams, and over mountains. From making a dam with sticks and stones to cairn lanterns on the beach at night, Nature's Playground is packed with activities, games, crafts and adventures that will bring children outdoors for year-round fun and bring back memories of one of the chief joys of childhood for adults — exploring the natural world.

123 Nature Activity Cards. Caz Buckingham & Andrea Pinnington, $16.99

Beautiful nature cards that help to develop first number and counting skills.

Each flashcard features an engaging number-related activity that will help children learn as they play based on essential first number concepts such as counting, adding, patterns, shapes, opposites, sorting and sizes. This title is perfect for parents who want to foster a love of nature in their children. Suitable for ages 2 to 5 years.

The 101 Coolest Simple Science Experiments: Awesome Things to Do with Your Parents, Babysitters and Other Adults. Rachel Miller, Holly Homer & Janie Harrington, $29.50 (ages 5-12)

You’ll have the time of your life conducting these incredible, wacky and fun experiments with your parents, teachers, babysitters and other adults. You’ll investigate, answer your questions and expand your knowledge using everyday household items. You can do things both indoors and outdoors. The handy mess meter, preparation times and notes on the level of supervision will keep your parents happy, and you safe. Experimenting is really fun, and you will have a blast being a scientist! You will be so entertained, you might not notice you’re also learning important things about the world around you.

One Well. Rochelle Strauss, illustrated by Rosemary Woods, $19.95 (Grades 3 and up)

Almost 70 percent of Earth’s surface is covered with water. And all that water is connected — every raindrop, lake, underground river and glacier is part of a single global well. A single splash can sprout a seed, quench a thirst, provide a habitat, generate energy and sustain life. How we treat the water in the well will affect every species on the planet, now and for years to come. One Well shows how every one of us has the power to conserve and protect our global well — and why we need to pay attention.

Perfect Pairs: Using Fiction & Nonfiction Picture Books to Teach Life Science, K-2. Melissa Stewart & Nancy Chesley, $35.95

Think about and teach life science in a whole new way. Each of the 22 lessons in this book is built around a pair of books that introduces a critical life science concept and guides students through an inquiry-based investigative process to explore that idea. Each lesson starts with a hypothesis, or "Wonder Statement", and comprises 3 stages: "Engaging Students", "Exploring with Students", and "Encouraging Students to Draw Conclusions". Bringing high-quality science-themed picture books into the classroom engages a broad range of students, and will help them see science and inquiry in a new light.

Picture Science explores the many ways to use digital photography to teach science in early childhood settings. This beautiful book, illustrated throughout with color photographs by author/educator Carla Neumann-Hinds, includes sample lessons, activities, games, and ideas for affordable materials created using digital photography. Throughout, the material is designed to meet to early learning science standards. This is a wonderful book for home as well, giving parents ideas to stimulate children’s natural curiosity about the world around them.

Preschool Pathways to Science (PrePS®): Facilitating Scientific Ways of Thinking, Talking, Doing, and Understanding. Rochel Gelman, Kimberly Brenneman, Gay Macdonald & Moisés Román, $32.50

A fun and engaging way to introduce science to young children, this innovative teaching resource helps children ages 3–5 investigate their everyday world and develop the basics of scientific thinking—skills they'll apply across subject areas when they enter school.

Rosie Revere's Big Project Book for Bold Engineers. Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts, $17.95

Embark on an adventure of personal creativity and invention with fan favorite Rosie Revere! This activity book features art from the picture book Rosie Revere, Engineer and will inspire young readers with activities of all kinds. Kids will have the chance to design a better bicycle, build a simple catapult, construct a solar oven, and more! This empowering activity book will teach problem-solving and creative-thinking skills crucial to STEM fields while also providing opportunities for its readers to try new things and, sometimes, to fail. As the picture book so brilliantly showed hundreds of thousands of young readers, flops are an inevitable part of success and something to be celebrated rather than feared.

Science Adventures: Nature Activities for Young Children. Elizabeth Sherwood, Robert Williams & Robert Rockwell, $29.95

With more than 125 activities, Science Adventures will open up a world of exploration through nature activities in urban, suburban or rural settings for preschoolers and early kindergarten age children.

Science Lessons for the Smart Board, Grades 4-6. Sarah Carpenter, et al, $25.99

Motivating, interactive lessons that teach key science topics including:

• Human Body
• Food Chains
• Matter
• Habitats
• Earth
• ForcesEnergy
• And more!

The book includes ready-to-use activities on CD.

This collection of lessons, activities, and calendars of historic science events, vocabulary word lists, and reproducible worksheets will help you develop seasonal science-theme units for your classrooms. The more than 80 activities are designed for flexibility and can be used in any sequence, any time during the school year.

Science — Not Just for Scientists! Easy Explorations for Young Children. Leonisa Ardizzone, $15.95

Children are natural scientists, drawn to wonder, exploration, discovery, and analysis. Science — Not Just for Scientists! gives you simple ideas to open up the world of discovery to young children. Through open-ended explorations, you will discover how to cultivate children’s natural curiosity by asking simple questions: How? When? Where? And the most famous of all children’s questions: Why? The hands-on activities will empower children to question, experiment, and develop abstract reasoning skills. Children will explore patterns, cause and effect, size and scale, change and growth, energy, and how things work. Easy to follow, step-by-step activities lead children and their caregivers through a new world of discovery.

Science Play. Jill Frankel Hauser, $14.50 (ages 2-6)

Slosh, stir, stand on one foot or just quietly observe. Whatever their learning style, kids will have fun with these creative activities – all designed to build science readiness.

Sharing Nature® with Children: Nature Awareness Activities for All Ages. Joseph Cornell, $14.95

Sharing Nature with Children, selling more than half a million copies, sparked a worldwide revolution in nature education. Now that classic has been rewritten, with newly added activities and games, and combined with Sharing Nature with Children Volume 2 in one complete volume. Fans of the original nature awareness classic will love this new version, which incorporates the author's latest insights. This phenomenal teaching tool, with its highly effective nature activities, will thrill new readers.

Simple Machines: Wheels, Levers, and Pulleys. David Adler, illustrated by Anna Raff, $24.95

This lively introduction to physics will get kids excited about how simple machines simplify our lives. Kids use simple machines every day without realizing it. Teeth are wedges and so are knives, forks, and thumbtacks. Many toys such as slides, which are inclined planes, and seesaws, which are levers, are also simple machines. Two appealing kids and their comical cat introduce levers, wheels, pulleys, inclined plains, and more, and explain how they work.

Solar System Puzzle: 200 Pieces. Ravensburger, $14.99 (ages 8+)

Solar System: 300 Pieces. Ravensburger,$15.99 (ages 9+)

Spotlight on Young Children and Science. Derry Koralek & Laura Colker, Editors, $18.99

Spotlight on Young Children Exploring Science. Amy Shillady, Editor, $18.99

Spotlight on Young Children and Technology. Amy Shillady & Leah Schoenberg Muccio, Editors, $18.99

These books offer early childhood educators fresh, effective ideas for appropriate and meaningful ways to  facilitate learning, and to engage the imagination of preschoolers.

Starting Inquiry-Based Science in the Early Years. Sue Dale Tunnicliffe, $55.95

Young children are intuitive scientists. This book builds on their inherent curiosity and problem solving as they move forward in their scientific thinking. Starting Inquiry Based Science in the Early Years shows you how you can support children’s emerging scientific skills by working with them and scaffolding their inquiries as they experiment, hypothesise and investigate building on their natural curiosity.

Full of practical advice, it offers a wide range of scientific activities that can be carried out in partnership with young children. Each activity presents a challenge for the child to solve by thinking and talking through their ideas and then carrying out their own investigations. This invaluable guide focuses on helping children to follow their own line of inquiry and supporting them in mastering the skills and vocabulary they need in order to do this.

Starting with Science: Strategies for Introducing Young Children to Inquiry. Marcia Talhelm Edson, $24.95 (Grades PreK-2)

Discover how to overcome all the impediments and apprehensions related to teaching science to young children, and learn to view science and inquiry as a joint exploration to take with your students as they ask questions about the world around them. This straightforward book describes how to design investigations where children interact with the real world, ask questions, develop and test theories, look for evidence, share ideas, find connections, and ask more questions. Including inquiry-based science in the classroom provides children with a knowledge base, a skill set for problem solving, and an attitude toward learning that they will carry with them throughout their school career and beyond.

Success with STEM: Ideas for the Classroom, STEM Clubs, and Beyond. Sue Howarth & Linda Scott, $48.50

This essential resource is packed with advice and ideas to support and enthuse all those involved in the planning and delivery of STEM in the secondary school. It offers guidance on current issues and priority areas to help you make informed judgements about your own practice and argue for further support for your subject in school. It explains current initiatives to enhance STEM teaching and offers a wide range of practical activities to support exciting teaching and learning in and beyond the classroom.

Illustrated with examples of successful projects in real schools, this friendly, inspiring book explores:

• Innovative teaching ideas to make lessons buzz
• Activities for successful practical work
• Sourcing additional funding
• Finding and making the most of the best resources
• STEM outside the classroom
• Setting-up and enhancing your own STEM club
• Getting involved in STEM competitions, fairs and festivals
• Promoting STEM careers and tackling stereotypes
• Health, safety and legal issues
• Examples of international projects
• An wide-ranging list of project and activity titles

Super Science Concoctions: 50 Mysterious Mixtures for Fabulous Fun. Jill Frankel Hauser, $18.50 (ages 6 to 12)

With over 50 safe, inexpensive science mixtures using common household ingredients. These simple experiments with spectacular results help kids explore the wonderful world of science.

Teaching Budding Scientists: Fostering Scientific inquiry with Diverse Learners in Grades 3-5. Pamela Fraser-Abder, $32.50

Teaching Budding Scientists is a call to action for teachers as they guide their students on a journey to scientific literacy, while fostering their interest and participation in science. This book provides both knowledge about science content and process, curriculum, instruction and pedagogy as well as a venue for personal examination so that teachers may leave this professional development experience as a confident science teacher.

Teaching Emerging Scientists: Fostering Scientific Inquiry with Diverse Learners in Grades K-2. Pamela Fraser-Abder, $36.35

Teaching Emerging Scientists assists in developing, implementing and evaluating inquiry-based science teaching and improving young children's science learning. Research on science education and professional development provides the foundation for this practical book, which provides knowledge about science content and process, curriculum, instruction and pedagogy. The author shares practical strategies, activities and resources for use in the classroom and to ideas for exposing students to the informal world of science.

Teaching Science Creatively. Dan Davies, $34.95

Teaching Science Creatively explores how creative teaching can harness primary-aged children’s sense of wonder about the world around them. It offers innovative starting points to enhance your teaching and highlights curiosity, observation, exploration and enquiry as central components of children’s creative learning in science. Illustrated throughout with examples from the classroom and beyond, this book explores the core elements of creative practice supporting both teacher and children to develop their knowledge and skills.

Teaching STEM Literacy: a Constructivist Approach for Ages 3 to 8. Juliana Texley & Ruth Ruud, $53.50

Teaching STEM Literacy is comprised of ready-made, open-ended lessons reviewed and tested by teachers, which help educators integrate STEM learning into the early childhood classroom. Lessons encourage creative ideas for three-dimensional STEM learning that are developmentally appropriate and exemplified through children's literature.

The three-dimensional STEM learning — content, concepts, and practices — comes in twelve, ready-made open-ended teaching units that make it easy to teach science and inquiry to young children. This book uses the 5E framework (engagement, exploration, explanation, elaboration, and evaluation) to cultivate children's skills of observation, questioning, and data collection by combining discovery, problem solving, and engineering solutions to authentic questions that young children might ask.

This Is My Planet: the Kids’ Guide to Global Warming. Jan Thornhill, $12.95

This Is My Planet offers a clear and fascinating view of our world’s interconnections. By seeing how we all fit in, readers will discover how even small actions can add up to big changes.

To Look Closely: Science and Literacy in the Natural World. Laurie Rubin, $28.95

Discover how nature study can help students become careful, intentional observers of all they see, growing into stronger readers, writers, mathematicians, and scientists in the process. From setting a tone of inquiry-based thinking in the classroom to suggesting specific units of study for reading, writing, and science, this book will guide you step by step through the basics of integrating the skills acquired during nature study into every subject. You will also discover all the ways that this purposeful work nurtures "green" citizens who become determined to respect and protect the natural environment.

25 Totally Terrific Science Projects, Grades 3-6. Michael Gravois, $16.99

Easy how-to’s and templates for projects that motivate students to show what they know about key science topics.

UNIKKAAQATIGIIT: Arctic Weather and Climate through the Eyes of Nunavut’s Children. Edited by David Natcher, Mary Ellen Thomas & Neil Christopher, $12.95

Compiled from writing, poetry, and illustrations created by young Nunavummiut, this anthology explores diverse aspects of the theme of weather — from Inuit mythology to traditional knowledge, climate change, and daily survival. Through full-colour illustrations and engaging stories and poetry written both in Inuktituit and English, learn more about the vital force of Arctic weather as seen through the eyes of children.

Water Wow! An Infographic Exploration. Antonia Banyard & Paula Ayer, Art by Belle Wuthrich, $14.95

Where did water come from — before it got to Earth? Why is the water you drink the same stuff that was around when dinosaurs were alive? If water can’t be created or destroyed, how can we run out? Find out the answers to these and many more intriguing questions in this vibrant book, designed to appeal to visual learners. Dive in and discover:

• Why water is so important to different religious faiths
• Amazing extreme lakes and rivers around the world
• The surprising connection between water access and girls’ education worldwide
• How climate change affects water, and vice versa — and what you can do about it
• ... and more

Filled to the brim with colorful illustrations and diagrams, easy-to-understand infographics, and illuminating photos, Water Wow! is a dazzling and fun introduction to the importance of water in our lives.

Weird Weather: Everything You Didn’t Want to Know about Climate Change But Probably Should Find Out. Kate Evans, $9.95

From one of Britain's most talented young comic artists, here is a scathingly humorous and thoroughly researched exploration of climate change as seen through the eyes of an idealistic teenager, a fat-cat businessman, and a mad scientist. It explains the science behind the issue, how global warming is progressing, and what is and is not being done. Includes detailed references, suggestions for further reading, and a list of climate change organizations and web sites adapted for a North American audience.

What Goes On In My Head? Big Questions about Your Brain. Robert Winston, $10.99 (ages 8-12)

Get thinking about thinking! Introducing readers to the most powerful and complicated computer network they will ever encounter — their own brain — What Goes on in My Head? explains what the different parts of the brain do, how they work together, what gives us our individual personalities, why some people are better at doing certain things than others, and why, despite its immense complexity, there are still some things the brain cannot do or understand. Packed with tips and brainteasers that test memory, perception, reasoning, and reactions, What Goes On in My Head? also features a wealth of bizarre and fascinating facts to get readers thinking about thinking.

What is it Made Of? Noticing Types of Materials. Martha Rustad, $9.99 (grades K-2)

Could window panes be made out of wood? Or a shirt out of glass? Go on a treasure hunt with Ms. Sampson's class as they search for different kinds of materials — cloth, rock, glass, metal, and more. They'll record the look and feel of everyday objects and learn what properties each type of material has.

What’s the Buzz? Keeping Bees in Flight. Merrie-Ellen Wilcox, $19.95

Whether they live alone or together, in a hive or in a hole in the ground, bees do some of the most important work on the planet: pollinating plants. What’s the Buzz? celebrates the magic of bees — from dancing honey bees to buzz-pollinating bumble bees — and encourages readers to do their part to keep bees in flight. All over the world, bees are struggling, but there are things that everyone can do to help save them, from supporting local farmers to growing bee-friendly gardens.

Where Does My Shadow Sleep? A Parent’s Guide to Exploring Science with Children’s Books. Sally Anderson, $17.95

Young children are investigators by nature, just like scientists. They are curious about the world around them and eager to explore. With the help of the stories and activities in Where Does My Shadow Sleep you can use favorite children’s books to help young children observe, wonder, ask questions, talk about, and explore the world of science.

Worms, Shadows, and Whirlpools: Science in the Early Childhood Classroom. Karen Worth & Sharon Grollman, $33.95

This book represents a new way to think about science education for young children. Based on the growing understanding that even the littlest learners are powerful thinkers and theory makers, it identifies important science inquiry skills and concepts appropriate for the very young. What's more, it makes a strong case for integrating science into the curriculum right from the start — creating a context for the development of language, mathematical thinking, and social skills.

Authors Karen Worth and Sharon Grollman define and illustrate what science education can and should be. They draw upon what is known about the learning, effective teaching, and science education of young children by using the daily work of teachers and children in Head Start, kindergarten, day care, and preschool programs. Then see what the youngest students can do given the opportunity to explore phenomena and materials that draw upon their natural curiosity.