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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. |
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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
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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. |
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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! |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Calling All Minds: How to Think and Create Like an
Inventor. Temple Grandin, $24.99 (ages 8-12)
From world-renowned autism spokesperson, scientist, and
inventor Temple Grandin —
Have you ever wondered what makes a kite fly or a boat
float? Have you ever thought about why snowflakes are symmetrical, or why golf
balls have dimples? Have you ever tried to make a kaleidoscope or build a pair
of stilts?
In Calling All Minds, Temple Grandin explores the
ideas behind all of those questions and more. She delves into the science
behind inventions, the steps various people took to create and improve upon
ideas as they evolved, and the ways in which young inventors can continue to
think about and understand what it means to tinker, to fiddle, and to innovate.
And laced throughout it all, Temple gives us glimpses into her own childhood
tinkering, building, and inventing.
More than a blueprint for how to build things, in Calling
All Minds Temple Grandin creates a blueprint for different ways to look at
the world. And more than a call to action, she gives a call to imagination, and
shows readers that there is truly no single way to approach any given
problem — but that an open and inquisitive mind is always key. |
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Canadian STEM Grade 1: Ready for Anything! Chalkboard Publishing, $15.99 
Canadian STEM Grade 2: Ready for Anything! Chalkboard Publishing, $15.99 
Canadian STEM Grade 3: Ready for Anything! Chalkboard Publishing, $15.99 
Canadian STEM Grade 4: Ready for Anything! Chalkboard Publishing, $15.99 
Canadian STEM Grade 5: Ready for Anything! Chalkboard Publishing, $15.99 
Canadian STEM Grade 6: Ready for Anything! Chalkboard Publishing, $15.99 
An ideal resource to supplement, enhance or enrich
science learning. The books focus on concepts and skills to enable students to
become familiar with Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Each volume includes
information, experiments, extension activities and Canadian-based curriculum
exercises that are clear, practical, and fun to use. For use at home or school,
the format lends itself to the lives of busy families and educators who want to
support children's learning. |
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Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars. Douglas Florian, $19.95
Space poems and paintings full of wonder and delight! |
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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. |
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A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson
Helped Put America On the Moon. Suzanne Slade, illustrated by Veronica
Miller Jamison, $24.99 (ages 4-7)
Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn't
have the same rights as others — as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that
people thought women could only be teachers or nurses — as wrong as 10-5=3. And
she proved everyone wrong by zooming ahead of her classmates, starting college
at fifteen, and eventually joining NASA, where her calculations helped pioneer
America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and
the world's first trip to the moon!
Award-winning author Suzanne Slade and debut artist Veronica
Miller Jamison tell the story of a NASA "computer" in this smartly
written, charmingly illustrated biography. |
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Count Girls In: Empowering Girls to Combine Any
Interests with STEM to Open Up a World of Opportunity. Karen Panetta &
Katianne Williams, $22.99
Count Girls In asserts there is a place for all
girls and young women — not just the science fair winners and robotics club
members — in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, if we can
keep their (and our) minds and options open and meet them where they are.
To succeed in STEM fields today, girls don’t have to change who they are. A
girl who combines her natural talents, interests, and dreams with STEM skills
has a greater shot than ever before at a career she loves and a salary she deserves. Count
Girls In encourages parents and other adults to raise authentic young
women who have the confidence to put STEM to work in a way that best serves
them and their passions. The authors, both STEM professionals, present
compelling research in a conversational, accessible style and provide specific
advice and takeaways for each stage of schooling, from elementary school
through college, followed by comprehensive STEM resources. This isn’t a book
about raising competitive, test-acing girls in lab coats; this is about raising
happy, confident girls who realize the world of opportunities before them. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Even More Fizzle, Bubble, Pop & WOW! Simple
Science Experiments for Young Children. Lisa Murphy, $27.95 (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. |
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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. |
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Exploring Water
with Young Children. Ingrid Chalufour & Karen Worth, $29.95
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. |
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Giant Encyclopedia
of Science Activities for Children 3 - 6. Edited by Kathy Charner,
$40.95
Leave your fears of science behind! Respond
to children's natural curiosity with over 600 teacher-created, classroom-tested
activities guaranteed to teach your children all about science while
they are having fun. |
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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. |
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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. |
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How Did I Get Here? Your Story from the Big Bang to
Your Birthday. Philip Bunting, $23.49 (ages 4-8)
From the Big Bang to your birthday, and (almost)
everything in between, this funny and informative book tells your story. You
are one of the newest members of a family tree that goes way, way, way back to
the very first life on Earth. A lot of incredible things had to happen between
the beginning of the universe and today in order to make you. The fact that you
(and everyone you know) are here is nothing short of mind-boggling! Read this
book to discover how it happened, and prepare to be amazed by the awesomeness of
you.
This clever, funny, and scientific timeline of the
journey of human existence is designed to get young readers asking questions,
finding answers, and marveling at the many wonders of our world, from the Big
Bang, to evolution, to a brand-new baby, and more. |
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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. |
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Iggy Peck's Big Project Book for Amazing Architects:
40+ Things to Create, Draw, and Make. Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David
Roberts, $17.99
This empowering workbook book features art and the
characters from the picture book Iggy Peck, Architect, and it will
inspire young readers with activities of all kinds. Iggy Peck takes readers
through more than forty exciting STEM and design projects, from drafting and
doodling to building and blueprints. Aspiring architects and young dreamers
will get a sense of the unique mix of science, technology, and art skills used
to create lasting structures.
In Iggy Peck’s Big Project Book for Amazing Architects,
the follow-up to Rosie Revere’s Big Project Book for Bold Engineers,
kids will continue their STEM education and strengthen their spatial reasoning
skills. Old fans and new readers alike will find inspiration and encouragement
from everyone’s favorite precocious young architect, Iggy Peck. |
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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.
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Inside Your Insides: a Guide to the Microbes That Call
You Home. Claire Eamer, illustrated by Marie-Ève Tremblay, $18.95 (ages
8-12)
Wherever you go, tiny hitchhikers tag along for the ride!
The hitchhikers are actually microbes, tiny living things so small that you
need a microscope to see them. And every person carries around trillions and
trillions of these critters. Six of the most common critters that live in and
on our bodies are introduced here: bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, protists
and mites. Each one has its own preferred environment, and readers will be
startled (and likely a little grossed out!) by the many places they live,
including the hair follicles on our faces, the folds of our tongues and the
lengths of our guts. Just as surprising, only some of them are bad guys that
cause disease, and many of them are actually good guys that keep us healthy.
Author Claire Eamer's clear, well-organized and
accessible writing — augmented throughout with fun facts and silly microbe jokes
in sidebars — keeps the book interesting and enjoyable. Marie-Ève Tremblay's
bright and cheerfully funny illustrations bring the details to delightful life.
With its cutting-edge information about a topic children will find fascinating,
this book makes an excellent complement to a life science lesson on the human
body. It would also work well for a class on healthy living. A table of
contents, glossary and index are included. |
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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. |
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Junior Maker: Experiments to Try, Crafts to Create,
and Lots to Learn! DK Books, $18.99
Little ones will love to get in on the maker fun with
this cool book that supplements and complements the subjects they learn at
school, while also encouraging hands-on interactivity and play.
With clear step-by-step instructions and photos, young
children will learn about a given subject through interactive activities,
crafts, and experiments. There are a huge variety of projects to choose
from — from watching a homemade volcano erupt or building a storm in a jar to
taking a trip back in time to see how the Roman legionaries conquered their
enemies. In addition to nature and history, the book also covers wildlife and
space, so there's something for animal lovers and future astronauts alike. |
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Kid Scientists: True Tales of Childhood from Science
Superstars. David Stabler, illustrated by Anoosha Syed, $15.95 (ages 9-12)
A lively look into the childhoods of the world’s most
brilliant scientists. |
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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. |
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Making & Tinkering with STEM: Solving Design
Challenges with Young Children. Cate Heroman, $26.95 (ages 3-8)
Can you build a sturdy house that is safe from the big,
bad wolf?
Imagine your dream car. What special features does it
have? What can you use to create it?
Teaching and learning STEM subjects (science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics) is more accessible than ever before! Children
will be inspired, delighted, and challenged as they use everyday materials and
STEM concepts to design and build solutions to problems faced by characters in
their favorite books. This practical, hands-on resource includes:
- 25 engineering design challenges appropriate for children ages
3–8
- Suggestions for creating a makerspace environment where children
can tinker with materials, use tools to make creations, and improve on their
ideas
- A list of 100 picture books that encourage STEM-rich exploration
and learning
- Questions and ideas for expanding children’s understanding of
STEM concepts
- A planning template so you can create your own design challenges
- Use engaging children’s books together with the guidance and
ideas in this book to extend children’s problem-solving skills and creative
thinking
- Extras!
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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. |
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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. |
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MOONSHOT: The Flight of Apollo 11, Expanded for the
50th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing. Brian Floca, $26.99 (ages 8-11)
Simply told, grandly shown, and now with eight additional
pages of brand-new art and more in-depth information about the historic moon
landing, here is the flight of Apollo 11. Here for a new generation of readers and
explorers are the steady astronauts clicking themselves into gloves and
helmets, strapping themselves into sideways seats. Here are their great
machines in all their detail and monumentality, the ROAR of rockets, and the
silence of the Moon. Here is a story of adventure and discovery — a story of
leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen
whole, from far away. |
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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 |
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Motion, Magnets and More. Adrienne Mason, illustrated by Claudia Dávila, $19.95 
Loaded with surprising facts and
hands-on activities designed to hold young children's interest, this is primary
science the fun and easy way! |
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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.
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My First Book of My Body: Discover How Your Body Works
with 35 Fun Projects and Experiments. Susan Akass & Frances Butcher,
$19.95 (ages 7+)
This fascinating and informative book offers children an
amazing insight into how their body works. Susan Akass and Frances Butcher make
learning fun with 35 engaging experiments that give a thorough understanding of
body systems and anatomy. In Chapter 1, The Senses, activities include finding
your blind spot, getting dizzy, and making snot! In Chapter 2, The Control
Center, children get to test their reflexes and memories, and trick their brain
with optical illusions. In Chapter 3, Your Skeleton and Muscles, they can investigate
their muscles, joints, and ligaments. Chapter 4, Fueling the Machine, explains
why teeth are vulnerable to a bad diet and includes how to make a digestive
system, including the poop! In Chapter 5, All Systems Go, there's fantastic
fake blood, pulse-testing, and how to make a simple stethoscope. As well as
exciting experiments, children will be informed by the anatomical artworks,
mind-boggling facts, and invaluable health information throughout. |
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Natural Curiosity: the
Importance of Indigenous Perspectives in Children's Environmental Inquiry, 2nd
Edition. Doug Anderson,
Julie Comay & Lorriane Chiarotto, $50.00
The second edition
of Natural Curiosity supports a stronger basic awareness of
Indigenous perspectives and their importance to environmental education. The
driving motivation for a second edition was the burning need, in the wake of
strong and unequivocal recommendations by the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission, to situate Indigenous perspectives into the heart of Canadian educational
settings and curricula, most notably in connection with environmental issues.
The Indigenous lens in this edition represents a cross-cultural encounter
supporting what can become an ongoing dialogue and evolution of practice in
environmental inquiry. Some important questions are raised that challenge us to
think in very different ways about things as fundamental as the meaning of
knowledge.
French Edition now
available:
Curiosité
naturelle, 2e édition: Ressource pour l’enseignante ou l’enseignant: L’importance
du point de vue autochtone dans l’enquête dans
l’environnement de l’enfant. Doug Anderson, Julie
Comay & Lorriane Chiarotto, $50.00 |
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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
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New Hands, New Life: Robots, Prostheses and
Innovation. Alex Mihailidis & Jan Andrysek, $9.95 (ages 8-12)
Everyone uses machines in our daily life — cars, buses
and bikes; computers and phones; washing machines and dryers. Another type of
machine is an "assistive technology". These enable a man missing a
leg to walk, a woman missing an arm to hold objects, and a child in a
wheelchair to play a sport.
New Hands, New Life offers young readers the
opportunity to learn how our bodies work during physical activity and what
happens when they don't work properly. It shows how exciting advances in
technology and science have allowed us to create assistive technologies — from
artificial limbs and wheelchairs to exoskeletons and robots — that make it
possible for someone with a disability to make new abilities. Assistive
technologies are especially life-changing for a child who can overcome the
challenges of a missing limb or reduced motor function to enjoy a life of
learning and play that would be otherwise out of reach. Topics include:
- The emergence of robotics
- Anatomy and physiology related to movement and activity,
including motor control
- Why some children need help to move or do things
- Different types of challenges (e.g., walking, interacting with
environment)
- Diseases, trauma and disabilities that affect movement
- Working together with robots
- Making robots (robotics clubs, LEGO toys, other kits)
- 3-D printing of prostheses for growing children
The book features case studies that follow the design and
fitting of assistive technologies. There are pictures of the labs, robots, and
researchers working to develop new machines, along with a brief history of
prosthetics and a survey of medical-engineering work currently underway in many
countries.
New Hands, New Life provides fascinating,
illustrated coverage of a topic rarely covered for a young audience. It is an
essential selection for all libraries, and for many families. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Physics
Animated. Tyler Jorden, illustrated
by Elsa Martins, $21.99 (ages 3-6)
Engage with
Newton on gravity and explore mass, lift, friction, and other amazing laws of
physics with the most exciting and interactive physics book available for your
little genius! With explanations and real-life examples of Newton's Three Laws,
this interactive board book invites children to pull the levers, turn the
wheels, and watch as an airplane lifts off, a roller coaster zooms around a
loop, and a boat floats. Each concept is animated and interactive to introduce
and explore some of most important aspects of our physical world. Kids will
delight in seeing centripetal force, inertia, thrust, and more come to life. A
perfect tool for instructing and inspiring little physicists of all ages. |
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Picture
Science: Using Digital Photography to Teach Young Children.
Carla Neumann-Hinds, $39.95
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.
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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. |
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Robotics for Young Children: STEM Activities and
Simple Coding. Ann Gadzikowski, $46.50 (ages 3-8)
Give young children their start to the building,
programming, and coding of robots through playful, developmentally appropriate
activities. This user-friendly and accessible book gives teachers great ideas
for engaging young children with 100 exciting, hands-on computer science and
engineering activities.
Many early childhood professionals are unfamiliar with
computer science, robotics, and engineering concepts. The book can be easily
included in a developmentally appropriate curriculum and offers a balance of
adult-facilitated and child-centered activities. |
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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. |
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Science
Month by Month Grades 3 - 8: Practical Ideas and Activities for Teachers
and Homeschoolers. Julia Farish Spencer, $35.99
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.
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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. |
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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. |
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Science Is
Simple: Over 250 Activities for Preschoolers. Peggy Ashbrook,
$24.95
Science Is Simple contains 250 activities spanning 39 kid-pleasing
science concepts. From magnets to bubbles, insects to volcanoes, there
are experiments to interest each and every child. Budding scientists
will have fun learning about objects in motion or feeling the texture
of their own homemade paper. Future astronauts will immerse themselves
in making a rocket ship and watching it blast off! Children will be
captivated as they learn about science and the role it plays in their
everyday lives. |
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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. |
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Solar System Puzzle: 200 Pieces. Ravensburger,
$14.99 (ages 8+)
Solar System: 300 Pieces. Ravensburger,$15.99
(ages 9+) |
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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. |
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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. |
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STEM Starters for Kids Engineering Activity Book: Packed
with Activities and Engineering Facts. Jenny Jacoby, Illustrated by Vicky
Barker, $8.99 (ages 6-10)
Engineering is what brings machines to life. Little
learners can discover more about engineering at home by reading the simple
explanations and doing the beautifully illustrated activities on each page.
Start a lifelong passion for STEM subjects and inspire children to, one day,
contribute an invention of their own to the world. |
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STEM Starters For Kids Physics Activity Book: Packed
with Activities and Physics Facts. Jenny Jacoby, Illustrated by Vicky
Barker, $8.99 (ages 6-10)
The fun activities in this book introduce children to the
science behind the world around them and might even, one day, inspire them to
contribute an invention of their own. |
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STEM Starters for Kids Science Activity Book: Packed
with Activities and Science Facts. Sam Hutchinson, Illustrated by Vicky
Barker, $8.99 (ages 6-10)
Little scientists will love the BIG ideas in this
activity book. They'll discover more about science at home by reading the
simple explanations and doing the beautifully illustrated activities on each
page. Start a lifelong passion for STEM subjects. From the power of magnetism
to the energy that fuels our world, this is some seriously smart stuff. |
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STEM Starters for Kids Science Experiments at Home:
Discover the Science In Everyday Life. Susan Martineau, Illustrated by Vicky Barker, $11.99 (ages 6-10)
Explore the science in everyday life with these simple,
step-by-step experiments to do around the home. Each activity takes a complex,
scientific concept and makes it easy for kids to understand. Young scientists
will enjoy discovering the science behind the simple phenomena all around them. |
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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
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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Tiny Dino Worlds: Create Your Own Prehistoric Habitats. Christine Bayles Kortsch, $28.95 (ages 3 and up)
Create your own magical prehistoric terrariums and
dioramas while teaching kids about dinosaurs and their habitats. Tiny Dino
Worlds shows dinosaur lovers of all ages how to create prehistoric habitats
with real plants. From active volcanoes and dino poop to handmade fossils and
interactive terrariums, kids and adults alike will have fun building living
habitats for all of their favorite dinos.
Design a Jurassic world with plants that actually look
just like prehistoric ones — or stage an epic battle between the vicious T-rex
and the stubborn Triceratops. The book includes 26 simple projects (appropriate
for kids ages 4-10), ranging from making sticky mud traps from homemade slime
to cracking open "ice eggs" to reveal the dino hidden inside. Written
by a crafty mom and vetted by two paleontologists, this book is jam-packed with
fun, educational projects, weird but true facts about dinosaurs, and gorgeous
step-by-step photography. Tiny Dino Worlds is sure to delight all the
dinosaur-lovers in your life! |
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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. |
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Touch It! Materials, Matter and You. Adrienne Mason, illustrated by Claudia Dávila, $7.95. Grades:
PreK-2
Developed with the
cooperation of a science consultant, this book in the Primary Physical Science
series is a tool to teach the physical sciences to young children. Touch It! follows science curricula and is loaded with surprising facts and hands-on
activities designed to hold young readers' interest and tap into their
fascination with the everyday world. Touch It! explores color, shape,
texture, size, mass, magnetism and more. |
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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.
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VentureGirls: Raising Girls to Be Tomorrow's Leaders. Cristal
Glanghai, $21.00
From an engineer and entrepreneur, a
conversation-changing parenting book about how to engage young women in
science, technology, engineering, and math, filled with practical advice for
both parents and educators.
As the female CEO of a tech startup, Dr. Cristal
Glangchai was outnumbered twenty to one. At Google, Twitter, and Facebook,
women currently fill just ten to twenty percent of technical jobs. While career
opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math have increased dramatically
in the past twenty years, the achievement gap between men and women has only
grown wider. In VentureGirls, Glangchai argues that a key part of
raising strong, confident young women is giving them the tools of
entrepreneurship to engage in STEM.
Entrepreneurship is a skill-set and a way of thinking
that is particularly useful in the fields of science, mathematics, engineering,
and technology. Entrepreneurship involves identifying needs, brainstorming
creative solutions, innovating, and taking calculated risks. In short, it’s
about having a vision and making it a reality. Deeply informative, warm, and
grounded in real-world experience, VentureGirls includes a plethora of
activities and lessons that focus on strengthening kids’ ingenuity and
resilience. VentureGirls is essential reading for anyone who wants to
raise girls and young women who realize their strength, engage in the world,
and feel empowered to make a positive impact. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Women In Science: Ada Lovelace — the World's
First Computer Programmer. Nick Pierce, illustrated by Isobel Lundie,
$12.99 (ages 7-9)
Ada Lovelace's brilliant talent for mathematics and huge
imagination helped to pave the way for the invention of the computer software
that powers the world around us. Every time you play a computer game or talk
with a friend on your smartphone, you can only do so because of the pioneering
work by Ada Lovelace. Her work was groundbreaking. Unlike her poet father Lord
Byron, she was not a famous figure during her lifetime. However, she became
known to those who knew her as the "enchantress of numbers." This book
tells Ada's story.
Women In Science: Jane Goodall — the World's Leading
Authority on Chimpanzees. Alex Woolf, illustrated by Isobel Lundie, $12.99
(ages 7-9)
Jane Goodall is regarded as the world's leading expert on
chimpanzees. Her discoveries revolutionized our understanding of these
remarkable animals. Yet she achieved this without any formal training. What she
did have was a passion for animals and the patience to study them over long
periods in their natural habitat. She also had the determination to overcome the
skepticism of a scientific community that did not always approve of her
methods. This book tells Jane's story: her childhood in England, her
groundbreaking work in Africa, and her role as a globetrotting ambassador of
the conservation movement.
Women In Science: Rachel Carson — Marine
Biologist and Author of Silent Spring. Ann Rooney, illustrated by Isobel
Lundie, $12.99 (ages 7-9)
Rachel Carson was a 20th century marine biologist and
science writer, whose work on the harmful effects of the insecticide DDT helped
to raise awareness about humanity's impact on the natural world and the
often-unintended consequences of scientific progress. Her published books, such
as the famous Silent Spring, boosted the environmental movement in politics and
continues to inform our understanding of the relationship between people and
nature to this day. This book tells her story.
Women In Science: Temple Grandin — a Pioneer in
Animal Science and Autism Awareness. Ruby Cardona, illustrated by Isobel
Lundie, $12.99 (ages 7-9)
Temple Grandin's research into animal behavior and
inventions in farm technology have changed the way that livestock are treated
across North America and all over the world. Before, animals were treated
terribly and often suffered before they died. Thanks to Temple, many of them
live far happier lives. Temple has also been a hard-working campaigner for
autism awareness, helping to promote an understanding of this disorder. This
book tells Temple's story. |
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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. |
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Booklist
Science
at Home and School
Baby Steps to STEM: Infant and Toddler Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math Activities. Jean Barbre, $41.50
Becoming Scientists: Inquiry-based Teaching in Diverse
Classrooms, Grades 3-5. Rusty Bresser & Sharon Fargason, $27.95 (grades
3-5)
Before the World Was Ready: Stories of Daring Genius in
Science. Claire Eamer, illustrated by Sa Boothroyd, $14.95
The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea. Helaine Becker,
illustrated by Willow Dawson, $10.95
Breaking Through! Helping Girls Succeed in Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Math. Harriet Mosatche, Elizabeth Lawner &
Susan Matloff-Nieves, $23.95
Bright Sky, Starry City. Uma Krishnaswami, illustrated by
Aimée Sicuro, $17.95
Building Structures with Young Children. Ingrid Chalufour
& Karen Worth, $34.95 (activities)
Building Your Own Robots: Design and Build Your First Robot!
Gordon McComb, $9.99
Calling All Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor.
Temple Grandin, $24.99 (ages 8-12)
Canadian STEM Grade 1: Ready for Anything! Chalkboard Publishing, $15.99
Canadian STEM Grade 2: Ready for Anything! Chalkboard Publishing, $15.99
Canadian STEM Grade 3: Ready for Anything! Chalkboard Publishing, $15.99
Canadian STEM Grade 4: Ready for Anything! Chalkboard Publishing, $15.99
Canadian STEM Grade 5: Ready for Anything! Chalkboard Publishing, $15.99
Canadian STEM Grade 6: Ready for Anything! Chalkboard Publishing, $15.99
Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars. Douglas Florian, $25.50
(poems, ages 4 and up)
Complete Science Smart, Grades 1-2. William Young, $16.95
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson
Helped Put America On the Moon. Suzanne Slade, illustrated by Veronica
Miller Jamison, $24.99 (ages 4-7)
Count Girls In: Empowering Girls to Combine Any Interests
with STEM to Open Up a World of Opportunity. Karen Panetta & Katianne
Williams, $22.99
Curious Jane: Science + Design + Engineering for Inquisitive
Girls. Curious Jane, $19.95
Curiosité
naturelle, 2e édition: Ressource pour l’enseignante ou l’enseignant: L’importance
du point de vue autochtone dans l’enquête dans
l’environnement de l’enfant. Doug Anderson, Julie
Comay & Lorriane Chiarotto, $50.00
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
EGG: Nature's Perfect Package. Steve Jenkins & Robin
Page, $24.99
Even More Fizzle, Bubble, Pop & WOW! Simple Science
Experiments for Young Children. Lisa Murphy, $27.95 (ages 3-12)
The Everything STEM Handbook: Help Your Child Learn and
Succeed in the Fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Rihab
Sawah & Anthony Clark, $24.99
Exploring Water with Young Children. Ingrid Chalufour &
Karen Worth, $35.95 (activities)
The Giant Encyclopedia of Science Activities for Children 3
to 6: More Than 600 Science Activities Written by Teachers for Teachers. Edited by Kathy Charner, $49.95
Hands-On Science Experiments. Gary Gibson, $16.99
Help Your Kids with Science: a Unique Step-by-Step Visual
Guide. $21.95
How Did I Get Here? Your Story from the Big Bang to
Your Birthday. Philip Bunting, $23.49 (ages 4-8)
IF... a Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and
Numbers. David Smith, illustrated by Steve Adams, $19.95
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Iggy Peck's Big Project Book for Amazing Architects: 40+
Things to Create, Draw, and Make. Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts,
$17.99
Incredible Edible Science: Recipes for Developing Science
and Literacy Skills. Liz Plaster & Rick Krustchinsky, $37.95 (activities)
Inside Your Insides: a Guide to the Microbes That Call You
Home. Claire Eamer, illustrated by Marie-Ève Tremblay, $18.95 (ages 8-12)
Janice VanCleave's Teaching the Fun of Science to Young
Learners, Grades Pr-K to 2. Janice Van Cleave, $21.99
Junior Maker: Experiments to Try, Crafts to Create, and Lots
to Learn! DK Books, $18.99
Kid Scientists: True Tales of Childhood from Science
Superstars. David Stabler, illustrated by Anoosha Syed, $15.95 (ages 9-12)
Literacy in the Science Classroom. Millie Blandford, $17.99
(Grades 6-12)
Making & Tinkering with STEM: Solving Design Challenges
with Young Children. Cate Heroman, $34.50 (ages 3-8)
The Math Myth and Other STEM Delusions. Andrew Hacker,
$36.50
Math and Science Investigations: Helping Young Learners Make
Big Discoveries. Sally Anderson, $38.95
MOONSHOT: The Flight of Apollo 11, Expanded for the
50th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing. Brian Floca, $26.99 (ages 8-11)
More Than Magnets, Standards Edition: Science and Activities
for Young Children. Sally Moomaw & Brenda Hieronymus, $48.50
Motion, Magnets and More. Adrienne Mason, illustrated by
Claudia Dávila, $19.95 (activities)
Move It! Motion, Forces and You. Adrienne Mason, illustrated
by Claudia Dávila, $7.95. (grades PreK-2)
My First Book of My Body: Discover How Your Body Works with
35 Fun Projects and Experiments. Susan Akass & Frances Butcher, $19.95
(ages 7+)
Natural Curiosity: the Importance of Indigenous Perspectives
in Children's Environmental Inquiry, 2nd Edition. Doug Anderson, Julie Comay
& Lorriane Chiarotto, $50.00
Nature Education with Young Children: Integrating Inquiry
and Practice. Daniel Meier & Stephanie Sisk-Hilton, Editors, $62.90
New Hands, New Life: Robots, Prostheses and Innovation. Alex
Mihailidis & Jan Andrysek, $9.95 (ages 8-12)
The 101 Coolest Simple Science Experiments: Awesome Things
to Do with Your Parents, Babysitters and Other Adults. Rachel Miller, Holly
Homer & Janie Harrington, $29.95 (ages 5-12)
Perfect Pairs: Using Fiction & Nonfiction Picture Books
to Teach Life Science, K-2. Melissa Stewart & Nancy Chesley, $38.95
Physics
Animated. Tyler Jorden, illustrated
by Elsa Martins, $21.99 (ages 3-6)
Picture Science: Using Digital Photography to Teach Young
Children. Carla Neumann-Hinds, $39.95
Preschool Pathways to Science (PrePS™): Facilitating
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