| Author |
Adams, Douglas |
| Title |
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| Keywords |
sun, galaxy, orbit, planet, oceans, Ursa Minor, astrophysicist, Earth, hyperspace, star system, Orion Beta, fermentation, ionosphere, electromagnetism, moon, wavelength, nebula, atmosphere, elements, spectoscopy |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
A fun, science fiction story about a man from Earth who is picked up and travels through space and the galaxy to explore different planets. |
| Activity Links |
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/universe/
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/roadtrip_nobar.swf
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| Author |
Allende, Isabel |
| Title |
City of the Beasts |
| Keywords |
Amazon, jaguars, native indians, river, rainforest, canopy, anthropologist |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
A teenage boy accompanies his Aunt on an expedition down the Amazon to search for a lost Yeti-like beast. They encounter a tribe known as the people of the mist and smugglers involved in the illegal exotic animals trade. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
http://www.ran.org/info_center/
http://passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/main.html
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/rforest.html
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| Author |
Alten, Steve |
| Title |
Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror |
| Keywords |
sharks, megalodon, oceans, trench, marine canyons, paleontologist, submarines |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
Paleontologist studying the ocean floor discovers living Megalogon shark; tries to capture pregnant female |
| Activity Links |
http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/students/researcher.htm
http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/evolution/guide.htm
http://www.elasmo.com
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| Author |
Anderson, Laurie Halse |
| Title |
Fever 1793 |
| Keywords |
yellow fever, epidemic, mosquitos |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
A fictional story of the true yellow fever that swept through Philadelphia in 1793 misconceptions about cause of the fever and how it spread |
| Activity Links |
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceHowVirusesTravel58.htm
http://www.uncw.edu/smec/gk_fellows/Documents/EpidemicInstruction.pdf
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson404/DiseasesBooks.pdf
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/lessons/lp_virus.html
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| Author |
Atwater, Richard & Florence |
| Title |
Mr. Popper's Penguins |
| Keywords |
penguins, adaptations, insulation, climate, nesting, Antarctica |
| Reading Level |
4th-7th grade |
| Synopsis |
A painter who dreams of being a scientist receives a penguin from the Antarctic explorer Admiral Drake; describes penguin behavior, reproduction, growth and development; adaptations to cold |
| Activity Links |
http://www.gma.org/surfing/antarctica/index.html
http://passporttoknowledge.com/scic/adaptation/educators/stayingwarm.html
http://www.ch4549.org/antarcti/insulat.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/lesson_plans/underice.html
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| Author |
Avi |
| Title |
Windcatcher |
| Keywords |
islands, weather, wind, water currents |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Discusses weather involved in sailing, the formation of islands and land masses, the wind and water currents around islands and inlets, the physical aspects a boy encounters while sailing and hunting for treasure and a sunken ship. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/watch/sailing/index.htm
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/sailing.html
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| Author |
Azimov, Isaac |
| Title |
Fantastic Voyage |
| Keywords |
circulation, organs, miniaturization, fluid dynamics, immune response, blood cells, aorta, brain, eye, valves |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Microscopic exploration of the human body via the circulatory system. |
| Activity Links |
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/cecsci/cecsci021.html
http://www.eduref.org/cgibin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Anatomy/ANA0001.html
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
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| Author |
Babbitt, Natalie |
| Title |
Tuck Everlasting |
| Keywords |
aging, youth, life cycles, forest |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
A girl is kidnapped in a forest where a family guards a spring that promises eternal youth. Girl deals with decision to drink from the spring or continue with the normal cycle of her life greedy man wants to market the springs water. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9801/13/life.extention/
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID6DocID191
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID200
http://www.secretsofaging.org/longevity/lifespan.html
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| Author |
Bakker, Robert |
| Title |
Raptor Red |
| Keywords |
evolution, geologic time, fossils, dinosaurs |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Description of geologic time and changes through the eyes of one dinosaur and her family. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.palaeos.com/Timescale/timescale.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/
http://www.geosociety.org/educate/LessonPlans/i_paleo.htm
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| Author |
Barth, Richard |
| Title |
Jumper |
| Keywords |
engineering, gravity, Gforces, friction, velocity, osteomyelitis, scale models, roller coaster, safety, lasers, computers |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
Engineer designs, constructs, and tests new roller coaster ride that can jump through the air analyzes the forensics of a wreck caused by sabotage. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Science/Physics/book/rcs/home.html
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Physics/PHS0041.html
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/rollercoaster/
http://www.vast.org/vip/book/home.htm
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| Author |
Baum, Frank |
| Title |
The Wizard of Oz |
| Keywords |
tornado, cyclone, wind, pressure |
| Reading Level |
4th-7th grade |
| Synopsis |
Description of the changing air pressure as tornado forms Chapter 1. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.tornadoproject.com/cellar/workshop.htm
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/abr/teacher/tornado_bottle.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/vortex.html
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/WOP/Vortex.html
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| Author |
Bennett, Cherie |
| Title |
Zink |
| Keywords |
leukemia, disease, zebras, savannahs, Serengeti plains, Africa, ecology, animal behavior |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
A 6th grade girl diagnosed with leukemia, imagines she is helping a zebra living on the Serengeti plains. Describes the ecology of the plains environment, behavior of zebras, and physical impacts and treatment of leukemia. |
| Activity Links |
http://serengeti.org/
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-zebra.html
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Support/AdoptSpecies/AnimalInfo/Zebra/default.cfm
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| Author |
Bial Raymond |
| Title |
A Handful of Dirt |
| Keywords |
soil dirt microorganisms worms compost |
| Reading Level |
3rd6th grade |
| Synopsis |
Visual study of the living components of soil. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Bond, Nancy |
| Title |
The Voyage Begun |
| Keywords |
climate, weather, pollution, energy, environment |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Futuristic story set in Cape Cod after most of Earths energy sources have been depleted due to global changes in climate, weather and pollution. Describes impact on the environment. |
| Activity Links |
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/earth/earth4.html
http://www.theteachersguide.com/Environment.html#Air
http://www.uncw.edu/smec/gk_fellows/Documents/NaturalResourcesToT.pdf
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| Author |
Bradbury, Ray |
| Title |
The Martian Chronicles |
| Keywords |
Mars, colonization, racism |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
Collection of short stories about the colonization of Mars. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/portals/beagle.shtml
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/mars_rocket2.shtml
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/MITC/overview/
http://chapters.marssociety.org/youth/mc/
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| Author |
Brown, Dan |
| Title |
Deception Point |
| Keywords |
meteor, ice, arctic, fossils, NASA, ethics |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
A team of scientists report that they have found a large meteor imbedded in the ice above the Arctic cirlce. Insect like fossils imbedded in the meteor suggest that there is extraterrestrial life. Unfortunately, it may all be a hoax |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Butler, Susan |
| Title |
The Hermit Thrush Sings |
| Keywords |
asteroid, species, mutations, |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
One hundred years ago a meteor struck earth causing some plants, animals and humans to form mutations, including a man-like cannibal. A young girl with webbed hands fears how she will be treated and rebels against her villages rulers. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Butterworth, Oliver |
| Title |
The Enormous Egg |
| Keywords |
eggs, chickens, dinosaurs, paleontologist, extinction |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Farm boy finds an enormous egg under one of his chickens and cares for it until it hatches out as a dinosaur, a Triceratops to be exact. Boy consults with paleontologist to care for dinosaur. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/dinoeggs/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Dinoegg.shtml
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| Author |
Cameron, Eleanor |
| Title |
The Wonderful Flight to Mushroom Planet |
| Keywords |
space, planet, rockets, spaceship, fuel, telescopes, astronomy |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Two boys build a homemade spaceship to travel to an alien planet. Describes how they build it, development of a rocket fuel formula, and the workings inside an observatory. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.aia-aerospace.org/aianews/features/team_america/index.cfm
http://www.alaskascience.com/rocketmain.htm
http://www.lightwave.soton.ac.uk/experiments/telescope/telescope.html
http://hubblesite.org/fun_.and._games/
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| Author |
Capeci, Anne |
| Title |
Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #6: The Giant Germ |
| Keywords |
germs, microbes, microbiology, bacteria, mold, cells |
| Reading Level |
3rd-6th grade |
| Synopsis |
Mrs. Frizzle and her class study the world of microbiology. They encounter molds and bacteria and learn the basics of microbiology. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Capeci, Anne |
| Title |
Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #11: Insect Invaders |
| Keywords |
insects, bugs, arthropods, exoskeleton, pollination, food chain |
| Reading Level |
3rd-6th grade |
| Synopsis |
Mrs. Frizzle takes her students on a field trip to learn about the insect world. They study insect anatomy, locomotion, predation and their benefits and detriments to man. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Capeci, Anne |
| Title |
Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #17: Food Chain Frenzy |
| Keywords |
food chain, ecosystems, energy, producers, consumers, predators, carnivores, herbivores |
| Reading Level |
3rd-6th grade |
| Synopsis |
Mrs. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip to study the different trophic levels in a food chain. Students learn about the flow of energy through a chain, producers and consumers, and predators and prey. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Capeci, Anne |
| Title |
Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #14: Electric Storm |
| Keywords |
weather, storms, lightning, electricity, humidity, clouds, thunder |
| Reading Level |
3rd-6th grade |
| Synopsis |
Mrs. Frizzle and her students take a field trip to study the weather. During a storm they learn about static electricity and how lightning forms. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Card, Orson Scott |
| Title |
Ender's Game |
| Keywords |
aliens, selective breeding, genetics, experimentation, genius |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
After aliens almost wipe out the human race, survivors selectively breed a group of military geniuses and train them using "games" to protect the remaining human population. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Carmi, Rebecca |
| Title |
Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #10: Expedition Down Under |
| Keywords |
ecosystem, Australia, kangaroo, grasslands, marsupials, wildlife, land bridge, pangaea |
| Reading Level |
3rd-6th grade |
| Synopsis |
Mrs. Frizzle and her students travel to Australia to study the unusual wildlife that inhabits the continent, including a kangaroo, wallaby, echidna, and kookaburra. They learn about the geologic history of Australia. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Carmi, Rebecca |
| Title |
Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #12: Amazing Magnetism |
| Keywords |
magnetism, metal, iron, orientation, poles, attraction |
| Reading Level |
3rd-6th grade |
| Synopsis |
Mrs. Frizzle challenges another teachers class to a science contest involving magnetism. Her students discover which materials can be magnetized, learn about laws of attraction and repulsion, molecular orientation, and polarity. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Carr, Caleb |
| Title |
Killing Time |
| Keywords |
technology, cyberspace, internet, genetic engineering, pollution, ecology, disease |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
An apocalyptic tale of the future when technology has gone wild. Continents are ravaged by disease, famine, blight, pollution, and war. Genetically engineered scientists travel the planet detailing what has happened. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Chabon, Michael |
| Title |
Summerland |
| Keywords |
weather, baseball, atmosphere, blimp/balloon |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Fantasy story about small beings called Ferishers who ensure that there is always perfect weather for baseball. They are threatened by an ancient enemy and only a baseball player can save them. They travel in a makeshift airship describing weather. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/
http://whyfiles.org/152baseball/
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/research/wmodify.htm
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/lightning.html
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| Author |
Clarke, Arthur C. |
| Title |
The Fountains of Paradise |
| Keywords |
space, elevator, technology, engineering, exploration, gravity, weather, ionosphere, materials science |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Science fiction classic involving the construction of a space elevator by a world reknown engineer. Gravity, weather and the ionosphere, and futuristic building materials all figure prominently in the process of conceptualizing the complicated project. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.zadar.net/space-elevator
http://www.spaceelevator.com/
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,57536,00.html
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast07sep%5F1.htm
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| Author |
Coerr, Eleanor |
| Title |
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes |
| Keywords |
radiation, leukemia, atomic bomb, origami, blood count, apetite loss, chemotherapy |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Radiation from the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima causes leukemia in a young girl |
| Activity Links |
http://www.42explore2.com/nuclear.htm
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=424
http://www.lbl.gov/abc/index.html
http://nasaexplores.com/lessons/02-016/5-8_article.html
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| Author |
Cole, Shelia |
| Title |
The Dragon in the Cliff |
| Keywords |
fossils, dinosaurs, beach, cliffs, icthyosaur |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Loosely based on the life of Mary Anning a 13 year old girl who collected fossils from Britain's cliffs in the early 1800's. Story focuses on the prejudices she experienced because she was a girl scientist; the types of fossils she discovered. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Colfer, Eoin |
| Title |
Artemis Fowl |
| Keywords |
computers, technology, subterranean society, symbology |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Characters are highly adept at using futuristic technology, including computers and time freezing. There is and underground society of fairies who consume rocks and soils. Translation of a symbol based language like hieroglyphics. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Collins, Suzanne |
| Title |
Gregor the Overlander |
| Keywords |
underground, subterranean, rodents, rats, cockroaches, bats, spiders |
| Reading Level |
4th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
A fantasy story about a young boy who discovers a subterranean world inhabited by giant cockroaches, bats, spiders and vicious rats who are holding his father prisoner. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Crichton, Michael |
| Title |
Jurassic Park |
| Keywords |
dinosaurs, genetic enginnering, DNA, fossils |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
Scientist isolate dinosaur DNA from fossilized mosquito blood, genetically engineers into frog to produce dinosaurs that terrrorize island park. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.fathom.com/feature/121693/
http://www.shodor.org/ssep/lessons/jurassic/
http://www.jpinstitute.com/index.jsp
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=1&DocID=128
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| Author |
Crichton, Michael |
| Title |
The Andromeda Strain |
| Keywords |
germs, bacteriology, decontamination, pH, pathogens, space-probes, mutation |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
An army space-probe searching for pathogens to use in biological warfare re-enters Earth's atmosphere carrying extra-terrestrial bacteria. Scientist search for a way to control the contamination by studying the few survivors at the landing site. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Crichton, Michael |
| Title |
Prey |
| Keywords |
nanotechnology, microparticles, biotechnology, bacteriophage, artificial intelligence, swarm, computers, robots |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
A swarm of optical micro-robots engineered in a nanotechnology research lab exhibit artificial intelligence and begin to attack living things. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.itsananoworld.org/whatisnano.htm
http://www.mrsec.wisc.edu/edetc/index.html
http://nanokids.rice.edu/
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| Author |
Crichton, Michael |
| Title |
State of Fear |
| Keywords |
global warming, environment, icebergs, volcanoe, ethics |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
Adventure story centered on the controversy surrounding global warming. A renegade scientist who wants more funding for research stages several natural disasters to convince the world that global warming is real and will result in impending disaster. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Iceberg |
| Keywords |
Iceberg, Iceland, arctic ocean, tundra, oceanographer, submarine |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
The remnants of a burned ship are discovered frozen in an iceberg. When scientist try to investigate, they are attacked and forced to flee across the arctic tundra and ocean. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Flood Tide |
| Keywords |
Mississippi river, delta, smuggling, submarine, scuba diving |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
Evil billionaire who smuggles Chinese immigrants into the USA plans to divert the Mississippi River so that he can find a sunken ship filled with artifacts. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Shockwave |
| Keywords |
diamonds, plague, sea mammals, shockwave, technology |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
Sea mammals are dying off of Antarctica. While investigating the source of this plague, scientists discover the cause is actually a shockwave from a new technology being used to harvest diamonds. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Fire Ice |
| Keywords |
tidal wave, methane, pressure, deep-sea, mining, explosives, submarine |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
Russian mining mogul tries to harvest the methane hydrate that is found off the eastern coast of the USA. Under intense pressure, it forms a solid like ice. At the surface it is highly explosive like fire. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Valhalla Rising |
| Keywords |
engines, friction, water-power, oil, submarine, Vikings |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
A scientist invents a type of frictionless oil and a water-powered engine. An oil conglomerate will go to any length to keep the inventions off the market so they can monopolize the worlds oil supply. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Blue Gold |
| Keywords |
fresh water, whales, desalination, submarines, eco-terrorist, bio-pirates |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
When scientists discover a pod of dead whales they investigate off the Baja coast of Mexico. They encounter an eco-terrorist who is trying to monopolize the earths fresh water and a new technology for removing salt. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Raise the Titanic |
| Keywords |
elements, chemicals, submarine, hurricane |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
The president of the USA has plans for a new defense system. It requires a rare element that no longer exists in nature, but a large quantity of it was part of the cargo on the Titanic. Scientists try to recover the element. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Vixen 03 |
| Keywords |
virulent, germ, bioengineering, bacteriology, bioterrorism |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
In 1954 a plane carrying doomsday bombs filled with deadly germs sinks in a frozen lake in Colorado. More than 30 years later the plane is found, but some of its deadly cargo is missing. Terrorists have the germs and plan to use them against the USA. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Polar Shift |
| Keywords |
magnetism, orientation, migration, electric, climate, earthquake |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
Polar shift describes change in the magnetic poles that cause disorientation in animals, disruption of electric fields, and triggers massive climate change. By creating an artificial shift, a mad man wants to rule the world. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Pacific Vortex |
| Keywords |
vortex, Hawaii, island, nuclear, submarine, scuba diving |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
One of the USAs most powerful nuclear submarines is lost in a a pacific ocean vortex of the coast of Hawaii where dozens of other ships have gone missing. When divers try to salvage it they are attacked. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Black Wind |
| Keywords |
virus, toxicology, disease, chimera, pollution, rockets, submarine, scuba-diving |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
A rogue group of scientists create a deadly chimera from the aids and smallpox viruses. They plan to spread the chimera across the west coast of the USA by deploying a rocket from an offshore platform. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Inca Gold |
| Keywords |
geology, caves, rainforest, underground river, desert |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
Underwater marine engineers explore a subterranean river system in Mexico. Great descriptions of the geology and cavern formation. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.explorethecaverns.com/lessons/lesson1.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/caves04.htm
http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave.html
http://www.nps.gov/ozar/claycave.htm
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Trojan Odyssey |
| Keywords |
hurricanes, meteorologist, geology, underwater habitat, marine caves, fuel cells |
| Reading Level |
adult |
| Synopsis |
Marine engineers describe a rescue operation during a severe hurricane. Scientists in an underwater habitat discover deep sea caves. Kidnapped scientists work on the development of fuel cells using nitrogen and water. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.netl.doe.gov/coolscience/teacher/lesson-plans/lesson6.html
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell1.htm
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/ragingplanet-hurricane/
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Deep Six |
| Keywords |
poison, chemicals, ocean, Alaska |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
A highly toxic chemical is killing anything and anyone that comes in contact with it off of the Alaskan coast. The responsible party is also trying to kidnap the president of the USA. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Cussler, Clive |
| Title |
Sahara |
| Keywords |
biochemist, disease, desert, pollution |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
A biochemist from the UN is trying to discover the cause of a deadly disease spreading through Africa. It appears to be related to massive chemical pollution purposefully leaked into the ocean. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Dahl, Roald |
| Title |
James and the Giant Peach |
| Keywords |
atmosphere, weather, oceans, insects, microbes |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Encounters of a young boy who discovers a world of insects inside a giant peach. The peach and its inhabitants travel across oceans filled with sharks and skies filled with seagulls. Cloud men bombard the peach with weather. |
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| Author |
Dahl, Roald |
| Title |
Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator |
| Keywords |
space travel, gravity, jet propulsion, rockets, space station, communication links |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Fantasy involving an elevator that travels through space on skyhooks to a space station hotel. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Davis, Mike |
| Title |
Land of the Lost Mammoths |
| Keywords |
mammoths, inbreeding, glaciers, iceberg, geothermal vents, tundra, ice caves, valleys, ultra-lite flyer, arctic hurricane |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Teenage scientists travel to Greenland to study at a research center and go on an expedition to discover a long lost tribe of people and mammoths. Theyexperience ice bergs calving, an arctic hurricane, exploring an ice cave, and riding mammoths. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/siberia/
http://www.robby.nstemp.com/custom3.html
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/woollymammoth/
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| Author |
DeFelice, Cynthia |
| Title |
The Ghost of Fossil Glen |
| Keywords |
fossils, cliffs |
| Reading Level |
3rd-6th grade |
| Synopsis |
This is a ghost story in which the main character is a sixth grade girl who collects fossils. One day she almost falls off of a cliff while hunting for fossils. She hears a ghost. |
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| Author |
Dickinson, Peter |
| Title |
The Weathermonger |
| Keywords |
weather, storms, lightning, fog, wind, myth, science |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Accounts the adventures of a young girl and her brother who can control the weather. They are shunned from their village because of their weathercausing powers and go on a quest to return after fleeing. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/lightning.html
http://lifesci3.arc.nasa.gov/SpaceSettlement/teacher/course/cloud.html
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WEATHER/05/27/bugs.weather/
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/defense/1281146.html
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| Author |
Dickinson, Peter |
| Title |
Eva |
| Keywords |
transplant, brains, chimpanzees, animal rights, animal communication, humans, cubic, paralyzed, kilometers, endorphin, zoology, neuron memory, gene, mutation, trait |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
A teenage girl is horribly crushed in a car accident. The only way to save her is to transplant her brain into a chimpanzee. She learns to communicate with the chimps body and comes to personify its feelings and exert chimpanzee rights. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0112/chimps.html
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1108/teaching/teaching2.htm
http://www.janegoodall.org/
http://www.koko.org/
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| Author |
Dickinson, Peter |
| Title |
A Bone From a Dry Sea |
| Keywords |
bone, fossils, archeology, Africa, apes, hominids, sea, tsunami |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Tells the story of a 4 million year old ape-like hominid tribe dependent on the sea for food; and, a present day archeology dig that finds a fossil of one of the ape-hominids in the remains of the dried up sea bed; they try to infer the fate of the tribe. |
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| Author |
Dr. Seuss |
| Title |
Horton Hatches the Egg |
| Keywords |
species, hybrid, eggs, bird, elephant |
| Reading Level |
all ages |
| Synopsis |
An elephant devotes himself to hatching a bird egg; hatchling is a cross (hybrid) between elephant and bird. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Dr. Seuss |
| Title |
McElligots Pool |
| Keywords |
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| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
Author describes how small pool could be fed by and underground river that empties into the sea wide diversity of fish live in different area of the oceans including tropics and the artic. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Dr. Seuss |
| Title |
Horton Hears A Who |
| Keywords |
magnification, microscopic, population, sound |
| Reading Level |
all ages |
| Synopsis |
Story contrasting size differences between an elephant and the microscopic population living on a speck of dust that he is protecting, but no one can hear. |
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| Author |
Dr. Seuss |
| Title |
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose |
| Keywords |
seasons, daylight, antlers, symbiosis, commensalism, hormones, nutrition |
| Reading Level |
all ages |
| Synopsis |
A moose allows some small creatures to rest on his antlers; soon the antlers are covered with free-loading creatures who offer no benefit to the moose; when seasons change the antlers fall off and creatures, too! |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Dr. Seuss |
| Title |
The Lorax |
| Keywords |
ecology, conservation, air pollution, smog, trees, water pollution, endangered species |
| Reading Level |
all ages |
| Synopsis |
Story of the Lorax who speaks for the trees, detailing how environment became polluted and plants and animals ecologically endangered. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
DuBrul, Jack B. |
| Title |
Vulcan's Forge |
| Keywords |
volcanoes, geology, engineer, nuclear power, minerals, ocean floor, deep-sea vents |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
Espionage story concerning an underwater volcanoe that is producing a mineral which is more powerful than Uranium and may provide limitless nuclear power. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Duffey, Betsy |
| Title |
Coaster |
| Keywords |
roller coaster, safety testing, motion sickness |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Two boys build a wooden roller coaster in the woods descriptions of physical and emotional sensations while riding a coaster. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/webquest/content/rollercoast.shtml
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20020625tuesday.html
http://www.biopoint.com/traversecity/coasters.htm
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Science/Physics/book/rcs/home.html
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| Author |
DuPrau |
| Title |
The People of the Sparks |
| Keywords |
subterranean society, caves, skylight, green plants, plagues, disasters, fire |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Sequel to the City of Ember. The people who had been living underground escape to the surface where they see green plants, flying animals, and the sunlight for the first time. Conflicts arise with other survivors who already live above ground. |
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| Author |
DuPrau, Jeanne |
| Title |
The City of Ember |
| Keywords |
electricity, generator, light, subterranean society |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
In an underground world of total darkness the only source of light comes from a huge generator. Everyone must learn how to operate it. People are restricted from trying to leave underground. Two children discover a way to the surface and sky. |
| Activity Links |
http://science.howstuffworks.com/vdg3.htm
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/energyefficiency/
http://amasci.com/amateur/coilgen.html
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/nttidb/lessons/az/azbattery.html
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| Author |
Ehrenhaft, Daniel |
| Title |
The Last Dog on Earth |
| Keywords |
canine, disease, vaccine, immune system, quarantine, electronics, gadgets |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
A boy who likes to invent electronic gadgets doesnt get along with anyone until he adopts a mangy mutt. When a disease starts causing dogs to become vicious, a scientist discovers that the mangy mutt is immune. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.bam.gov/sub_diseases/index.html
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| Author |
Emigh, Ullie |
| Title |
Nika Watters in the Case of th Misplaced Fossil |
| Keywords |
fossils, dinosaur, archeology, paleontology, rocks |
| Reading Level |
4th-7th grade |
| Synopsis |
A young girl travels to Germany where her mother is working on an archeological dig. She uses her knowledge of dinosaurs and bones to help identify an unusual object found at the dig. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.nikawatters.com/teachers.html
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| Author |
Farmer, Nancy |
| Title |
The House of the Scorpion |
| Keywords |
cloning, DNA, poppy fields, opium, addiction, mind control, toxicology, computer chips |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Clone of a drug czar works as a slave in the border lands between USA &Mexico. Slaves have computer implants for tracking. Cloning technology and plant biology & toxicology of opium is discussed. |
| Activity Links |
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/clickandclone/
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/cloning.shtml
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| Author |
Farmer, Nancy |
| Title |
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm |
| Keywords |
nuclear power, toxic waste, radiation sickness, elements, diseases, genetics |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
The title characters have special powers as a result of nuclear contanimation in the drinking water description of African desert ecology |
| Activity Links |
http://www.ncsu.edu/scivis/lessons/halflife/halflife2.html
http://nasaexplores.com/lessons/02-016/5-8_article.html
http://www.42explore2.com/nuclear.htm
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=4&DocID=178
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| Author |
Gardiner, John Reynolds |
| Title |
Top Secret |
| Keywords |
photosynthesis, chlorophyll, hemoglobin, iron, magnesium |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Science fair project analyzing the difference between hemoglobin and chlorophyll; why animals can't synthesize their own food. |
| Activity Links |
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/worksheets/activ/prac5.htm
http://biology.arizona.edu/sciconn/lessons2/Roxane/photo.htm
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| Author |
George, Jean Craighead |
| Title |
Julie of the Wolves |
| Keywords |
Alaska, arctic, seasons, wolves, ocean, caribou, seal, lichens, tundra, North Star, hibernation, iron-deficiency |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
A young girl's account of her trek across the arctic tundra where she learns to live with wolves. Discusses seasonal changes in the environment and how she learns to interpret them and continue her journey across Alaska. |
| Activity Links |
http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/wolves/news/news.html
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/alaskas_cold_desert/
http://www.windowsintowonderland.org/wolves/index.html
http://www.goals.com/classrm/classfrm.htm
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| Author |
George, Jean Craighead |
| Title |
My Side of the Mountain |
| Keywords |
nature, environment, trapping, hunting, tracking, fishing, edible plants, survival, wilderness, mountains, streams, falcon, weasel, weather, seasons |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Classic adventure of young boy who decides to live in the wilderness of the Catskills Mountains. He makes his home in a hollowed out tree, befriends a falcon, lives off the land, and tries to protect the environment. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/
http://www.catskillcenter.org/programs/enviredu.html
http://cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_circulars/circ561.html
http://www.edibleplants.com/wepnut_frames.htm
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| Author |
George, Jean Craighead |
| Title |
The Talking Earth |
| Keywords |
hurricane, alligators, mosquitoes, swamp, nuclear waste, pollution |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Young indian girl observes ecology of the everglades and effects of a hurricane. |
| Activity Links |
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/landpeople_teachers_ever.htm
http://www.nps.gov/ever/ed/activities/46activity/46eeactive.htm
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/1997/mosquito/
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=5&DocID=79
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| Author |
George, Jean Craighead |
| Title |
Frightful's Mountain |
| Keywords |
falcons, flight, pollution, poachers, environment, endangered animals |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Story told from the point of view of a peregrine falcon who is released into the wild and must survive in the wilderness. Survival is complicated by pollution and poachers. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.catskillcenter.org/programs/enviredu.html
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| Author |
Golden, Christopher |
| Title |
Body Bags |
| Keywords |
forensics, pathology, dissection, anatomy |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
About a girl who gets a job as a pathology assistant. Some in depth detail about the autopsy process and the difference between a coroner and a medical examiner. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.fbi.gov/kids/6th12th/6th12th.htm
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/whodidit
http://agrippina.bcs.deakin.edu.au/bcs_courses/forensic/Chemical%20Detective/index.htm
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| Author |
Haggard, H. Rider |
| Title |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Keywords |
Desert, geography, diamonds, altitutde, mining |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Discusses a journey across a great desert and high mountains and the geography, geology, ecology of the area. |
| Activity Links |
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2001/fyi/lesson.plans/11/20/diamond.science/
http://people.howstuffworks.com/diamond1.htm
http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/africa/africa.html
http://www.southafrica-travel.net/pages/e_geolog.htm
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| Author |
Halam, Ann |
| Title |
Taylor Five |
| Keywords |
clone, biotechnology, testtube baby, Borneo, orangutan, conservation, fever |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Main character finds out that she is one of 5 clones lives with adopted parents in Borneo on a private conservation reserve and study oranguatans rebels attack the reserve and Taylor must save orangutan describes rainforest, oranguatan, cloning issues. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.orangutan.org/home/home.php
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/scienceline/archives/jan99/jan99_2.shtm
http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/
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| Author |
Hall, James |
| Title |
Mean High Tide |
| Keywords |
invasive species, exotics, everglades, coral reef, fish, eclogy, diving |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
The villian in this story wants to destroy the biodiversity of Florida by genetically modifying a fish and turning it loose in the everglades where it will have devastating consequences on the coastal ecology. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Hall, James |
| Title |
Gone Wild |
| Keywords |
poaching, orangutan, endangered species, jungle |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
While helping conduct a census of orangutans in the jungle of Borneo, a girl is murdered by poachers involved in the exotic animal trade. Her mother fights to stop them and the illegal trading of endangered species. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Hamilton, Virginia |
| Title |
Bluish A Novel |
| Keywords |
cancer, chemotherapy, anemia, side effects |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Effects of chemotherapy on the human body. A young girl attends school while undergoing treatment that turns her bluish in color. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.cancercare.org/Children?ChildrenList.cfm?c512
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| Author |
Hansen, Eric |
| Title |
Orchid Fever |
| Keywords |
plants, botany, orchids, endangered species, ecology, biopirates |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
Story about the obsession orchid collectors have for rare endangered species, the illegal extremes they will go to obtain orchids, the money to be made in exotic species trafficing, and the development of eco-police. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Heinlein, Robert |
| Title |
Farmer in the Sky |
| Keywords |
overpopulation, rocketry, soil, atmosphere |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
A young boy and his father become new colonists on Gamymede, moon of Jupiter. They must make their farm by grinding rock into soil and adding nutrients. An earthquake strikes and the atmosphere breaks down, freezing everything. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Services/Education/SpaceSettlement/
http://www.the-planet-mars.com/education.html
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| Author |
Helmer, Marilyn |
| Title |
Dinosaurs on the Beach |
| Keywords |
fossils, bones, beach |
| Reading Level |
3rd-6th grade |
| Synopsis |
A young girl collects tiny fossil bones on the beach while visiting her grandfather in Nova Scotia. She wants to identify the bones before anyone else does. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Herbert, Frank |
| Title |
Dune |
| Keywords |
desert, planet, water, recycling, ecology, space, worms |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Epic saga of life on a desert planet. Amazing description of the ecology of the environment, technology for water recycling. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Herman, Gail |
| Title |
Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #19: Color Day Relay |
| Keywords |
light, wavelength, speed, color, prism, refraction |
| Reading Level |
3rd-6th grade |
| Synopsis |
Mrs. Frizzles class is participating in a relay race. They learn about light and color, specifically the different speeds at which the different colors of light travel. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Hesse, Karen |
| Title |
Phoeniz Rising |
| Keywords |
radiation, nuclear-power, poisoning, disease, contamination |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Story about the impact of a nuclear-power plant accident on the lives of people living in a small town in Vermont. Describes the medical problems related to radiation sickness as seen through the eyes of a young survivor caring for the sick. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Hesse, Karen |
| Title |
Out of the Dust |
| Keywords |
drought, dust bowl, weather, storms, fire crops, tumbleweeds, skin cancer, scars |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
This journal chronicles a young girls experiences during the Oklahoma dust bowls of the depression; a fire kills her mother and scars her hands; she runs away from home and travels west; later she learns to re-use her hands to play the piano. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Hesse, Karen |
| Title |
The Music of Dolphins |
| Keywords |
dolphins, animal communication, language, sea |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Scientist discover girl who has been raised by dolphins and can communicate with them in their language. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Hiaasen, Carl |
| Title |
Hoot |
| Keywords |
owls, Florida, everglades, alligators, snakes, ospreys |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Details the account of middle-school aged children as they attempt to preserve burrowing owls from the construction of a restaurant that will destroy their natural habitat and lead to their extinction. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Hiaasen, Carl |
| Title |
Stormy Weather |
| Keywords |
hurricane, everglades, wetlands |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
A somewhat adult comedy about the impact of Hurricane Andrew on the lives of humans and other animals living in Florida. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Hobbs, Will |
| Title |
The Maze |
| Keywords |
ornithology, endangered species, Condors, canyons |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Runaway boy accidentally meets up with an ornithologist who is trying to release fledgling California condors back into the wild. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Hobbs, Will |
| Title |
Wild Man Island |
| Keywords |
Alaska, archology, Stone Age, caves, paleontology, wolves, tools |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
A boy struggles to survive in Alaska after a storm blows his kayak off course. He discovers a cave filled with evidence of Stone Age life. He is befriended by a dog who lives with wolves. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Holch, Gregory J. |
| Title |
The Thing With Wings |
| Keywords |
butterfly, metamorphosis, habitat, migration, wings |
| Reading Level |
3rd-6th grade |
| Synopsis |
Fantasy story about a magical tree and the butterflies that live on it. When humans eat the fruit from the tree, they go through metamorphosis and develop wings that enable them to fly. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Holt, Kimberly Willis |
| Title |
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town |
| Keywords |
obesity, weight, health |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
A coming of age story about a young boy who learns how to treat others with respect after the the world fattest boy comes to his town in a sideshow. Eventually he learns the truth about Zacharys weight. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.bam.gov/index.html
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| Author |
Hudson, Jan |
| Title |
Sweetgrass |
| Keywords |
smallpox, epidemic, fever, infestation, sanitation |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Story tellilng how smallpox spread from white settlements to Indian villages during the westward expansion. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/lost/lesson3.html
http://www.uncw.edu/smec/gk_fellows/Documents/EpidemicInstruction.pdf
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson404/DiseasesBooks.pdf
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/lessons/lp_virus.html
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| Author |
Hughes, Ted |
| Title |
The Iron Woman |
| Keywords |
pollution, toxic waste, poisons, ecology, marsh, environment, recycling, factory |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
An iron woman emerges from a marsh vowing to punish all who have polluted the waters. With some unusual helpers and magic she eventually cleans up the environment and teaches the polluters a lesson. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Hunger, Bill |
| Title |
Clearcut: A novel of bio-consequences |
| Keywords |
disease, rain forest, clear -cutting, herbs, homeopathy, Malaysia |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
| Synopsis |
A terrible disease is rapidly wiping out the human population. A healer knows of an herb that might be a cure, but loggers have destroyed its habitat. The herb is found in Malaysia but clear-cutting may destroy it, too. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Ibbotson, Eva |
| Title |
Journey to the River Sea |
| Keywords |
Amazon, Brazil, orchids, birds, parrots, river, insects, sloth, native indians |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
Young orphan girl follows governess to live in the rainforest of Brazil where she begins a fantastic adventure down the Amazon river in search of a giant sloth. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Ihimaera, Witi |
| Title |
The Whale Rider |
| Keywords |
whales, earthquakes, migration, Antarctica, sea trenches, sonar, beachings |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Life of whales over generations; describes sonar communication, migration and beaching experiences; deep sea geology related to plate tectonics; marine conditions in Antarctica |
| Activity Links |
http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/educate/neptune/lesson/social/whale.htm
http://whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/Whales/LessonPlans/WhaleSongs.HTML
http://www.whalesong.net/
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| Author |
Isdell, Wendy |
| Title |
Gebra Named Al |
| Keywords |
algebra, mathematics, chemistry, periodic table |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
| Synopsis |
A young girl is having trouble with algebra until she meets an imaginary-number zebra named Gebra in the Land of Mathematics. She visits places called Orders of Operations. She also encounters chemistrees and learns about the periodic table. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Jennings, Richard W. |
| Title |
The Great Whales of Kansas |
| Keywords |
fossils, whale, mososaurs, Cretaceous, limestone, paleontology |
| Reading Level |
4th-7th grade |
| Synopsis |
A boy digging in his backyard in the middle of Kansas discovers a large fossil skeleton of what appears to be a mososaur - only it is 20 million years too young. A museum and some Native Americans want to have the fossil. |
| Activity Links |
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| Author |
Johnson, Angela |
| Title |
A Cool Moonlight |
| Keywords |
xeroderma pigmentosum, light sesitivity, chromosomes, UV rays |
| Reading Level |
3rd-6th grade |
| Synopsis |
Young girl with a rare disease in her chromosomes called xeroderma pigmentosum, a sun allergy that prevents her from being in the sun. |
| Activity Links |
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_sunscreen_athome.html
http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/health/sun_grade6.pdf
http://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_5_2_23t.htm
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| Author |
Johnston, Jennifer |
| Title |
Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #7: The Great Shark Escape |
| Keywords |
ocean, sharks, fish, predator |
| Reading Level |
3rd-6th grade |
| Synopsis |
During a class trip to the aquarium students end up in the depths of the ocean, where the class has to escape from the jaws of a great white shark. Ms. Frizzle teaches the class all about different shark species. |
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Jones, Ron |
| Title |
The Acorn People |
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disabilities, blindness, polio, bladder, muscular sclerosis, acorns |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Story of 5 disabled children who spend a summer at camp overcoming their handicaps and becoming friends. |
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| Author |
Jonnes, Christopher Bonn |
| Title |
Big Ice |
| Keywords |
global warming, iceberg, ice sheet, flood, environmental terrorist |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
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A polar researcher believes he has found a way to predict when large slabs of the northern ice sheets will calve forming icebergs that can cause environmental problems. A doomsday cult wants to know his secret. |
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| Author |
Junger, Sebastian |
| Title |
The Perfect Storm |
| Keywords |
storms, weather, meteorologist, waves, buoyancy, continental shelf, seamount, Grand Banks, vortex, hurricane, fishing, ocean |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
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Recounts one of the worst storms in the North Atlantic as experienced by commercial fishermen caught off the Grand Banks during the storm. Describes the weather and ocean in detail. |
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| Author |
Juster, Norton |
| Title |
The Phantom tollbooth |
| Keywords |
time, mathematics, geometry, statistics |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
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Fantasy story of a boy who travels to unusual locations by way of a magic tollboth. He learns a lot about math and language during his travels. |
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| Author |
Kaplan, Jay |
| Title |
A Chilling Warmth: A tale of global warming |
| Keywords |
global warming, desertification, famine, storms, winds, climate, nuclear war |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
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A spaceship from a distant planet lands on an earth that has been devastated by global warming. There are no humans to be found but a tape reveals what has happened to the planet. |
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| Author |
Karlen, Arno |
| Title |
Biography of a Germ |
| Keywords |
microscope, microorganism, microbe, genes, mutations, Lyme disease, adaptations |
| Reading Level |
young adult |
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Tells the story of Lyme disease and the bacterium that causes it. Explains the background of microbiology and what a microbe is, including classification schemes. |
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http://www.bam.gov/sub_diseases/index.html
http://www.umsl.edu/~microbes/
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| Author |
Kay, Elizabeth |
| Title |
The Divide |
| Keywords |
heart, disease, cures, medicine, continental divide, Costa Rica |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
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A young boy suffering from a life-threatening heart condition goes on vacation to Costa Rica with his parents. While standing at the continental divide, he passes out and wakes up in a fantasy world where he meets mthological creatures and finds a cure. |
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| Author |
Kaye, Marilyn |
| Title |
The Beginning |
| Keywords |
cloning, DNA, cell reproduction, |
| Reading Level |
6th-young adult |
| Synopsis |
Discusses story of a girl who was the only clone to survive a project her mother worked on as a young scientist. |
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http://www.ncpublicschools.org/nccep/lp/lp99r.html
http://www.robby.nstemp.com/custom3.html
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/
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| Author |
Kingsley, Charles |
| Title |
The Water Babies |
| Keywords |
human, amphibians, gills, rivers, sea, fish, crustaceans, seaweed, fossils, whales, shell-fish |
| Reading Level |
4th-8th grade |
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Classic story of poor boy who falls into a stream and is turned into a waterbaby by fairies. He develops physical adaptations that allow him to live underwater as he explores his new environment, describing the flora and fauna he sees. |
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| Author |
Kipling, Rudyard |
| Title |
The Jungle Books |
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jungle, wolves, tiger, monkeys, bears, snakes, panthers, fire, hunting, survival |
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