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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.
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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

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/

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
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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.
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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

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/

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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

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

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

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.
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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.
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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.
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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

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.
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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/

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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

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/

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.
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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.
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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.
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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/

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

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/

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.
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Author	Dr. Seuss
Title	McElligots Pool
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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.
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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.
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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

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.
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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

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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

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

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.
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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.
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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.
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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/

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.
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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.
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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

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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Author	Jones, Ron
Title	The Acorn People
Keywords	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
Synopsis	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
Synopsis	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
Synopsis	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
Synopsis	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
Synopsis	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.
Activity Links	http://www.bam.gov/sub_diseases/index.html http://www.umsl.edu/~microbes/

Author	Kay, Elizabeth
Title	The Divide
Keywords	heart, disease, cures, medicine, continental divide, Costa Rica
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	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.
Activity Links	http://www.ncpublicschools.org/nccep/lp/lp99r.html http://www.robby.nstemp.com/custom3.html http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/

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
Synopsis	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
Keywords	jungle, wolves, tiger, monkeys, bears, snakes, panthers, fire, hunting, survival
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	This book gives a very interesting viewpoint about life in the jungle. The boy who grows up in the jungle is friends with many animals and lives much like an animal. Discusses survival and clashes between nature and man.
Activity Links	http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/

Author	Kipling, Rudyard
Title	Just So Stories
Keywords	adaptations, animals, habitats, environments, species
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Fable-like stories about certain species of animals and how they acquired the physical adaptations that they are best known for, such as the elephant's trunk and the camel's hump.
Activity Links	http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=232 http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/data/released/0542-BehmLisa/index.html

Author	Klass, David
Title	California Blue
Keywords	butterfly, conservation, ecology, environmentalist, leukemia
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Teenage boy discovers endangered blue butterfly on corporation's land; fights to make the land protected by the government; describes his father's battle with leukemia.
Activity Links	http://www.enature.com/guides/select_Butterflies.asp http://riverwoods.ces.fau.edu/Education/teacheres.php http://www.butterflyfarm.co.cr/ed/index.htm

Author	Krakauer, Jon
Title	Into Thin Air
Keywords	mountaineering, atmosphere, altitude, Mount Everest
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Includes a very detailed account of mountaineering on Mount Everest. Several of the human physcial affects of the low pressure, cold, low-oxygen conditions on top of the world's tallest mountain.
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Author	Lambe, Jennifer Holloway
Title	Kudzu Chaos
Keywords	invasive species, ecology, plants, competition, habitat
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Kudzu creeps its way into town covering everything in site. Soon it covers all other plants. The town brings in a kudzu expert who shows them how to harvest and manage the plant.
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Author	Larson, Gary
Title	Theres a Hair in my Dirt: A Worms Story
Keywords	worm, dirt, soil, aeration, oxygen, cycles, ecology
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	When junior worm finds a hair in his dirt at dinner, he is disgusted. His father tells him a story full of environmental information related to the cycle of soil production.
Activity Links	http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/wormwatch/activities/index.html http://interactive.usask.ca/ski/agriculture/soils/soilliv/index.html

Author	Lawrence, Louise
Title	Children of the Dust
Keywords	nuclear radiation, genetic mutation, subterranean society, evolution, technology
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	After nuclear missiles wipe out most humans, the survivors breed to produce to societies - one living underground and the other an above ground society trying to re-establish agriculture. Describes mutations and a very fast pace of evolution.
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Author	Lee, Jeffery
Title	True Blue
Keywords	insects, butterflies, mutation, Morpho menelaus, Morpho peleides, science fair
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	A new student and the class outcast forge a strong friendship based on a mutual feeling of misplacement. The two team up to win a science fair for her father and in the process she, and the rest of the community, learn his well guarded secret.
Activity Links	http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/15.html http://microscopy.fsu.edu/optics/olympusmicd/galleries/butterfly/index.html http://riverwoods.ces.fau.edu/Education/teacheres.php http://www.elbosquenuevo.org/butterflies/pictures/morpho-peleides-limpida.php

Author	L'Engle, Madeleine
Title	Troubling A Star
Keywords	Antarctica, icebergs, marine biology, ocean, marine mammals, penguins, toxic waste, ecology
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	A teenage girl receives a trip to Antarctica for her birthday where she will study the ecology of the area with a marine biologist. Conflict arises when other people join the travelers with intentions of harming the environment.
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Author	L'Engle, Madeleine
Title	The Arm of the Starfish
Keywords	marine biology,starfish, regeneration, phylum, spinal columns, body cavities, dolphin, frogs, lizards, shark, evolution, Darwin, mutations, nervous system
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Deals with a young man going to an island to work with a very skilled doctor on his secret experiments involving the regeneration process of the arm of a starfish. Filled with adventure and mystery.
Activity Links	http://www.vsf.cape.com/~jdale/science/science.htm

Author	L'Engle, Madeleine
Title	A Ring of Endless Light
Keywords	telepathy, animal communication, dolphins, leukemia
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	A young girls ability to telepathically communicate with dolphins comforts her as she deals with her grandfather's leukemia.
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Author	L'engle, Madeline
Title	A Wind in the Door
Keywords	organelles, mitochondria, disease
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Effects of mitochondrial disease on a young boy.
Activity Links	http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/di/Burleson/Lessons/wind/index.htm http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/mitosyn.html http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=mattieStepanek

Author	Lipsyte, Robert
Title	The Chemo Kid
Keywords	cancer, chemotherapy, pollution, reservoir
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Teenage boy with cancer discovers the after effects of chemotherapy have turned him into a super-hero. He fights to stop the pollution of the towns reservoir.
Activity Links	http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/superheroes/ http://www.sff.net/people/lgresh/sh.html http://www.teachersfirst.com/winners/hero.htm http://www.classbrain.com/artmovies/publish/article_72.shtml

Author	Lofting, Hugh
Title	The Story of Dr. Dolittle
Keywords	animal communication, personification, monkeys, disease, Africa, oceans, islands, buoyancy
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Famous Dr. Dolittle can understand animals travels to Africa to treat diseased Monkeys sails the ocean in a giant pink snail
Activity Links	http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/thehumananimal/ http://www.pbs.org/safarchive/4_class/44_guides/guide_903/4493_words.html http://acp.eugraph.com/ http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/sci_update.cfm?DocID=34

Author	Lynch, Jim
Title	The Highest Tide
Keywords	marine biology, ocean, tides, squid, food chain
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	A young boy living on Puget Sound observes the final hours of a giant squid before it dies. Lots of information concerning organisms seen at low tide.
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Author	Marlow, John Robert
Title	Nano
Keywords	nanotechnology, nanobots, robots, assemblers, ethics
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Nanotechnology has been used to invent microscopic robots, or nanobots that will help solve the humanitys problems. Rogue military agents assassinate the inventor and release their own evil nanobots to stop the good ones.
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Author	Martel, Yann
Title	Life of Pi
Keywords	zoo, ocean, shark, tiger, orangutan, zebra, hyena
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Pi is a 16 year old son of a zookeeper from India. While traveling to Canada, he is shipwrecked and set adrift in a liferaft on the Pacific Ocean. He shares the liferaftwith a zebra, hyena, orangutan and a ravenous tiger.
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Author	Mass, Wendy
Title	A Mango-Shaped Space
Keywords	brain, visual cortex, synesthesia, senses, acupuncture
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	This is a very interesting story about a girl suffering from synesthesia, a brain condition that causes multiple senses to mix. Her visual cortex is stimulated when she hears or smells things. It makes learning difficult.
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Author	McArthur, Nancy
Title	The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks
Keywords	plants, seed, science fair
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Two brothers receive some unusual seeds in the mail. They decide to plant the seeds and wake up to find a giant plant has invaded their room. The plant likes to eat dirty cotton socks.
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Author	McCarthy, Wil
Title	The Collapsium
Keywords	materials science, nanotechnology, black holes, matter, energy
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Science fiction story concerning the creation of Collapsium, crystals made up of tiny black holes that can transport matter instantaneously across vast distances. Introduces premise that matter can be programmed.
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Author	McCarthy, Wil
Title	Bloom
Keywords	nanotechnology, bioengineering, spores, solar system, atomic machines
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	The inner solar system has been overrun by atom-size machines that spread like fungal spores and devour everything they touch. Humanity has fled to the cold and lightless reaches of the outer solar system.
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Author	McCloskey, Robert
Title	Homer Price
Keywords	invention, machine, measurement, construction
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Homer Price is a clever boy who likes to solve mysteries and problems. He builds a doughnut making machine. There are also stories about mousetraps that dont hurt mice and buildings that are constructed in one day.
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Author	Melville, Herman
Title	Moby Dick
Keywords	whales, earthquakes, migration, Antarctica, sea trenches, sonar, beachings
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Classic tale of sea captains revenge against Sperm whale. Describes whale traveling, diving, harvesting blubber.
Activity Links	http://whalewatch.ca/ http://www.whales.org.au/home.html http://www.whalewatch.co.nz/facts.htm http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/whale/bioacou.html

Author	Michener, James
Title	Hawaii
Keywords	volcanoes, soil, lava, geology, plants, ocean, race
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	The geology and ecology of the volcanic islands serves as a backdrop for the story of Hawaiis history, including the first polynesian settlers, european colonists, and asian immigrants. Race issues play an important role in the story.
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Author	Michener, James
Title	Chesapeake
Keywords	estuary, bay, ecology, environment, pollution, population, native americans
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	The environmental history of the Chesapeake Bay serves as the backdrop for this story that covers native americans living in harmony with the environment, the arrival of european colonists, and the impact of industrialization.
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Author	Michener, James
Title	Centennial
Keywords	geology, mountains, plains, drought, fur, trapping,
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	The geologic history of Colorado serves as the backdrop for this story about western pioneers. It includes descriptions of gold mining, farming the plains, animal tracking, river navigation and more.
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Author	Montgomery, Rutherford G.
Title	Kildee House
Keywords	redwoods, forest, animal behavior, skunks, racoons, community
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	A man decides to live in isolation and builds a home in the redwoods. When a family of skunks and then racoons take over his house, he learns to live in harmony with the forest community.
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Author	Moore, Eva
Title	Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #4: Space Explorers
Keywords	solar system, space, sun, orbits, planets, moons, asteroids, gravity
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Mrs. Frizzles teaches her students about space as they travel through the solar system. They learn about the sun, stars, orbits, planets, moons, asteroids and gravity.
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Author	Moore, Eva
Title	Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #2: The Search For Missing bones
Keywords	bones, skeleton, anatomy, functions
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Mrs. Frizzle teaches her class about the many bones in the body that make up a skeleton. They learn the many forms and functions of bones, and how they can be repaired when broken.
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Author	Moore, Eva
Title	Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #1: The Truth About Bats
Keywords	bats, hibernation, caves, echolocation, blindness, endangered species
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Mrs. Frizzle takes her class across country to learn about bats and their different habitats. They visit a cave, see bats hibernating, and study echolocation.
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Author	Moore, Eva
Title	Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #3: The Wild Whale Watch
Keywords	whales, ocean, deep sea, mammals, baleen, krill
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Mrs. Frizzle takes her class in a submarine to study the whales found in our different oceans. Students even go to the deepest part of the ocean to learn about Sperm whales.
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Author	Morey, Walt
Title	Gentle Ben
Keywords	bear, salmon, Alaska, trapping, animal behavior, fishing
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	A young boy is recovering from the death of his brother when he befriends a large Alaskan brown bear. The story reveals the complications of having a wild animal live amongst men. Describes the Alaskan salmon fishery and landscape, and bear behavior.
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Author	Mowat, Farley
Title	Never Cry Wolf
Keywords	wolves, tundra, naturalist, mammalogist, caribou, migration, disease, rabies, leprosy, blizzard, Arctic, adaptations
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	A detailed account of one man's journey into the Canadian Arctic to study the relationship between the caribou and wolf populations. Describes environment, climate, weather, migration behavior, feeding, mating etc…
Activity Links	http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/new/wolves.html http://www.wolfcountry.net/ http://www.windowsintowonderland.org/wolves/index.html http://www.goals.com/classrm/classfrm.htm

Author	Muir, John
Title	Stickeen
Keywords	glacier, ice, crevasse, Alaska, wildlife, storms
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Classic tale of environmentalist John Muir and his dog Stickeen as they explore a glacier in Alaska. The book describes the environment and wildlife of the area and details the physical characteristics of a glacier.
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Author	Napoli, Donna Jo
Title	North
Keywords	African American, arctic explorer, Matthew Henson, winter, seasons, lemming, walrus, Inuits
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Young black boy idolizes African American arctic explorer Matthew Henson and decides to run away to Canada. Describes his adventures living with Inuits in the arctic during the winter learning how to trap animals for survival.
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Author	O'Dell, Scott
Title	Island of the Blue Dolphins
Keywords	kelp, otters, devil fish, tidepools, fog, stars, wild dogs, sea elephants
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Ecology of the pacific kelp forest, including otters, octopus, sea elephants, and tide pools.
Activity Links	http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/dolphin/ http://www.mbayaq.org/ http://www.pbs.org/oceanrealm/intheschool/school1.html http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/caves.htm

Author	Oppel, Kenneth
Title	Airborn
Keywords	airship, blimp, zeppelin, anatomy, taxonomy, air, gas, atmosphere, clouds, piracy
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Boy working on an airship saves old man in a wayward hot air balloon. Learns rumors of flying cloud animals. Airship crashes on an uncharted island.
Activity Links	http://www.myairship.com/ http://www.ciderpresspottery.com/ZLA/greatzeps/Great_Zepps.html

Author	Oppel, Kenneth
Title	Silverwing (series)
Keywords	bats, migration, hibernation, sonar, colony, predation, owls, wings, storm
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	A fierce storm causes a small bat to get seperated from his flock during their winter migration. Describes hunting with sonar, life in a bat colony, predation by owls and vampire bats.
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Author	Orlean, Susan
Title	The Orchid Thief
Keywords	plants, botany, orchids, endangered species, cloning, environment, swamp
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Based on a true story about orchid smuggling. A man illegally tries to remove rare endangered orchids from a Florida swamp so that he can clone them and make a fortune.
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Author	Paulsen, Gary
Title	Dogsong
Keywords	arctic, seals, dog sledding, winter, survival, weather, wilderness, snow
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Gives good accounts of native cultures living in Alaska, Arctic areas, and the hardships, way of life they deal with. Examples of winter storms and survival in harsh climates as well as hunting, wildlife, and the wilderness.
Activity Links	http://www.michigan.gov/scope/0,1607,7-155-10702-77370--,00.html

Author	Paulsen, Gary
Title	Brian's Winter
Keywords	survival, winter, cold, weather, fire, hunting and gathering, animal pelts
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	A great sequel to Hatchet, about what would happen if Brian wasn't rescued from the wilderness and had to survive the cold Canadian winter. Discusses surviving cold weather, injury, finding food, effects of cold on human body, etc..
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Author	Paulsen, Gary
Title	Hatchet
Keywords	tools, survival, wilderness, wildlife, moose, deer, wolves, hunting and gathering, injury, weather, tornado, heart attack
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Brian's pilot has a heart attack and the plane crashes in Canadian wilderness. Brian must survive on his own with only his hatchet. He is injured and must learn to live off the land, hunting, gathering, making tools and fire, safety from wild animals, etc
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Author	Paulsen, Gary
Title	The River
Keywords	river, topography, maps, survival, lightening, weather, coma
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	After Brian's survival of the Canadian wilderness, the government wants him to take a psychologist back into the wilderness to observe how he survived his first ordeal. His companion is struck by lightening, and he must get help.
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Author	Peck, M. Scott
Title	The Friendly Snowflake
Keywords	water cycle, evaporation, freezing precipitation, crystallization,
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	describes the formation of snowflakes within the water cycle, their crystalline strucutre and uniqueness
Activity Links	http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/project/project.htm

Author	Pene du Bois, William
Title	The Twenty-One Balloons
Keywords	atmosphere, winds, balloons, volcanic eruption, diamonds
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	After traveling through the atmosphere in a hot air balloon an explorer crash lands on the island Krakatoa where he discovers diamonds and experiences a volcanic eruption.
Activity Links	http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/6cif1i.html http://www.faa.gov/education/curric/bagball.cfm http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/air_pressure/balloon.html http://workbench.concord.org/web_content/unit1/1-01HotAirBalloons.html

Author	Philbrick, Rodman
Title	Freak the Mighty
Keywords	dwarfism, disease, robotics
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Describes Morquio Sundrome, a genetic disorder effecting lysosomes.
Activity Links	http://www.mpssociety.org/mps4.html http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/lysosome.htm http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/

Author	Phillbrick, Nathaniel
Title	In the Heart of the Sea
Keywords	sperm whales, blubber, oil, cannibalism, sea, disease
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Based on a true life event that served as the inspiration for Moby Dick, this story tells about the sinking of a whaling ship by a whale; processing of the whale to produce blubbler and oil; diseases suffered by survivors; cannibalism
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Author	Preston, Richard
Title	The Hot Zone
Keywords	virus, epidemiology, Ebola, biology
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Scientist race against time to identify source of Ebola outbreak and contain it graphic descriptions of viruss effects on humans.
Activity Links	http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/nttidb/lessons/tx/txhijack.html http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/yes/contagion.pdf

Author	Pullman, Philip
Title	The Firework Makers Daughter
Keywords	pyrotechnics, elements, chemistry, sulphur, volcanoes, fire
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	How to create pyrotechnic displays by using different elements that burn with different colors.
Activity Links	http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lessons/xray_spectra/student-worksheet-flame.html http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/alkaliMetals/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/ideas/2401_kaboom.html http://www.soinc.org/events/forensics/flametest.pdf

Author	Pullman, Philip
Title	Clockwork
Keywords	clock, gears, mechanics
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	A series of tales that are interelated by clocks; including a clockmaker, a mechanical heart, and a clockwork knight statue.
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Author	Rapp, Adam
Title	The Copper Elephant
Keywords	acid rain, pollution, environment, mining
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Post-apocalyptic tale of survival in a world where acid-rain constantly pours from the atmosphere. A girl is forced to work as a slave in a mine. She escapes and endures many hardships in the harsh environment.
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Author	Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
Title	The Yearling
Keywords	wildlife, deer, nature, swamp, alligators, wolves
Reading Level	4th-young adult
Synopsis	Classic tale of family living with nature in the interior of Florida. The son keeps a deer as a pet. He has encounters with wolves, alligators and rattlesnakes.
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Author	Rawls, Wilson
Title	Where the Red Fern Grows
Keywords	hunting, trapping, farming, fishing,dog, racoon, bobcat, mountain lion, river, mountains, forest, Native Americans, ferns
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Young boy earns money to buy his dogs by hunting and fishing. Story includes detailed descriptions of hunting, trapping, fishing and the local environment. Boy trains his dogs to track racoons, and has deadly encounter with a mountain lion.
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Author	Revees-Stevens, Judith
Title	Icefire
Keywords	ice shelf, tidal wave, nuclear shock, antarctica, volcanoes, hydraulics
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Espionage story concerning the detonation of nuclear warheads under the Ross Iceshelf in Antarctica. Resulting nuclear shock causes gigantic tidal wave that devastates Hawaii and Japan. Wave picks up lava and oil, becoming a wall of fire.
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Author	Robinson, Kim Stanley
Title	Green Mars
Keywords	Mars, planet, pioneers, colonization, terrafarming, desert, generations, Earth
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Sequel to Red Mars; describes attempts by first generation of children born on Mars to turn the desert-like environment into a lush vegetated planet like Mars. Conflicts arise with those who wish to preserves Mars harsh environment.
Activity Links	http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/news/expandnews.cfm?id=1342 http://nasaexplores.com/show_912_teacher_st.php?id=030108140229 http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/portals/beagle.shtml http://www.the-planet-mars.com/education.html

Author	Robinson, Kim Stanley
Title	Blue Mars
Keywords	Mars, planet, colonization, pollution, overpopulation, flood, solar system, Earth
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Sequel to Green Mars; describes final transformation of Mars from desert planet to Earth-like planet, the destruction of Earth's environment by pollution & overpopulation. War breaks between the Terrafarmers and Reds leading to new space exploration.
Activity Links	http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/portals/beagle.shtml http://www.the-planet-mars.com/education.html

Author	Robinson, Kim Stanley
Title	Red Mars
Keywords	Mars, planets, colonization, atmosphere, terra-farming, satellites, mirrors, light, polar ice caps, gas vents, geology, meteorology, gas, tunnels, heat vents, drilling, pioneers
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Covers the science involved in the colonization of a "dead" planet, including source of light, heat, and water. Includes conflict between pioneers trying to change the Martian landscape and corporations who want to exploit the colonized planet.
Activity Links	http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/portals/beagle.shtml http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/MITC/overview/ http://www.the-planet-mars.com/education.html

Author	Roth, Arthur
Title	The Iceberg Hermit
Keywords	arctic, polar bear, iceberg, survival
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	In 1757 a teenage boy is shipwrecked on an iceberg in the arctic seas. He is befriended by a young polar bear. Story describes how he survived without technology; polar bear behavior
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Author	Ruckman, Ivy
Title	Night of the Twisters
Keywords	tornado, wind, vacuum, howling
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Effects of multiple tornado strikes in one night; devastation caused by the tornadoes
Activity Links	http://www.ucar.edu/40th/webweather/tornado/tornadoes.htm http://skydiary.com/kids/ http://www.tornadoproject.com/cellar/workshop.htm

Author	Rudner, Barry
Title	Filet of Soil
Keywords	soil, dirt, micro-organisms, worms
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	A short book written in rhyme that describes all the names used for soil, the purposes soil has, the organisms that live in and on it.
Activity Links	http://interactive.usask.ca/ski/agriculture/soils/soilliv/index.html

Author	Sabbagh, Karl
Title	The Rum Affair
Keywords	plants, botany, species, ice age, glaciers, fraud
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Based on a true story about a fraud perpetrated by a botanist in Scotland. He reported the discovery of plants that had survived isolated on an island since the last ice age. Unfortunately, he planted them there.
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Author	Sachar, Louis
Title	Holes
Keywords	desertification, lizards, rattlesnake, lake, inventor, geologic formations
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Boys sentenced to a work camp dig holes in a large dried up lake bed looking for buried treasure; geology of the desert and description of desert flora and fauna, including lizards; health benefits of onions.
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Author	Sacks, Oliver
Title	Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
Keywords	chemistry, minerals, geology, metals, properties of matter, medicine, electricity, light bulbs, optics, photography, magnetism, elements, periodic table, atoms
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Very advanced descriptions of chemistry and other sciences. Good for reading small excerpts to accompany activities.
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Author	Sagan, Carl
Title	Contact
Keywords	astronomy, space, astrophysics, radio telescope, math, technology, engineering
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Astrophysicists intercept a message from deep space. Decoding the message reveals plans for building a machine. Scientists argue with politicians and religious groups about whether they should proceed.
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Author	Salisbury, Graham
Title	Lord of the Deep
Keywords	humid, island, coast, moorings, ocean, swells, waves, undulated, transom, shore, gunnel, buoy, splice, currents, wake, fathoms, atoms, molecules, horizon, marlin, swordfish, riptide, lava, flotsam, polarized, mahi-mahi
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	The story of a thirteen year old boy learning the ropes on a fishing charter boat around the Hawaiian islands.
Activity Links	http://www.coralreefnetwork.com/stender/fishes/fishes.htm http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM478&page=teacher http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/teach/into_the_sea.html http://www.hear.org/hoike/pdfs/marine_unit.pdf

Author	Salkeld, Audrey
Title	Climbing Everest
Keywords	mountains, atmospheric pressure, altitude sickness, oxygen
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Discusses atmospheric conditions at high elevation and the human body's response.
Activity Links	http://www.altrec.com/features/crownofafrica/

Author	Schreiber, Anne
Title	Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #5: Twister Trouble
Keywords	tornado, weather, storms, air pressure, winds, humidity, hygrometer
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Mrs. Frizzle and her students take a field trip to the Weatherama Amusement Park where they study weather related phenomenon and wind up inside a tornado.
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Author	Schwabacher, Martin
Title	Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #18: The Fishy Field Trip
Keywords	coral reef, ocean, fish, predation, pollution, ecosystem, polyps, exoskeleton
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Mrs. Frizzle and her students travel to the Great Barrier Reef to study the ecosystem of a coral reef. They learn about the soft polyps, their hard bondy exoskeletons, the impacts of predation and pollution.
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Author	Sedgwick, Marcus
Title	Floodland
Keywords	polar ice caps, global warming, floods, islands
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Girl struggles to find her family after global warming causes the polar ice caps to melt and flood most of earth; she uses a small row boat to travel to small islands; society finds new ways to survive other than agriculture.
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Author	Sheffield, Charles
Title	The Web Between The Worlds
Keywords	space, elevator, technology,
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Science fiction classic involving the construction of a space elevator
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

Author	Shelley, Mary
Title	Frankenstein
Keywords	alchemy, chemistry, electricity, nerves
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Discusses scientific literature and misconceptions as advancements were made in the fields of chemistry, neurobiology, electricity.
Activity Links	http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html http://www.pbs.org/saf/1107/teaching/teaching2.htm

Author	Shusterman, Neal
Title	Mind Storms - Stories to Blow Your Mind
Keywords	hurricane, dinosaurs, DNA, nova
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Series of short stories focusing on scientific misconceptions.
Activity Links	http://www.amasci.com/miscon/opphys.html

Author	Shute, Nevil
Title	No Highway
Keywords	flight, aerospace, aeronautics, engineering
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	A group of engineers attempt to solve a potentially fatal problem with the structure of a new passenger jet. The story is set in 1948.
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Author	Sleator, William
Title	The Duplicate
Keywords	cloning, mutations, organic, machine
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Boy finds a duplicating machine and makes a clone of himself. The clone repeats the process. Story focuses on the slight changes that clones exhibit and the big problems they can cause.
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Author	Slonczewski, Joan
Title	Brain Plague
Keywords	nanotechnology, neurons, cells
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	On Valedon, a planet of genetically modified humans, an artist agrees to be colonized by Eleutherian micros, an accelerated culture of sentient cells salvaged from an assassinated colleague. The micros soon take over.
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Author	Slonczewski, Joan
Title	A Door into Ocean
Keywords	oceans, adaptations, matriarchy, patriarchy, parthenogenesis, machines, computers
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Story of an ocean world where living organisms are highly adapted. Two different cultures exist, a patriarchy dependent on the mechanical world, and a non-mechanical matriarchy that reproduces by parthenogenesis.
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Author	Snicket, Lemony
Title	The Hostile Hospital
Keywords	surgery, cranioectomy, anesthesia, tools, sound, fire
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Three orphans hide out in a hospital where a cranioectomy, the removal of a head, is about to be performed. They invent devices to escape, including an intercom. Includes description of how fire burns.
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Author	Snicket, Lemony
Title	The Reptile Room
Keywords	reptiles, snake, venom, constriction, herpetology
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Three orphans fleeing from an evil uncle go to live with a herpetologist and his reptiles. The story includes lots of information about snakes. The uncle kills the herpetologist and tries to make it look like a poisonous snake bit him.
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Author	Snicket, Lemony
Title	The Vile Village
Keywords	birds, crows, inventions, water, erosion, force, balloon, trajectory, harpoon
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Three orphans are sent to live in a village dominated by crows. The oldest sister invents devices to help them escape. They live in a floating hot-air balloon home. The villainous uncle shoots a harpoon to try and capture them.
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Author	Snicket, Lemony
Title	The Slippery Slope
Keywords	mountains, snow, slope, physics, velocity, drag, parachute, ecology, food chain, water, states of matter
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Three orphans again use their inventions to escape from their evil uncle while hiding on snowy mountains. There are lots of references to physics including velocity, friction, drag, and viscousity. Describes ecological impact of a fire.
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Author	Sorensen, Virginia
Title	The Miracle on Maple hill
Keywords	seasonal changes, plants, growth, animal habits, weather, tree sap, maples syrup
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Discusses the changes in weather and the miracle of plant and animal life emerging in spring as observed by a young girl while visiting a family cabin. The family is involved in the process of collecting and processing tree sap into maple syrup.
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Author	Stamper, Judith
Title	The Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #9: Dinosaur Detectives
Keywords	dinosaur, fossils, Mesozoid, paleontology
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Ms. Frizzle and the gang just want to study dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural History. By mistake, they end up traveling through time to the actual Mesozoic era and come face to face with real meat-eating dinosaurs.
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Author	Stamper, Judith
Title	Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #8: Penguin Puzzle
Keywords	penguins, icebergs, Antarctica, adaptations
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Ms. Frizzle whisks her students away on a cool trip to Antarctica, where they learn all about the South Pole and come face to face with playful penguins and colossal icebergs.
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Author	Stamper, Judith
Title	Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #15: Voyage to the Volcano
Keywords	volcano, magma, lava, explosions, gas, rocks
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Mrs. Frizzle takes her class to Hawaii to explore a live volcanoe. In this book you visit an undergound chamber where magma is located, find out how pressure builds up, and watch magma explode as lava.
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Author	Stamper, Judith
Title	Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #13: Polar Bear Patrol
Keywords	arctic, tundra, ice, polar bears, musk ox, seals, caribou, adaptations
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	When Ms. Frizzle takes her class to the top of the world to study the North Pole. In this book you will learn about arctic ecology, the tundra, ice, and seals, caribou, musk oxen, and polar bears.
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Author	Stamper, Judith
Title	The Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #20 : Rocks & Minerals
Keywords	rocks, minerals, geology, earth, gems, mines
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Mrs. Frizzle and her class try to identify a mystery rock that one of her students finds. They travel out west and into a mine to learn about rocks, minerals and gems.
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Author	Steele, Mary Q.
Title	Journey Outside
Keywords	caves, cliffs, river, underground, rafts, mountains, deserts
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	A boy journeys around Earth on an underground river. He finds a way to the outside and travels through many different environments. He learns how to adapt and survive in each habitat including snowy mountains, dry deserts, etc
Activity Links	http://www.explorethecaverns.com/lessons/lesson1.html http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave.html http://www.nps.gov/ozar/claycave.htm

Author	Steig, William
Title	Abel's Island
Keywords	hurricane, atmosphere, constellations, clouds, river, wind, island
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	The story of a mouse who gets caught in a hurricane and is swept away in the raging waters. He is stranded on an island for a year. He learns to survive on the island's resources and how to read and adapt to the changing seasons.
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Author	Steinbeck, John
Title	The Pearl
Keywords	pearl, mollusk, sea, diver, lungs, scorpion
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Story of a poor Mexican pearl diver who finds a very large pearl that ultimately ruins his life due to greed. Describes the physiological aspects of diving, how pearls are formed in the mollusk, the effects of a scorpion's bite.
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Author	Steinbeck, John
Title	The Grapes of Wrath
Keywords	dust bowl, drought, famine, weather, crops
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Classic tale of the lives of the Joad family, Oklahoma farmers trying to survive during the dust bowl of the depression; describes their suffering as they become migrant workers in California.
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Author	Stephenson, Neal
Title	The Diamond Age
Keywords	nanotechnology, computers
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	An engineer steals a copy of a super computer or primer built using nanotechology and gives it to his daughter. The supercomputer is supposed to teach a person how to think for themselves. The primer is accidentally lost.
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Author	Suzuki, David et.al.
Title	Tree: A Life Story
Keywords	tree, life cycle, ecology, environment, organisms
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	This book tells the life story of a Douglas Fir tree, including details about its life cycle, ecological position in an ecosystem, dependency upon the environment, and its relationship with other organisms.
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Author	Taylor, Theodore
Title	The Cay
Keywords	hurricane, island, reef, race
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Describes the conditions before, during, and after a hurricane; ecology of a South Pacific island including the intertidal zone.
Activity Links	http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/pdf/hurricanebook.pdf http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/ragingplanet-hurricane/

Author	Taylor, Theodore
Title	The Weirdo
Keywords	swamp, bears, tracking, territory, radio-collars
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Conservation efforts to study and protect the black bear; observations of flora and fauna in a swamp.
Activity Links	http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/07_00/snare_bear_hair.shtml

Author	Taylor, Theodore
Title	The Bomb
Keywords	atomic bomb, testing, Biking Atoll, weapons, radioactive fallout, radiation poisoning, evacuation, relocation
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	After the successful detonation of the atomic bomb in WWII, the government wants to develop more weapons. Bikin Atoll is chosen as the test site. The islanders are told they must leave, but they protest. Describes potential hazards to environment.
Activity Links	http://www.ap.stmarys.ca/demos/content/modern/mousetrap_reactor/mousetrap_reactor.html http://people.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb.htm/printable http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/Mousetraps

Author	Twain, Mark
Title	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Keywords	cave, cavern, flame, atmosphere
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	detailed description of the inside of a large cave, including its atmosphere in Chapters 30-33.
Activity Links	http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/caves01.htm http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave.html http://www.nps.gov/ozar/claycave.htm

Author	Twain, Mark
Title	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Keywords	raft, river, racism
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Classic tale of boy who travels the Mississippi River on a raft accompanied by a run away slave. Descriptions of the river, its shoreline and delta. Discussions related to race.
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Author	Twain, Mark
Title	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Keywords	time travel, machines, mechanization, catapults, gears
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	A "modern" man is transported back in time to King Arthur's court where he introduces modernization in the form of machinery.
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Author	Van Allsburg, Chris
Title	The Stranger
Keywords	seasons, temperature, environment, life cycle
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	This picture book shows what might happen if the seasons didnt change. Illustrations allow students to make observations about temperature impacts on animals and the environment.
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Author	Verne, Jules
Title	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Keywords	Submarine, electricity, geology, minerals, cetaceans, whales, oceanography, sea mountains, aquatic organisms
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Scientific exploration of deep ocean. Geology and biology. Submarine with inventions.
Activity Links	http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/technology/3201030.stm http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/

Author	Verne, Jules
Title	Journey to the Center of the Earth
Keywords	geology, volcano, Iceland, mineralogist, underground river, geyser, extinct plants and animals, rock formations
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Scientists follow a map to a volcano in Iceland where they plan to explore the center of the Earth. They discover an underground world of plants, animals, and cavemen thought to be extinct. They escape via a geyser back to the surface.
Activity Links	http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/Iceland/overview.html http://www.ismennt.is/vefir/earth/mhpub/netdays/nd5.htm

Author	Vonnegut, Kurt
Title	Galapagos
Keywords	evolution, Darwin, survival, ecology, Galapagos Islands, genetics, mutations
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Humorous story about the "devolution" of a group of humans shipwrecked on the Galapagos Islands from super-brained humans to gentle, small brained swimmers. The characters include biologist, computer genius, atom bomb survivor & cannibals.
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Author	Watson, Bruce
Title	The Man Who Changed How Boys and Toys Were Made: The Life and Times of A. C. Gilbert, the Man Who Saved Christmas
Keywords	invention, engineering, physics, erector set
Reading Level	4th-young adult
Synopsis	This is the story of A.C. Gilbert. the man who invented the erector set. He was a prominent inventor. He believed in allowing kids to play with toys to encourage their interest in science.
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Author	Wechter, Nell Wise
Title	Taffy of Torpedo Junction
Keywords	submarines, oil spills, maritime forest, ponies, hurricane
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Discusses sinking of submarines off the NC coast during WWII and the effects of resulting oil spills; describes maritime forest flora and fauna; coastal effects of hurricanes
Activity Links	http://www.juliett484.org/juliett/education/science/cartesian_diver.html http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/exec/sbea/tes/lessons99/spilled_oil.html http://www.educ.drake.edu/sci_ed/elem_sci/environ/Oil%20Spills/day_2_lesson_plan.htm http://www.ncnerr.org/pubsiteinfo/siteinfo/rachelcarson/rcvirtualtrip/rc_virtual_trip.html

Author	Wells, H.G.
Title	The Time Machine
Keywords	time travel, subterranean society, light sensitivity, evolution
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Scientist creates a machine for time travel. Ends up in a futuristic society where 2 populations have co-evolved. The Morlock subterranean population provides food for the above ground Eloi population and then harvest them for their own food.
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Author	Wells, H.G.
Title	The Island of Dr. Moreau
Keywords	Darwin, evolution, mutations, animal behavior, hybridization, human behavior, vivisection, creationism
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	Ship wrecked biologist is rescued to a mysterious island where he encounters strange & grotesque creatures. These beings turn out to be vivisected animals recreated into more humanized forms. The creatures follow "The Laws".
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Author	White, E.B.
Title	Charlotte's Web
Keywords	spiders, webs, spinnarets, egg sac
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Describes life cycle and diet of spiders; behavior of spiders and their offspring; the ecological importance of spiders in pest control.
Activity Links	http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/under_spell_spiders/introduction.html http://www.spiderroom.info/buildanorbweb.html http://www.unibas.ch/dib/nlu/staff/sz/spidergallery.html http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/webcamp/final_projects/eastman/websites.htm

Author	White, Nancy
Title	Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #16: Butterfly Battle
Keywords	butterfly, metamorphosis, life cycle, insect, antenna, proboscis, thorax, wings, predation,
Reading Level	3rd-6th grade
Synopsis	Mrs. Frizzle and her class learn all about butterflies so they can put on a skit. They study the life cycle, anatomy, flight, habitat and predators of butterflies.
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Author	Williams, Walter Jon
Title	Aristoi
Keywords	nanotechnology, computers, mind control
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	In the far future, an elite class of individuals called Aristoi rules an interstellar empire through the disciplined mastery of advanced technologies, including the Logarchy, a massive, open computer network that links all humans
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Author	Wolfe, Tom
Title	The Right Stuff
Keywords	space, NASA, orbits, rockets, capsules, astronauts, physiology, g-forces
Reading Level	young adult
Synopsis	Chronicle of the first astronauts, their training and physical capabilities; development of the rockets and space capsules.
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Author	Wyndham, John
Title	The Day of the Triffids
Keywords	meteorite, plants, aliens, poisons, blindness, bio-warfare
Reading Level	6th-young adult
Synopsis	A meteorite shower blinds almost everyone in England. Two survivors who can see leave the city only to encounter Triffids, strange plants that can walk and kill humans with their poisonous stingers.
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Author	Zindel, Paul
Title	The Gadget
Keywords	atomic bomb, physics, radiation, poison, geiger counters, experiment, accident, blast
Reading Level	4th-8th grade
Synopsis	Boy living with his physicist father at Los Alamos during the development of the atomic bomb. Describes radiation accidents, radiation illness, bomb tests, and ethics of the bomb.
Activity Links	http://www.ap.stmarys.ca/demos/content/modern/mousetrap_reactor/mousetrap_reactor.html http://people.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb.htm/printable http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/Mousetraps