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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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

Author Colfer, Eoin
Title Artemis Fowl
Keywords  computers, technology, subterranean society, symbology
Reading Level 4th-8th grade
Synopsis Characters are highly adept at using futuristic technology, including computers and time freezing. There is and underground society of fairies who consume rocks and soils. Translation of a symbol based language like hieroglyphics.
Activity Links

Author Collins, Suzanne
Title Gregor the Overlander
Keywords  underground, subterranean, rodents, rats, cockroaches, bats, spiders
Reading Level 4th-young adult
Synopsis A fantasy story about a young boy who discovers a subterranean world inhabited by giant cockroaches, bats, spiders and vicious rats who are holding his father prisoner.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

Author Cussler, Clive
Title Iceberg
Keywords  Iceberg, Iceland, arctic ocean, tundra, oceanographer, submarine
Reading Level young adult
Synopsis The remnants of a burned ship are discovered frozen in an iceberg. When scientist try to investigate, they are attacked and forced to flee across the arctic tundra and ocean.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

Author Cussler, Clive
Title Raise the Titanic
Keywords  elements, chemicals, submarine, hurricane
Reading Level young adult
Synopsis The president of the USA has plans for a new defense system. It requires a rare element that no longer exists in nature, but a large quantity of it was part of the cargo on the Titanic. Scientists try to recover the element.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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
Keywords 
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.
Activity Links

Author Hall, James
Title Gone Wild
Keywords  poaching, orangutan, endangered species, jungle
Reading Level young adult
Synopsis While helping conduct a census of orangutans in the jungle of Borneo, a girl is murdered by poachers involved in the exotic animal trade. Her mother fights to stop them and the illegal trading of endangered species.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

Author Herbert, Frank
Title Dune
Keywords  desert, planet, water, recycling, ecology, space, worms
Reading Level 6th-young adult
Synopsis Epic saga of life on a desert planet. Amazing description of the ecology of the environment, technology for water recycling.
Activity Links

Author Herman, Gail
Title Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book #19: Color Day Relay
Keywords  light, wavelength, speed, color, prism, refraction
Reading Level 3rd-6th grade
Synopsis Mrs. Frizzles class is participating in a relay race. They learn about light and color, specifically the different speeds at which the different colors of light travel.
Activity Links

Author Hesse, Karen
Title Phoeniz Rising
Keywords  radiation, nuclear-power, poisoning, disease, contamination
Reading Level 4th-8th grade
Synopsis Story about the impact of a nuclear-power plant accident on the lives of people living in a small town in Vermont. Describes the medical problems related to radiation sickness as seen through the eyes of a young survivor caring for the sick.
Activity Links

Author Hesse, Karen
Title Out of the Dust
Keywords  drought, dust bowl, weather, storms, fire crops, tumbleweeds, skin cancer, scars
Reading Level 4th-8th grade
Synopsis This journal chronicles a young girls experiences during the Oklahoma dust bowls of the depression; a fire kills her mother and scars her hands; she runs away from home and travels west; later she learns to re-use her hands to play the piano.
Activity Links

Author Hesse, Karen
Title The Music of Dolphins
Keywords  dolphins, animal communication, language, sea
Reading Level 4th-8th grade
Synopsis Scientist discover girl who has been raised by dolphins and can communicate with them in their language.
Activity Links

Author Hiaasen, Carl
Title Hoot
Keywords  owls, Florida, everglades, alligators, snakes, ospreys
Reading Level 4th-8th grade
Synopsis Details the account of middle-school aged children as they attempt to preserve burrowing owls from the construction of a restaurant that will destroy their natural habitat and lead to their extinction.
Activity Links

Author Hiaasen, Carl
Title Stormy Weather
Keywords  hurricane, everglades, wetlands
Reading Level young adult
Synopsis A somewhat adult comedy about the impact of Hurricane Andrew on the lives of humans and other animals living in Florida.
Activity Links

Author Hobbs, Will
Title The Maze
Keywords  ornithology, endangered species, Condors, canyons
Reading Level 4th-8th grade
Synopsis Runaway boy accidentally meets up with an ornithologist who is trying to release fledgling California condors back into the wild.
Activity Links

Author Hobbs, Will
Title Wild Man Island
Keywords  Alaska, archology, Stone Age, caves, paleontology, wolves, tools
Reading Level 4th-8th grade
Synopsis A boy struggles to survive in Alaska after a storm blows his kayak off course. He discovers a cave filled with evidence of Stone Age life. He is befriended by a dog who lives with wolves.
Activity Links

Author Holch, Gregory J.
Title The Thing With Wings
Keywords  butterfly, metamorphosis, habitat, migration, wings
Reading Level 3rd-6th grade
Synopsis Fantasy story about a magical tree and the butterflies that live on it. When humans eat the fruit from the tree, they go through metamorphosis and develop wings that enable them to fly.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

Author Hunger, Bill
Title Clearcut: A novel of bio-consequences
Keywords  disease, rain forest, clear -cutting, herbs, homeopathy, Malaysia
Reading Level young adult
Synopsis A terrible disease is rapidly wiping out the human population. A healer knows of an herb that might be a cure, but loggers have destroyed its habitat. The herb is found in Malaysia but clear-cutting may destroy it, too.
Activity Links

Author Ibbotson, Eva
Title Journey to the River Sea
Keywords  Amazon, Brazil, orchids, birds, parrots, river, insects, sloth, native indians
Reading Level 4th-8th grade
Synopsis Young orphan girl follows governess to live in the rainforest of Brazil where she begins a fantastic adventure down the Amazon river in search of a giant sloth.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

Author Jennings, Richard W.
Title The Great Whales of Kansas
Keywords  fossils, whale, mososaurs, Cretaceous, limestone, paleontology
Reading Level 4th-7th grade
Synopsis A boy digging in his backyard in the middle of Kansas discovers a large fossil skeleton of what appears to be a mososaur - only it is 20 million years too young. A museum and some Native Americans want to have the fossil.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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.
Activity Links

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