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Within each topic, links and information are organized by (1) Science Trade Books which are arranged using the dewy decimal system, (2) Websites, and other resources are used.

 

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Science Trade Books: Grade level reading*

600 – Technology

Imaginative Inventions

Cool Stuff And How It Works, by Chris Woodford, Luke Collins, Clint Witchalls, Ben Morgan, and James Flint   Curr 600 Coo
Imaginative Inventions, by Charise Mericle Harper   Curr 609 Har
How Nearly Everything was Invented by the Brainwaves, by Jilly MacLeod   Curr 609 Swe
Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor, by Emily Arnold McCully   Curr 609.2 McC
620 – Engineering

 

 

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Story of Kites

 

 

 

Destination Moon

The Story of Kites, by Ying Chang Compestine   Curr E Com
Amazing Leonardo Da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself, by Maxine Anderson   Curr 620 And
Engineering for Every Kid: Easy Activities that make Learning Science Fun, by Janice VanCleave   Curr 620.0078 Van
Thomas Edison For Kids: His Life and Ideas, by Laurie Carlson   Curr 621.3 Car
Rockets, by Ron Miller Intermediate (6-8) Advanced (9-12) Curr 621.43 Mil
Simple Machines: Levers, by David Glover   Curr 621.8 Glo
Simple Machines: Pulleys and Gears, by David Glover   Curr 621.8 Glo
Simple Machines: Ramps and Wedges, by David Glover   Curr 621.8 Glo
Simple Machines: Screws, by David Glover   Curr 621.8 Glo
Simple Machines: Springs, by David Glover   Curr 621.8 Glo
Simple Machines: Wheels and Cranks, by David Glover   Curr 621.8 Glo
Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness - Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation of Appalachia, by Erik Reece   Curr 622 Ree
Built to Last: Building America’s amazing bridges, dams, tunnels, and skyscrapers, by George Sullivan Intermediate (6-8) Curr 624 Sul
Build It! Structures, Systems, and You, by Adrienne Mason   Curr 624.1 Mas
Catch The Wind!: All About Kites, by Gail Gibbons   Curr 629.133 Gib
Project Apollo: Exploring the Moon, by Robert Godwin   Curr 629.45 God
Launch Vehicles: Heritage of the Space Race, by Michael Lennick   Curr 629.45 Len
Liftoff: A Photobiography of John Glenn, by Don Mitchell   Curr 629.45 Mit
Destination Moon: The Apollo Missions in the Astronauts' Own Words, by Rod Pyle   Curr 629.45 Pyl
American Lives: Buzz Aldrin, by Elizabeth Raum   Curr 629.45 Rau
American Lives: Neil Armstrong, by Elizabeth Raum   Curr 629.45 Rau
American Lives: Eileen Collins, by Elizabeth Raum   Curr 629.45 Rau
American Lives: John Glenn, by Elizabeth Raum   Curr 629.45 Rau
American Lives: Mae Jemison, by Elizabeth Raum   Curr 629.45 Rau
American Lives: Sally Ride, by Elizabeth Raum   Curr 629.45 Rau
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon, by Catherine Thimmesh Intermediate (6-8) Curr 629.45 Thi
First Men on the Moon: Apollo 11, by Robert Godwin   Curr 629.454 God
630 – Agriculture

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Horses

Lucas and His Loco Beans: A Bilingual Tale of the Mexican Jumping Bean, by Ramona Moreno Winner   Curr E Win
George Washington Carver: Ingenious Inventor, by Nathan Olson   Curr 630.92 Ols
Insights From Insects: What bad bugs can teach us, by Gilbert Waldbauer   Curr 632 Wal
Apples, by Jacqueline Farmer   Curr 634 Far
Bean, by Louise Spilsbury   Curr 635 Spi
Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America’s lost grasslands, by Sneed Collard   Curr 635.9 Col
Pet Science: 50 Purr-fectly Woof-Worthy Activities for You and Your Pets, by Veronika Alice Gunter and Rain Newcomb   Curr 636.088 Gun
ER Vets: Life in an Animal Emergency Room, by Donna M. Jackson   Curr 636.089 Jac
Horses, by Seymour Simon Elementary (3-5) Curr 636.1 Sim
Squirmy Wormy Composters, by Bobbie Kalman and Janine Schaub   Curr 639 Kal
Least of These: Wild baby bird rescue stories, by Joan Harris   Curr 639.9 Har
650 - Management and Public Relations Barnum Brown Dinosaur Hunter, by David Sheldon Elementary (3-5) Curr 650.92 She

*Science trade books listed are in the Murphy Library CMC collection and are reviewed in Science Books & Films’ Best List  and/or NSTA’s Outstanding Science Trade Books.

Science Trade Books: Teacher resources - AAAS Project 2061’s Resources [Ch 8] *Note: if the books in this resource are not in the Murphy Library collection, please try Universal Borrowing.

Websites**

Electronic Publishing
Engineering
Materials Science

** Each website topic is linked to the AAAS’ NetWatch archive.


The BEN Portal Search Function


Other Resources – Films, Software, etc.