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600 – Technology
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Cool Stuff And How It Works, by Chris Woodford, Luke Collins, Clint Witchalls,
Ben Morgan, and James Flint |
Intermediate (6-8)
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 600 Coo |
| Biomimicry: Inventions Ispired by Nature, by Dora Lee |
Elementary (3-5)
Intermediate (6-8) |
Curr 600 Lee |
| Robert Crowther's Pop-Up House of Inventions: Hundreds of
Fabulous Facts About Your Home, by Robert Crowther |
Elementary (3-5)
Intermediate (6-8) |
Curr 609 Cro |
| Imaginative Inventions, by Charise Mericle Harper |
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Curr 609 Har |
| How Nearly Everything was Invented by the Brainwaves, by Jilly MacLeod |
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Curr 609 Swe |
Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci, by Gene Barretta
Review |
Primary (K-2)
Elementary (3-5) |
Curr 609.2 Bar |
| Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor, by Emily Arnold
McCully |
Elementary (3-5) |
Curr 609.2 McC |
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620 – Engineering
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The Story of Kites, by Ying Chang Compestine |
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Curr E Com |
| Amazing Leonardo Da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself, by Maxine
Anderson |
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Curr 620 And |
| Engineering for Every Kid: Easy Activities that make Learning Science Fun, by Janice VanCleave |
Elementary (3-5)
Intermediate (6-8) |
Curr 620.0078 Van |
| Materials, by Anna Claybourne |
Primary (K-2)
Elementary (3-5) |
Curr 620.1 Cla |
| Shaping Materials, by Chris Oxlade |
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Curr 620.1 Oxl |
| Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, by Susan Freinkel |
Intermediate (6-8)
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 620.192 Fre |
Nikola Tesla: Physicist, Inventor, Electrical Engineer, by
Michael Burgan
Lesson Tool |
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 621.3 Bur |
Thomas Edison For Kids: His Life and Ideas, by Laurie Carlson
About the Book
Lesson Plan
Podcast |
Elementary (3-5)
Intermediate (6-8) |
Curr 621.3 Car |
The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret, by Seth Shulman
Author Interview |
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Curr 621.385 Shu |
| What is Energy? Exploring Science with Hands-on Activities, by
Richard and Louise Spilsbury |
Elementary (3-5)
Intermediate (6-8) |
Curr 621.4 Spi |
| Rockets, by Ron Miller |
Intermediate (6-8) Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 621.43 Mil |
| Kinetic Contraptions: Build a Hovercraft, Airboat, and More with
a Hobby Motor, by Kurt Gabrielson |
Intermediate (6-8)
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 621.46 Gab |
| Simple Machines: Levers, by David Glover |
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Curr 621.8 Glo |
| Simple Machines: Pulleys and Gears, by David Glover |
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Curr 621.8 Glo |
| Simple Machines: Ramps and Wedges, by David Glover |
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Curr 621.8 Glo |
| Simple Machines: Screws, by David Glover |
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Curr 621.8 Glo |
| Simple Machines: Springs, by David Glover |
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Curr 621.8 Glo |
| Simple Machines: Wheels and Cranks, by David Glover |
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Curr 621.8 Glo |
| Inclined Planes to the Rescue, by Sharon Thales |
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Curr 621.8 Tha |
| Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness: Radical Strip Mining and
the Devastation of Appalachia, by Erik Reece |
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 622 Ree |
| Adventures Beneath the Sea: Living in an Underwater Science Station,
by Kenneth Mallory |
Elementary (3-5)
Intermediate (6-8) |
Curr 623.82 Mal |
| 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 |
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Curr 624.1 Mas |
| Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings? Flying Animals, Flying
Machines, and How They Are Different, by David E. Alexander |
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Curr 629.04 Ale |
| Reach for the Skies: Ballooning, Birdmen, and Blasting into Space,
by Richard Branson |
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 629.1 Bra |
| Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings? Flying Animals, Flying Machines, and How They Are Different,
by David E. Alexander |
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 629.13 Ale |
The Wright Brothers: Inventors Whose Ideas Really Took Flight,
by Mike Venezia
Lesson Plan |
Elementary (3-5) |
Curr 629.13 Ven |
| Catch The Wind!: All About Kites, by Gail Gibbons |
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Curr 629.133 Gib |
| Armstrong's Moon Rock, by Gerry Bailey & Karen Foster |
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Curr 629.4 Bai |
| This Is Rocket Science: True Stories of the Risk-Taking
Scientists Who Figure Out Ways to Explore Beyond Earth, by Gloria Skurzynski |
Elementary (3-5)
Intermediate (6-8)
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 629.4 Sku |
| Space Probes: Exploring Beyond Earth, by David Jefferis |
Elementary (3-5)
Intermediate (6-8) |
Curr 629.43 Jef |
| Exploring the International Space Station, by Laura Hamilton Waxman |
Elementary (3-5) |
Curr 629.44 Wax |
| What Do Astronauts Do? by Carmen Bredson |
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Curr 629.45 Bre |
Mission Control, This is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyage to the Moon, by Andrew Chaikin
About the Author |
Intermediate (6-8)
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 629.45 Cha |
| Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, by Brian Floca |
Primary (K-2) |
Curr 629.45 Flo |
| Project Apollo: Exploring the Moon, by Robert Godwin |
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Curr 629.45 God |
| Launch Vehicles: Heritage of the Space Race, by Michael Lennick |
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Curr 629.45 Len |
| Liftoff: A Photobiography of John Glenn, by Don Mitchell |
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Curr 629.45 Mit |
| Destination Moon: The Apollo Missions in the Astronauts' Own Words, by Rod
Pyle |
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Curr 629.45 Pyl |
| American Lives: Buzz Aldrin, by Elizabeth Raum |
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Curr 629.45 Rau |
| American Lives: Neil Armstrong, by Elizabeth Raum |
|
Curr 629.45 Rau |
| American Lives: Eileen Collins, by Elizabeth Raum |
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Curr 629.45 Rau |
| American Lives: John Glenn, by Elizabeth Raum |
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Curr 629.45 Rau |
| American Lives: Mae Jemison, by Elizabeth Raum |
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Curr 629.45 Rau |
| American Lives: Sally Ride, by Elizabeth Raum |
|
Curr 629.45 Rau |
| Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream, by Tanya Lee
Stone |
Elementary (3-5)
Intermediate (6-8)
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 629.45 Sto |
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon, by Catherine Thimmesh
About the Book
Lesson Plan
Podcast
Book Guide
About the Author
Reader's Theatre Adaptation |
Intermediate (6-8)
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 629.45 Thi |
| First Men on the Moon: Apollo 11, by Robert Godwin |
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Curr 629.454 God |
| Exploring Space Robots, by Deborah Kops |
Elementary (3-5) |
Curr 629.46 Kop |
| Robots: From Everyday to Out of This World, by Yes Mag |
Elementary (3-5) |
Curr 629.8 Rob |
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630 – Agriculture
 |
| How Long or How Wide? A Measuring Guide, by Brian P. Cleary |
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Curr 630.8 Cle |
| George Washing Carver, by Tonya Bolden |
Elementary 3-5)
Intermediate (6-8) |
Curr 630.92 Bol |
| George Washington Carver: Ingenious Inventor, by Nathan Olson |
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Curr 630.92 Ols |
| Insights From Insects: What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us, by Gilbert Waldbauer |
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 632 Wal |
| Wicked Bugs: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon's Army and Other Diabolical Insects,
by Amy Stewart |
Intermediate (6-8)
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 632.7 Ste |
| Apples, by Jacqueline Farmer |
|
Curr 634 Far |
| American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect
Tree, by Susan Freinkel |
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 634.97 Fre |
| Bean, by Louise Spilsbury |
|
Curr 635 Spi |
Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America’s Lost Grasslands, by Sneed Collard
About the Book
Lesson Plan |
Elementary (3-5)
Intermediate (6-8) |
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 |
| Tales of an African Vet, by Roy Aronson |
Intermediate (6-8)
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 636.089 Aro |
| ER Vets: Life in an Animal Emergency Room, by Donna M. Jackson |
Primary (K-2)
Elementary (3-5) |
Curr 636.089 Jac |
| Horses, by Seymour Simon |
Elementary (3-5) |
Curr 636.1 Sim |
| Down on the Farm: Ducks, by Sally Morgan |
|
Curr 636.5 Mor |
| Down on the Farm: Chickens, by Hannah Ray |
|
Curr 636.5 Ray |
| Eco Dogs, by Judith Bauer Stamper |
Elementary (3-5)
Intermediate (6-8) |
Curr 636.7 Bau |
| Honey Bees, by Stephen Buchmann |
Intermediate (6-8)
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 638 Buc |
The Hive Detectives, by Loree Griffin Burns
Review |
Elementary (3-5)
Intermediate (6-8)
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 638 Bur |
| Down on the Farm: Bees, by Sally Morgan |
|
Curr 638 Mor |
The Buzz on Bees, by Shelley Rotner and Anne Woodhull
Review |
Elementary (3-5) |
Curr 638 Rot |
| Squirmy Wormy Composters, by Bobbie Kalman and Janine Schaub |
|
Curr 639 Kal |
| Down on the Farm: Fish, by Sally Morgan |
|
Curr 639.3 Mor |
| Least of These: Wild baby bird rescue stories, by Joan Harris |
|
Curr 639.9 Har |
Kakapo Rescue, by Sy Montgomery
Review |
Intermediate (6-8)
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 639.9 Mon |
| The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A True Story of Resilience and Recovery,
by Andrew Westoll |
Advanced (9-12) |
Curr 639.988 Wes |
|
650 - Management and Public Relations |
Barnum Brown Dinosaur Hunter, by David Sheldon |
Primary (K-2)
Elementary (3-5) |
Curr 650.92 She |
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