Youth Services

 

Recommended Reading for Denison Children’s Science Program, August – September 2007

 

 

Note: Books with no call # are not in our collection.

 

 

SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS

 

 

Cobb, Vicki.

Science experiments you can eat.

 

J 502.8 COBB

Kerrod, Robin.

The way science works.

 

J 507.8 KERROD

Newcomb, Rain.

Smash it! Crash it! Launch it!

J 507.8 NEWCOMB

VanCleave, Janice.

Janice VanCleave’s 200 gooey, slippery, slimy, weird, and fun experiments.

J 507.8 VANCLEAVE

Wood, Robert.

What? : Experiments for the young scientist.

 

J 507.8 WOOD

Wood, Robert.

When? : Experiments for the young scientist.

 

J 507.8 WOOD

Mandell, Muriel.

Simple kitchen experiments: Learning science with everyday foods.

J 641.3 MANDELL

Mitgutsch, Ali

From cacao bean to chocolate.

E 664 MITGUTSCH

Mitgutsch, Ali

From sand to glass.

E 666 MITGUTSCH

Mitgutsch, Ali

From clay to bricks.

E 666 MITGUTSCH

Mitgutsch, Ali

From rubber tire to tree.

E 678 MITGUTSCH

Spangler, Steve.

Secret science: 25 science experiments your teacher doesn’t know about.

 

 

WEATHER

 

 

Gardner, Robert.

Science projects about the environment and ecology.

 

J 507.4 GARDNER

Christian, Spencer.

Can it really rain frogs?: The world’s strangest weather events.

J 551.5 CHRISTIAN

Lambert, David.

Weather and its work.

 

J 551.5 LAMBERT

Lampton, C..

Meteorology: An introduction.

 

J 551.5 LAMPTON

 

Wind and weather. (A child’s first library of learning.)

 

J 551.5 WIND

Martin, Jacqueline.

Snowflake Bentley.

 

J 551.57 MARTIN

Flagg, Ann.

Early themes: Grades K-1: Weather. Scholastic Professional Books, 1997.

 

Haslam, Andrew.

Make it work: Weather: The hands-on approach to geography.

 

Spangler, Steve.

Taming the tornado tube: 50 weird and wacky things you can do with a tornado tube.

 

 

WATER

 

 

Murphy, Brian.

Experiment with water.

 

J 532.078 MURPHY  

Wick, Walter.

A drop of water: A book of science and wonder

 

J 546.22 WICK

 

COLOR AND LIGHT

 

 

 

Science in our world: Light.

 

J 507 SCIENCE

Ardley, Neil.

Sun and light. (Action science.)

 

J 535 ARDLEY

Murphy, Brian.

Experiment with light.

J 535.078 MURPHY

Burnie, David.

DK Eyewitness Books: Light.

 

J 535.2 BURNIE

Ardley, Neil.

The science book of color.

 

J 535.6 ARDLEY

Frost, Helen.

Seeing.

 

E 612.8 FROST

Silk, Courtney.

Early themes: Grades K-1: Colors.

 

 

 

SOUND

 

 

 

Science in action: Light and sound.

 

J 507 SCIENCE

 

Science in our world: Sounds and music.

 

J 507 SCIENCE

Ardley, Neil.

Sound and music.

 

J 534 ARDLEY

Frost, Helen.

Hearing.

 

E 612.8 FROST

 

MAGNETS

 

 

Ardley, Neil.

Exploring magnetism.

 

J 538 ARDLEY

Lieberg, Owen S.

Wonders of magnets and magnetism.

 

J 538 LIEBERG

Rohrig, Brian.

39 amazing experiments with the mega-magnet.

 

 

 

FLIGHT AND MOVEMENT

 

 

 

Science in our world: Falling.

 

J 507 SCIENCE

 

Science in our world: Flight.

 

J 507 SCIENCE

Lafferty, Peter.

Eyewitness books: Force and motion.

 

J 531.2 LAFFERTY

Bishop, Nic.

The secrets of animal flight.

 

J 591.1 BISHOP

Maynard, C.

I wonder why planes have wings and other questions about transportation.

E 629.04 MAYNARD

 

DINOSAURS

 

 

Taylor, Paul.

DK Eyewitness Books: Fossil.

 

J 560 TAYLOR

Gallant, Jonathan.

The tales fossils tell.

J 560.21 GALLANT

Aaseng, Nathan.

American dinosaur hunters.

 

J 560.92 AASENG

Kerley, Barbara.

The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins.

 

J 567.9 KERLEY

Wenzel, Gregory.

Feathered dinosaurs of China.

 

J 567.9 WENZEL

Zoehfield, Kathleen.

Dinosaur parents, dinosaur young: Uncovering the mysteries of dinosaur families.

J 567.9 ZOEHFIELD

Asimov, Issac.

Did comets kill the dinosaurs?

 

J 567.91 ASIMOV

Berkowitz, Jacob.

Jurassic poop: What dinosaurs (and others) left behind.

J 567.91 BERKOWITZ

 

BUGS

 

Dashefsky, H.

Insect biology: 49 science fair projects.

J 507 DASHEFSKY

Facklam, Margery.

Spiders and their web sites.

J 595.44 FACKLAM

Bailey, Jill.

The life cycle of a grasshopper.

 

J 595.7 BAILEY

O’Neill, Amanda.

I wonder why spiders spin webs and other questions about creepy crawlies.

E 595.7 O’NEILL

Parker, Steve.

DK Eyewitness Explorer: Insects.

 

J 595.7 PARKER

Patent, Dorothy.

Beetles and how they live.

 

J 595.76 PATENT

Taylor, Kim.

See how they grow: Butterfly.

 

E 595.78 TAYLOR

Gibbons, Gail.

The honey makers.

 

J 595.79 GIBBONS

Jennings, Terry.

Earthworms.

J 639.7546 JENNINGS

Gordon, David.

The eat-a-bug cookbook. 

 

J 641.8 GORDON

 

THE HUMAN BODY

 

Fleischman, John.

Phineas Gage: A gruesome but true story about brain science.

J 362.1 FLEISCHMAN

Frost, Helen.

The skeletal system.

 

E 611 FROST

Clayman, Charles.

The human body: An illustrated guide to its structure, function, and disorders.

J 612 CLAYMAN

Richardson, Joy.

What happens when you breathe?

E 612 RICHARDSON

Richardson, Joy.

What happens when you talk?

E 612 RICHARDSON

Richardson, Joy.

What happens when you touch and feel?

E 612 RICHARDSON

Parker, Steve.

How the body works.

 

J 612.2 PARKER

Parker, Steve.

My first body book.

 

J 612.2 PARKER

Aliki.

I’m growing.

 

E 612.65 ALIKI

 

WEBSITES

 

 

 

 

ALA great websites for kids: Science experiments.   Available at: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsitesscience.htm

 

 

 

 

NASA website: For kids.  Available at http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html

 

 

 

 

National Geographic kids: Fun activity ideas for kids.  Available at: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Activities/

 

 

 

 

Steve Spangler science.  Available at: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/

 

 

 

U. S Department of Education

Helping your child learn science.  April 1991. Available online at: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/index.html

 

 

 

 

ZoomSci.  Available at: http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/

 

 

 

 

Other helpful websites available to library patrons through: 

http://www.texshare.edu/denison/