010 – Bibliographies
| Book Cover | Title | Author | Call Number | Reading Level | Awards | Resources |
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Science Experiments Index for Young People: Fourth Edition | Pilger, Mary Anne | 016.507 Pil |
500 – Pure Science
| Book Cover | Title | Author | Call Number | Reading Level | Awards | Resources |
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Science by design : construct a boat, catapult, glove, and greenhouse | TERC | 507.1 S35 | Intermediate (6-8) | 2014 SB&F Best list | |
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Galapagos : a natural history | Nicholls, Henry | 508.8 Nic | Advanced (9-12) | 2014 SB&F Best List | |
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Buried glory : portraits of Soviet scientists | 509.2 Har | Advanced (9-12) | 2014 SB&F Best List | ||
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Boltzmann's Tomb: Travels in Search of Science | Green, Bill | 500 Gre | Advanced (9-12) | ||
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The Farthest Shore: A 21st Century Guide to Space | Pelton, Joseph N.; Buckley, Angelia P. | 500.5 Far | Advanced (9-12) | ||
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We Dare You! Hundreds of Fun Science Bets, Challenges, and Experiments You Can Do at Home | Cobb, Vicki; Darling, Kathy | 507.8 Cob | Elementary (3-5), Intermediate (6-8) | ||
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Don't Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style | Olso, Randy | 501.4 Ols | Advanced (9-12) | ||
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Every Season | Rotner, Shelley; Woodhull, Anne Love | 508.2 Rot | Primary (K-2), Elementary (3-5) | Additional Resources | |
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Why Sh*t Happens: The Science of a Really Bad Day | Bentley, Peter J. | 502 Ben | |||
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100 Greatest Science Discoveries of All Time | Haven, Hendall | 509 Hav | Intermediate (6-8), Advanced (9-12) |
560 – Palentology
| Book Cover | Title | Author | Call Number | Reading Level | Awards | Resources |
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How Dinosaurs Took Flight: The Fossils, The Science, What We Think We Know, and The Mysteries Yet Unsolved | Sloan, Christopher | 567.9 Slo | Intermediate (6-8) | ||
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The Discovery and Mystery of a Dinosaur Named Jane | Williams, Judith | 567.912 Wil | |||
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Dinosaur Atlas | Malam, John; Woodward, John | 567.9 Mal | |||
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Prehistoric Actual Size | Jenkins, Steve | 560 Jen | |||
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Giant Sea Reptiles of the Dinosaur Age | Arnold, Caroline | 567.9 Arn | Intermediate (6-8) | ||
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Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! | Kudlinski, Kathleen V. | 567.9 Kud | Elementary (3-5) | ||
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Barnum's bones : how Barnum Brown discovered the most famous dinosaur in the world | Fern, Tracey | 560.9 Fer | Elementary (3-5) | 2013 NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People; 2013 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 | |
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Digging for bird-dinosaurs : an expedition to Madagascar | Bishop, Nic | 567.9 Bis | |||
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Tracking Tyrannosaurs | Sloan, Christopher | 567.9 Slo | Elementary (3-5) | 2014 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 | |
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Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled | Thimmesh, Catherine | 567.9 Thi | Elementary (3-5) | 2014 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 |
570 – Life Sciences
| Book Cover | Title | Author | Call Number | Reading Level | Awards | Resources |
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Lucky planet : why Earth is exceptional-- and what that means for life in the universe | Waltham, David | 577.2 Wal | Advanced (9-12) | 2014 SB&F Best List | |
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Alien universe : extraterrestrial life in our minds and in the cosmos | Lincoln, Don | 576.8 Lin | Advanced (9-12) | 2014 SB&F Best List | |
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Cold Light: Creatures, Discoveries, and Inventions that Glow | Sitarski, Anita | 572 Sit | Elementary (3-5), Intermediate (6-8) | Additional Resources | |
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Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation | Keller, Michael | 576.8 Kel | Advanced (9-12) | Additional Resources | |
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From Little Acorns | Godwin, Sam | 571.8 God | |||
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Soil, by Elaine Pascoe | Pascoe, Elaine | 577.5 Pas | |||
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How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Rainforest | Forsyth, Adrian | 577.34 For | Intermediate (6-8), Advanced (9-12) | ||
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Prairie Storms | Pattison, Darcy | 577.4 Pat | Primary (K-2), Elementary (3-5) | ||
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Beaks and Bills | Higginson, Mel | 573.3 Hig | Primary (K-2) | ||
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Fungi | Snedden, Robert | 579.5 Sne |
580 – Botanical Sciences
| Book Cover | Title | Author | Call Number | Reading Level | Awards | Resources |
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Redwoods | Chin, Jason | 585 Chi | Elementary (3-5) | ||
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Sorting Plants: What is a Flower? | Hewitt, Sally | 580 Hew | |||
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Seed, Soil, Sun: Earth's Recipe for Food | Peterson, Cris | 581.467 Pet | Primary (K-2), Elementary (3-5), Intermediate (6-8) | ||
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Critical Plant Life | Bodden, Valerie | 581.7 Bod | Elementary (3-5), Intermediate (6-8), Advanced (9-12) | ||
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Planting the Wild Garden | Galbraith, Kathryn O. | 581.4 Gal | Primary (K-2) | ||
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It's Harvest Time! | McElroy, Jean | 581.4 McE | Primary (K-2) | ||
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The Sunflower Farmer | Gunderson, Jessica | 583 Gun | |||
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The Grass Project | Blaisdell, Molly | 584 Bla | |||
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Surprising Beans | Blaisdell, Molly | 583 Bla | |||
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Life Science in Depth: Green Plants | Morgan, Sally | 580 Mor |
590 – Zoological Sciences
| Book Cover | Title | Author | Call Number | Reading Level | Awards | Resources |
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Wildlife of the Caribbean | Raffaele, Herbert A. | 590.9 Raf | Intermediate (6-8) | 2014 SB&F Best List | |
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Wild again : the struggle to save the black-footed ferret | Jachowski, David | 599.7 Jac | Advanced (9-12) | 2014 SB&F Best List | |
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Tamarin monkeys | Dunn, Mary R | 599.8 Dun | Primary (K-2) | 2014 SB&F Best List | |
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Skunks | Gish, Melissa | 599.7 Gis | Elementary (3-5) | 2014 SB&F Best List | |
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Secret world of red wolves : the fight to save North America's other wolf | Beeland, T. DeLene | 599.7 Bee | Advanced (9-12) | 2014 SB&F Best List | |
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Secret life of the woolly bear caterpillar | Pringle, Laurence | 595.7 Pri | 2014 SB&F Best List | ||
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Sea slime : it's eeuwy, gooey and under the sea | Prager, Ellen J. | 591.4 Pra | Primary (K-2) | 2014 SB&F Best List | |
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Hippopotamuses | Gish, Melissa | 599.6 Gis | Elementary (3-5) | 2014 SB&F Best List | |
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Feathers : not just for flying | Stewart, Melissa | 598.1 Ste | Elementary (3-5), Advanced (9-12) | 2014 SB&F Best List | |
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Extreme life of the sea | Palumbi, Stephen R | 591.7 Pal | Advanced (9-12) | 2014 SB&F Best List |