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Recommended Reading for Denison Children’s Science Program, August – September 2007 |
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Note: Books with no call # are not in our collection. |
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SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
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Cobb, Vicki. |
Science experiments you can eat.
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J 502.8 COBB |
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Kerrod, Robin. |
The way science works.
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J 507.8 KERROD |
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Newcomb, Rain. |
Smash it! Crash it! Launch it! |
J 507.8 NEWCOMB |
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VanCleave, Janice. |
Janice VanCleave’s 200 gooey, slippery, slimy, weird, and fun experiments. |
J 507.8 VANCLEAVE |
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Wood, Robert. |
What? : Experiments for the young scientist.
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J 507.8 WOOD |
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Wood, Robert. |
When? : Experiments for the young scientist.
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J 507.8 WOOD |
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Mandell, Muriel. |
Simple kitchen experiments: Learning science with everyday foods. |
J 641.3 MANDELL |
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Mitgutsch, Ali |
From cacao bean to chocolate. |
E 664 MITGUTSCH |
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Mitgutsch, Ali |
From sand to glass. |
E 666 MITGUTSCH |
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Mitgutsch, Ali |
From clay to bricks. |
E 666 MITGUTSCH |
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Mitgutsch, Ali |
From rubber tire to tree. |
E 678 MITGUTSCH |
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Spangler, Steve. |
Secret science: 25 science experiments your teacher doesn’t know about. |
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WEATHER
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Gardner, Robert. |
Science projects about the environment and ecology.
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J 507.4 GARDNER |
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Christian, Spencer. |
Can it really rain frogs?: The world’s strangest weather events. |
J 551.5 CHRISTIAN |
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Lambert, David. |
Weather and its work.
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J 551.5 LAMBERT |
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Lampton, C.. |
Meteorology: An introduction.
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J 551.5 LAMPTON |
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Wind and weather. (A child’s first library of learning.)
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J 551.5 WIND |
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Martin, Jacqueline. |
Snowflake Bentley.
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J 551.57 MARTIN |
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Flagg, Ann. |
Early themes: Grades K-1: Weather. Scholastic Professional Books, 1997. |
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Haslam, Andrew. |
Make it work: Weather: The hands-on approach to geography. |
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Spangler, Steve. |
Taming the tornado tube: 50 weird and wacky things you can do with a tornado tube. |
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WATER
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Murphy, Brian. |
Experiment with water.
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J 532.078 MURPHY |
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Wick, Walter. |
A drop of water: A book of science and wonder
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J 546.22 WICK |
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COLOR AND LIGHT
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Science in our world: Light.
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J 507 SCIENCE |
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Ardley, Neil. |
Sun and light. (Action science.)
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J 535 ARDLEY |
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Murphy, Brian. |
Experiment with light. |
J 535.078 MURPHY |
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Burnie, David. |
DK Eyewitness Books: Light.
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J 535.2 BURNIE |
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Ardley, Neil. |
The science book of color.
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J 535.6 ARDLEY |
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Frost, Helen. |
Seeing.
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E 612.8 FROST |
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Silk, Courtney. |
Early themes: Grades K-1: Colors.
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SOUND
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Science in action: Light and sound.
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J 507 SCIENCE |
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Science in our world: Sounds and music.
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J 507 SCIENCE |
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Ardley, Neil. |
Sound and music.
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J 534 ARDLEY |
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Frost, Helen. |
Hearing.
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E 612.8 FROST |
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MAGNETS
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Ardley, Neil. |
Exploring magnetism.
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J 538 ARDLEY |
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Lieberg, Owen S. |
Wonders of magnets and magnetism.
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J 538 LIEBERG |
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Rohrig, Brian. |
39 amazing experiments with the mega-magnet.
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FLIGHT AND MOVEMENT
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Science in our world: Falling.
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J 507 SCIENCE |
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Science in our world: Flight.
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J 507 SCIENCE |
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Lafferty, Peter. |
Eyewitness books: Force and motion.
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J 531.2 LAFFERTY |
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Bishop, Nic. |
The secrets of animal flight.
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J 591.1 BISHOP |
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Maynard, C. |
I wonder why planes have wings and other questions about transportation. |
E 629.04 MAYNARD |
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DINOSAURS
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Taylor, Paul. |
DK Eyewitness Books: Fossil. |
J 560 TAYLOR |
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Gallant, Jonathan. |
The tales fossils tell. |
J 560.21 GALLANT |
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Aaseng, Nathan. |
American dinosaur hunters.
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J 560.92 AASENG |
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Kerley, Barbara. |
The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins. |
J 567.9 KERLEY |
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Wenzel, Gregory. |
Feathered dinosaurs of China.
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J 567.9 WENZEL |
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Zoehfield, Kathleen. |
Dinosaur parents, dinosaur young: Uncovering the mysteries of dinosaur families. |
J 567.9 ZOEHFIELD |
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Asimov, Issac. |
Did comets kill the dinosaurs?
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J 567.91 ASIMOV |
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Berkowitz, Jacob. |
Jurassic poop: What dinosaurs (and others) left behind. |
J 567.91 BERKOWITZ |
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BUGS |
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Dashefsky, H. |
Insect biology: 49 science fair projects. |
J 507 DASHEFSKY |
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Facklam, Margery. |
Spiders and their web sites. |
J 595.44 FACKLAM |
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Bailey, Jill. |
The life cycle of a grasshopper.
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J 595.7 BAILEY |
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O’Neill, Amanda. |
I wonder why spiders spin webs and other questions about creepy crawlies. |
E 595.7 O’NEILL |
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Parker, Steve. |
DK Eyewitness Explorer: Insects.
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J 595.7 PARKER |
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Patent, Dorothy. |
Beetles and how they live.
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J 595.76 PATENT |
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Taylor, Kim. |
See how they grow: Butterfly.
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E 595.78 TAYLOR |
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Gibbons, Gail. |
The honey makers.
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J 595.79 GIBBONS |
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Jennings, Terry. |
Earthworms. |
J 639.7546 JENNINGS |
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Gordon, David. |
The eat-a-bug cookbook.
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J 641.8 GORDON |
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THE HUMAN BODY |
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Fleischman, John. |
Phineas Gage: A gruesome but true story about brain science. |
J 362.1 FLEISCHMAN |
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Frost, Helen. |
The skeletal system.
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E 611 FROST |
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Clayman, Charles. |
The human body: An illustrated guide to its structure, function, and disorders. |
J 612 CLAYMAN |
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Richardson, Joy. |
What happens when you breathe? |
E 612 RICHARDSON |
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Richardson, Joy. |
What happens when you talk? |
E 612 RICHARDSON |
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Richardson, Joy. |
What happens when you touch and feel? |
E 612 RICHARDSON |
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Parker, Steve. |
How the body works.
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J 612.2 PARKER |
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Parker, Steve. |
My first body book.
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J 612.2 PARKER |
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Aliki. |
I’m growing.
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E 612.65 ALIKI |
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WEBSITES
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ALA great websites for kids: Science experiments. Available at: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsitesscience.htm
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NASA website: For kids. Available at http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html
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National Geographic kids: Fun activity ideas for kids. Available at: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Activities/
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Steve Spangler science. Available at: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/
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U. S Department of Education |
Helping your child learn science. April 1991. Available online at: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/index.html
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ZoomSci. Available at: http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/
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Other helpful websites available to library patrons through: http://www.texshare.edu/denison/
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