Science
Science Reading Lists Jan 2010
These suggestions are relevant across the whole science curriculum.
Archaeology, Anthropology and Palaeontology
Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past by James M www.jamesmdeem.com
Sabretooth: Patrick O'Brien www.patrickobrienbooks.com
A Life in the Wild: George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts by Pamela S Turner
Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-1913 by Richard Farr
Earth and Space Science
Life on Earth-And Beyond by Pamela S Turner www.pamelasturner.com
Moon Landing by Richard Platt http://www.richardplatt.co.uk/booksscience.html
Over the Rivers: An Aerial View of Geology by Michael Collier
Environment and Ecology
Animal Tracks and Signs: Track over 400 animals
From big Cats to Backyard Birds by Jinny Johnson
Animals on the Edge: Science Races to Save Species Threatened with Extinction by Sandra Pobst
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathi by Claire A Nivola
Wangaris's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter
When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
The Wolves are Back by Jean Craighead George
Health Science
All about Sleep from A to Zzzzz by Elaine Scott www.elainescott.com
Dr Frankenstein's Human Body Book by Richard Walker
Food as Foe: Nutrition and Eating Disorders by Lesli J Favor
Outbreak: Science Seeks Safeguards for Global Health by Charles Piddock
Life Science
A Platypus' World Written and illustrated by Caroline Arnold
African Critters Written and illustrated with photographs by Robert B Haas
Eggs by Marilyn Singer and Emma Stevenson
Genetics: From DNA to Designer Dogs by Kathleen Simpson
Physical Science
Car Science by Richard Hammond
Technology and Engineering
Cool Stuff Exploded by Chris Woodford
Others
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Bill Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything
Hawking - The universe in a Nutshell
Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman
Origin of the Species by Darwin
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
These suggestions are relevant across the whole science curriculum.
Archaeology, Anthropology and Palaeontology
Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past by James M www.jamesmdeem.com
Sabretooth: Patrick O'Brien www.patrickobrienbooks.com
A Life in the Wild: George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts by Pamela S Turner
Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-1913 by Richard Farr
Earth and Space Science
Life on Earth-And Beyond by Pamela S Turner www.pamelasturner.com
Moon Landing by Richard Platt http://www.richardplatt.co.uk/booksscience.html
Over the Rivers: An Aerial View of Geology by Michael Collier
Environment and Ecology
Animal Tracks and Signs: Track over 400 animals
From big Cats to Backyard Birds by Jinny Johnson
Animals on the Edge: Science Races to Save Species Threatened with Extinction by Sandra Pobst
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathi by Claire A Nivola
Wangaris's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter
When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
The Wolves are Back by Jean Craighead George
Health Science
All about Sleep from A to Zzzzz by Elaine Scott www.elainescott.com
Dr Frankenstein's Human Body Book by Richard Walker
Food as Foe: Nutrition and Eating Disorders by Lesli J Favor
Outbreak: Science Seeks Safeguards for Global Health by Charles Piddock
Life Science
A Platypus' World Written and illustrated by Caroline Arnold
African Critters Written and illustrated with photographs by Robert B Haas
Eggs by Marilyn Singer and Emma Stevenson
Genetics: From DNA to Designer Dogs by Kathleen Simpson
Physical Science
Car Science by Richard Hammond
Technology and Engineering
Cool Stuff Exploded by Chris Woodford
Others
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Bill Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything
Hawking - The universe in a Nutshell
Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman
Origin of the Species by Darwin
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
