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