Fourth Grade
GRAND CANYON. 2017. Jason Chin. Macmillan Children's Publishing Group/ Roaring Brook Press. 56 pp. ISBN-13: 9781596439504.As a girl explores the Grand Canyon with her father, she steps back in time to see the organisms and geological features which existed millions of years ago. Layered text and graphics convey additional information such as the fossil formation process. STANDARD 2: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE.
SCIENCE COMICS: FLYING MACHINES. Alison Wilgus. Macmillan Children's Publishing Group / First Second. 128 pp. ISBN-13: 9781626721401. The Wright Brothers’ invention of the airplane is chronicled in a graphic novel format. Readers will see how forces such as lift and drag were investigated in a real-world application. STANDARD 4: SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY.
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Fifth Grade
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 2017. David Aguilar. Penguin Young Readers / Viking Books for Young Readers. 80 pp. ISBN-13: 9780451476852. Join astronomer David Aguilar on a journey through the solar system to view his selection of the seven wonders of the solar system, including Mars and the rings of Saturn. Digitized compilations of objects in the solar system will engage readers of all ages. STANDARD 2: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE.
ANIMAL JOURNALS; LAND MAMMALS OF THE WORLD. 2017.Juan Carlos Alonso. Quarto / Walter Foster Jr. 128 pp.ISBN-13: 9781633221963. Characteristics of species from fifteen orders of land-based mammals are portrayed through realistic illustrations, scientific facts, and descriptive text about their regional food web role. Additional information about taxonomy is included. STANDARD 3: LIFE SCIENCE.
Primary Honorable Mention
CURIOUS PEARL OBSERVES MIGRATION. 2017. Eric Braun. Illus. Stephanie Dehennin. Capstone. 24pp. ISBN-13: 9781515813446. Curious Pearl loves science and uses her skills of questioning, observing, and inferring to help her friend, Sal, investigate why some backyard birds have gone missing. They learn about the process and importance of migration in the process. STANDARD 3: LIFE SCIENCE.
DAYTIME, NIGHTTIME ALL THROUGH THE YEAR. 2017. Diane Lang. Illus. Andrea Gabriel.Dawn Publications. 26pp. ISBN-13: 9781584696070.Moving from January to December, using rhyming text, this book highlights diurnal and nocturnal animals and their actions. STANDARD 2: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE.
ROUND. 2017. Joyce Sidman. Illus. Taeeun Yoo. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 32pp. ISBN-13: 9780544387614. Using the concept of “round,” the author details all of the magnificent ways in which we can observe roundness in things and how this property is helpful to a variety of objects and organisms. STANDARD 1: PHYSICAL SCIENCE.