Possible Future AR Book Acquisitions
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An Assortment of Science, Engineering, and Technology Books
For Which Accelerated Reader Tests Could Be Purchased By The District
| Quiz | Title | Description | Pages | Words | Level | Points | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 523 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Unabridged) | Captain Nemo takes the first submarine on exciting adventures. | 389 | 138138 | 10.0 | 28.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 34787 | 2010: Odyssey Two | This science fiction novel is a sequel to 2001, A Space Odyssey. | 335 | 74109 | 7.8 | 13.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 34785 | 2061: Odyssey Three | While on an expedition to Halley's Comet, a spaceship crew is called to carry out a dangerous rescue mission. | 268 | 58099 | 8.3 | 11.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 78254 | A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century | This book chronicles the life of Frederick Law Olmsted, focusing on the memorable landscapes he created throughout America. | 480 | 142526 | 9.5 | 28.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 83835 | A Nuclear Power Plant | This book presents a historical overview of nuclear power and describes the scientific and technological aspects of constructing a nuclear power plant. | 112 | 21974 | 11.7 | 5.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 86333 | A Traveler's Guide to Mars: The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet | This introduction to the landscape of Mars describes 4.5 billion years of Martian history, impact explosions, volcanic outbursts, ancient floods, and the possibilities for life. | 468 | 105241 | 11.0 | 22.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 36648 | A Unit of Water, a Unit of Time | This is a charming depiction of a master boat-builder at work, describing the value of work, attention to detail, and beauty of craftsmanship necessary to transform a boat into a masterpiece. | 303 | 94922 | 6.9 | 16.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 86541 | Air Force One: The Aircraft that Shaped the Modern Presidency | Full-color and archival photographs show how airliners have been used by U.S. presidents in the second half of the twentieth century, and explains how the presidency itself has been affected by the events and advances of the 1900s. | 191 | 48530 | 10.9 | 10.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 31551 | All About How Things Are Made | This book describes the way some common items are made including pencils, crayons, paper, and pennies. | 32 | 2214 | 4.5 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 80003 | Ansel Adams: An Autobiography | Ansel Adams recalls with characteristic warmth, vigor, and wit his extraordinary career as conservationist, teacher, musician, crusader, and above all, photographer. | 339 | 136600 | 9.7 | 27.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 36058 | Apollo Moonwalks: The Amazing Lunar Missions | This book discusses the six Apollo missions that landed on the moon, describing the work performed, traveled involved, and the collection of moon rocks. | 48 | 5418 | 7.1 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 63042 | Archimedes (Great Names) | This book is a biography of Archimedes, a Greek scholar and mathematician who lived more than 2,000 years ago. | 32 | 2764 | 5.7 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 55291 | Atlantis Found | When mysterious black obsidian skulls and other artifacts of an exceedingly ancient culture begin to turn up in odd places, Dirk Pitt jumps in with both feet. | 532 | 169566 | 7.7 | 30.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 64890 | Atmosphere: Sea of Air | This book describes the atmosphere which makes life on Earth possible, explores its effects on weather and climate, and examines what causes air pollution and what can be done about it. | 80 | 11998 | 8.2 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 86334 | Becoming a Tiger: How Baby Animals Learn to Live in the Wild | This book is a comprehensive scientific study to illustrate the ways in which animals figure out how to function in the world. | 418 | 136667 | 8.7 | 26.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 74606 | Benjamin Franklin: An American Life | This book tells the life story of Benjamin Franklin, describing the many hats he wore, from inventor to businessman to statesman; the persona he created and his relationships with his wife, his illegitimate son, and his illegitimate grandson. | 590 | 182109 | 10.6 | 38.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 72651 | Bhopal: Chemical Plant Accident | This book presents an account of the 1984 chemical accident at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, and its aftermath. | 48 | 8929 | 8.3 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 56711 | Biometric Technology | This book examines ways in which an individual's identity can be verified, different ways this information can be used, and technological advances in the process, and some issues concerning use of technology to identify people. | 64 | 11266 | 8.5 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 59243 | Bio-Strike | The most dangerous man of this century has employed the most dangerous weapon yet. Criminal mastermind Harlan DeVane has developed a deadly, genetically engineered superbug. As Roger falls prey to the disease, his medical teams race to find the cure. | 453 | 113251 | 7.6 | 20.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 4358 | Bookworks: Making Books by Hand | This book describes the history of books and demonstrates how to create handmade books. | 64 | 9452 | 6.1 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 8653 | Brave New World | This novel is a shocking look at a frightening tomorrow. | 267 | 63766 | 7.5 | 11.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 14928 | Braving the Elements | Explores the different kinds of weather and storms in North America. | 225 | 76292 | 10.4 | 16.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 82135 | Bread Comes to Life: A Garden of Wheat and a Loaf to Eat | This book tells the story of the sowing, growing, reaping, threshing, milling, nixing, kneading, shaping, rising, baking, and breaking of whole grain bread. | 32 | 324 | 1.9 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 50743 | Building a House | Simple text and photographs introduce the construction of a house. | 16 | 197 | 1.9 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 14157 | Buildings (First Technology Library) | Discusses the construction and different uses of buildings. | 30 | 3648 | 5.5 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 10851 | But What of Earth? | A rousing and thought-provoking Piers Anthony science fiction adventure about colonizing a planet far from over-crowded Earth. | 282 | 73719 | 6.1 | 12.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 31678 | Camping for Kids | A father-daughter team describes their camping adventures, including choosing equipment, planning the trip and the menu, safety and first aid. | 85 | 13757 | 5.7 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 81855 | Castles (Craft Topics) | This book combines historical facts with interesting and relevant craft activities about castles. | 32 | 3899 | 6.2 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 88180 | Chemical Energy | This book looks at the characteristics of chemical energy and discusses the various sources that produce chemical energy. | 32 | 4510 | 6.4 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 47190 | Color (Science Experiments) | This book is a collection of experiments that explore the nature of color and how it is created and perceived. | 32 | 3994 | 6.6 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 12159 | Color and Light | Suggests a variety of experiments, recipes, and other activities demonstrating the properties of color and light. | 47 | 13847 | 6.9 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 2201 | Colorful Kites | This book talks about the history and uses of kites, and how to make them. | 56 | 3862 | 3.3 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 17806 | Contact | Futuristic book about extraterrestrials. | 431 | 119654 | 9.4 | 23.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 12947 | Coping Through Assertiveness | Discusses assertive behavior, gaining confidence and self-assurance to deal with problems as one is growing up. | 225 | 60000 | 6.5 | 10.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 12114 | Coping with Metal Trash | How to promote recycling of metal products by industry and consumers. | 31 | 939 | 5.0 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 85908 | Cork Boat | John Pollack presents an account of his experiences building a boat out of 165,321 wine corks, and sailing it down the Douro River in Portugal. | 291 | 70359 | 7.4 | 12.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 54433 | D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II | In this book, the author draws from more than 1,400 interviews with American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans to create a chronicle of D-Day, the climactic battle of World War II. | 655 | 223210 | 8.7 | 42.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 79336 | Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales | Forensic scientist Bill Bass describes his decades of work at the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility, a hillside lab dedicated to the study of human decomposition, and discusses several criminal cases. | 304 | 95563 | 9.2 | 18.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 44234 | Deep-Sea Explorer: The Story of Robert Ballard, Discoverer of the Titanic | This is a biography of Robert Ballard as he triumphs in his discovery of the sunken "Titanic." | 144 | 27180 | 7.9 | 5.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 40824 | Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager: Flying Non-Stop Around the World | This book tells the story of Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan's non-stop flight around the world. | 48 | 4939 | 5.7 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 49095 | Digital Revolution (20th Century Inventions) | This book defines digital technology and demonstrates its applications in the home and workplace, and in the entertainment, communications, and sound recording industries. | 48 | 6623 | 8.7 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 12214 | Distance (Measure up with Science) | The science of distance. | 31 | 3477 | 6.5 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 31043 | Diving into Oceans | This book introduces life in the oceans, and includes craft and activity ideas. | 94 | 17581 | 8.3 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 59704 | Dorothea Lange: A Photographer's Life | This biography of Dorothea Lange, whose depression-era photographs became mythic symbols in their time, documents her development as an artist and provides a portrayal of a life burdened with illness and conflicting demands of family and profession. | 399 | 139801 | 8.7 | 26.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 5264 | Dove | This exciting true story details sixteen-year-old Robin Lee Graham's round-the-world voyage in a 24-foot sloop. | 199 | 61759 | 6.6 | 10.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 78155 | Electrical Circuits (Delta Science) | This book explains an electric charge, electric current, series and parallel circuits, and how magnets work. | 16 | 2090 | 4.8 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 52458 | Electricity (How Can I Experiment with...?) | This book explains what electricity is, why opposites attract, and what a conductor is. | 32 | 1244 | 4.8 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 47193 | Electricity (Science Experiments) | This book is a collection of experiments that explore the nature of electricity and how it is created and perceived. | 32 | 4806 | 7.4 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1654 | Electricity (Straightforward Science) | This book explains the main scientific principles of electricity and presents experiments to show how it works. | 32 | 3444 | 6.9 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 29048 | Electricity (Young Scientists) | This book provides an introduction to how electricity is generated, conducted, and used. | 30 | 1700 | 4.3 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 49097 | Electricity and Magnetism (Science Fact Files) | This book explains electricity and magnetism, how they are related, and their influence on our lives. | 45 | 8528 | 8.9 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 11062 | Electronics | This book traces the history, discoveries, and devices of the science of electronics. | 64 | 5515 | 9.0 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 81356 | Electronics (21st Century Science) | This book focuses on electronics while looking at where science is going in our new century, the interface between science and technology, and the repercussions of science on society. | 44 | 7705 | 8.5 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 26341 | Emergencies (Safety Sense) | Describes the most important things to do when someone is hurt in an accident and discusses the basic rule of first aid for treating illness and injury. | 24 | 880 | 4.5 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 66961 | Engineering | This book describes the job outlook and required training, education, and qualifications for engineering career opportunities in business, telecommunications, and many other fields. | 112 | 23530 | 11.8 | 5.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 2612 | Engineering (Into the Next Millennium) | This book surveys the development of engineering and notable achievements in the field, including the Wall of Jericho, the works of Archimedes, Roman roads, and the Panama Canal. | 31 | 4354 | 6.6 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 13253 | Environment (Science Fair) | Explains the scientific method and suggests various projects related to the environment. | 48 | 7420 | 6.1 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 58446 | Everyday Physical Science Experiments with Magnetism | This book explains what a magnetic field is and some experiments that can be done with magnets. | 24 | 1732 | 4.7 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 46928 | Everything You Need to Know About Credit Cards and Fiscal Responsibility | This book provides information on credit cards and the fiscal responsibility that goes with them. | 62 | 7891 | 7.4 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1829 | Experimenting with Color | This book's experiments and activities reinforce a general discussion of the properties of light, the electromagnetic spectrum, and color vision. | 124 | 15423 | 7.7 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1835 | Experimenting with Science Photography | This book gives ideas for different photography experiments. | 144 | 21590 | 8.7 | 4.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 564 | Exploring the Titanic | This book is the author's account of how he discovered the "Titanic" based on his bestseller, THE DISCOVERY OF THE TITANIC. | 61 | 17209 | 6.6 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 42994 | Extraordinary Women Scientists | This book profiles the lives and work of notable women scientists. | 218 | 56398 | 10.3 | 11.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 60658 | Fantastic Voyage | Four men and one woman, reduced to a microscopic fraction of their original size, board a miniaturized atomic submarine and are injected into a dying man's carotid artery. At stake, the fate of the entire world. | 186 | 62436 | 6.0 | 10.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 65652 | Farthest North | This is Fridtjof Nansen's account of his 1893 expedition to reach the North Pole. | 508 | 189086 | 7.5 | 33.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 63692 | Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing | Tom Clancy explores the U.S. Air Force's elite, the Fighter Wing, with an insider's look at the planes, the technology, and the people. | 331 | 128114 | 11.0 | 27.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 26342 | Fire Safety (Safety Sense) | Shows what to do and what not to do to practice fire safety. | 24 | 702 | 3.9 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 32141 | Fishing for Kids | This book introduces the techniques, equipment, and bait used to catch various types of fish. | 96 | 12632 | 5.3 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 39942 | Floating and Sinking | What kind of things float in water and what kind of things sink? This book shows you how to discover the answers. | 16 | 282 | 2.2 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 68831 | Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It | This book is an examination of the impact of the disastrous Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918. | 330 | 99564 | 9.8 | 20.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1655 | Food Chain (Straightforward Science) | This book introduces the basic science behind food chains and presents experiments to show how they work. | 32 | 2998 | 5.5 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1923 | Food: The Struggle to Sustain the Human Community | This book discusses the history of food, its production, and the political ramifications of its dissemination and consumption. | 208 | 52544 | 10.9 | 11.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 52462 | Force & Motion (How Can I Experiment with...?) | This book explains what force is and how the lever, pulley, and wedge work. | 32 | 1279 | 4.0 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1656 | Forces and Movement (Straightforward Science) | This book introduces the basic science behind forces and movement and presents experiments to show how they work. | 32 | 2744 | 5.8 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 29049 | Forces and Movement (Young Scientists) | This book describes such forces as gravity, magnetism, and friction and ways in which such forces cause or impede movement. It includes simple experiments. | 30 | 1588 | 3.7 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1575 | Forces Around Us (It's Science!) | This is an interactive approach which introduces the concept of force as something that pushes or pulls and includes a discussion of such forces as gravity, wind, magnetism, weight, and water. | 30 | 956 | 3.9 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 62392 | Francis Crick and James Watson: Pioneers in DNA Research | This book reviews the lives and accomplishments of Francis Crick and James Watson, who are credited with solving much of the mystery of heredity by mapping the structure of DNA. | 56 | 8715 | 8.4 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 77050 | From Metal to Airplane (Start to Finish) | This book briefly introduces the process by which an airplane is made from sheet metal and other parts. | 24 | 278 | 2.1 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 10033 | Future Shock | A book about what happens to people when they are overwhelmed by change. It is about the ways in which we adapt--or fail to adapt--to the future. | 487 | 137814 | 11.6 | 30.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 80185 | Genes & DNA (Kingfisher Knowledge) | This book presents an illustrated introduction to the science of genetics and DNA, explaining how genes and DNA work and looking at applications of DNA technology. | 64 | 17028 | 9.0 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 78259 | Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters | This book tells the story of one of the genes on each of the 23 chromosomes in the human genome. | 344 | 107555 | 11.2 | 23.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 44861 | Ghosts of the Titanic | Firsthand accounts and oceanic findings join to create a vivid picture of the night the "Titanic" went down, offering new conclusions about the sinking. | 293 | 91445 | 9.0 | 17.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 4860 | Go-Carts (Action Sports Library) | This book is an introduction to the sport of go-carting. | 32 | 2800 | 5.8 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 69059 | Gorillas in the Mist | This book presents Dian Fossey's account of her thirteen years living in a remote African rain forest where she conducted groundbreaking research on gorillas and worked to ensure their future. | 326 | 100560 | 10.3 | 20.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 47261 | Gravity | A young NASA doctor must combat a lethal microbe that is multiplying in the deadliest of environments -- space. | 385 | 101305 | 5.9 | 16.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 52463 | Gravity (How Can I Experiment with...?) | This book explains where gravity is, what the effects of gravity are, and how gravity makes us strong. | 32 | 1491 | 4.7 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 16465 | Great Buildings (Nature Company Discoveries Library) | Provides information about famous and historic buildings including how they were built, and the cultural backgrounds of many. | 61 | 5061 | 7.6 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 42635 | Growing Trees | This book describes how to plant, care for, prune, and protect various kinds of trees. | 24 | 760 | 3.8 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 42636 | Growing Vegetables | This book discusses the selection, planting, maintenance, and harvesting of vegetables. | 24 | 789 | 3.5 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 80012 | Hacker Cracker: A Journey from the Mean Streets of Brooklyn to the Frontiers of Cyberspace | The author, raised by an extended family in Brooklyn, tells the story of how he became involved with computers, and discusses some of his exploits as a hacker before becoming a security specialist for a large financial firm. | 258 | 76149 | 6.4 | 12.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 27758 | Hamsters and Gerbils (Popular Pet Care) | This book describes the housing, feeding, care, and handling of hamsters and gerbils. | 31 | 1409 | 4.1 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 52319 | Handshake in Space: The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project | During a field trip to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, Lucy and Kevin time travel to the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. | 31 | 1673 | 4.4 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 50021 | Health Science Projects About Anatomy and Physiology | The ideas introduced in this book will help you perform challenging and fun science fair projects. | 127 | 16925 | 7.8 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 50022 | Health Science Projects About Heredity | This book examines heredity and genetics, from Mendel's first work in the subject to cloning. | 126 | 18303 | 8.9 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 50023 | Health Science Projects About Your Senses | This book examines the five senses and presents interesting experiments for each. | 111 | 17537 | 7.5 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 86624 | Heavy-Duty Science Projects with Weight: How Much Does It Weigh? | Simple experiments about weight are introduced in this book, from measuring air to defying gravity and learning about forces other than gravity. Many of the projects could be used for science fairs. | 48 | 4782 | 4.8 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 28213 | Hiking (Outdoor Adventures) | This book contains an introduction to hiking, covering aspects as planning, clothing, supplies, food, safety, and the enjoyment of animal and plant life along the way. | 24 | 801 | 4.4 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 32140 | Hiking for Kids | This how-to outdoor adventure book outlines various hiking experiences and the proper preparations for them. | 96 | 13904 | 6.1 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 49356 | Horseback Riding in Action | This book introduces the techniques, equipment, rules, and safety requirements for horseback riding. | 32 | 3950 | 5.8 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 4483 | Hot and Cold (Step-by-Step) | The author explains hot and cold air through examples from everyday life through the use of activities and simple experiments of science. | 32 | 1918 | 4.5 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 21652 | How a Book Is Made | This book describes the stages in making a book, starting with the writing of a manuscript and the drawing of pictures, and explaining all the technical processes leading to printed and bound copies. | 32 | 702 | 3.3 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 70170 | How Do You Raise a Raisin? | Inside this book readers will find out how grapes are grown before they become raisins, who introduced the seedless grape, and the many uses for raisins besides snacks. | 32 | 1507 | 5.5 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 4478 | How Maps Are Made (Maps & Mapmakers) | This book describes the history of mapmaking and provides instructions for making maps. | 48 | 7726 | 7.4 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 66297 | How to Build a Robot | This book is a guide to building a walking, talking, thinking robot. You will find out about robots in fact and fiction, from R2D2 to C3PO, to real robots that can smell, learn, fly, and beat humans at chess. | 96 | 7977 | 6.9 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 66298 | How to Build a Rocket | Find out how space travel first began and how it works, how to survive on the moon, and how to build a working rocket to get you there. | 96 | 9294 | 6.1 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1832 | How to do a Science Fair Project | This book is a step-by-step guide for creating a variety of projects suitable for entry in a science fair with suggestions for choosing a subject, performing the experiment, and polishing the presentation. | 127 | 23075 | 9.9 | 5.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 45746 | How to Draw Airplanes | This book describes how to draw various airplanes, including the Wright Flyer, Spirit of St. Louis, and Stealth Bomber. | 24 | 2857 | 4.8 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 45747 | How to Draw Cars | This book describes how to draw various cars, including the Benz three-wheeler, Volkswagen Beetle, and McLaren F1. | 24 | 2582 | 4.4 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 85400 | How to Draw Things in Nature | The book emphasizes careful observation of animals and plants in nature. The elements of light and shade, contour lines, and composition come together to achieve an accurate depiction of the artist's world. | 32 | 3487 | 4.8 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 31489 | How to Enter and Win an Invention Contest | This book describes the history and process of invention and lists national middle school and high school level invention contests and entrance rules, regional inventors' clubs, and ideas for projects. | 104 | 17036 | 7.3 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 50293 | How to Make a Bird Feeder | This book takes young readers through the steps of making a pine cone bird feeder. | 16 | 96 | 1.9 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 69118 | How Wars Are Won: The 13 Rules of War-from Ancient Greece to the War on Terror | This book presents a history of warfare from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century, and identifies and describes thirteen rules essential for victory, including feign retreat, strike at enemy weakness, defend then attack, and others. | 401 | 122197 | 10.9 | 26.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 78284 | How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter | This book discusses the dying process, explaining how a variety of diseases and conditions affect the human body and relating some of the author's experiences with death. | 278 | 104644 | 11.2 | 22.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 83211 | How We Use Metal | This book provides a brief introduction into the many ways we use metals in our daily lives. | 32 | 2371 | 4.8 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 13260 | Human Body (Science Fair) | Explains the scientific method and suggests a variety of experiments and projects about the construction and function of the human body. | 48 | 7627 | 6.9 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 67483 | I Want to Be a Mechanic | This book is a general presentation of the activities of a mechanic. | 24 | 235 | 2.5 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 47168 | Ice Cream Treats: The Inside Scoop | In this book you will get an up-close look at liquid ice cream, huge vats of melted chocolate, and one of the coldest freezers this side of the North Pole. | 48 | 2010 | 5.2 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1833 | Ideas for Science Projects | This book introduces the scientific method through instructions for observations and experiments in biology, physics, astronomy, botany, psychology, and chemistry. | 160 | 30159 | 8.1 | 5.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 31046 | Incredible Insects | This book is an introduction to the study of insects. Included are activity and craft ideas. | 94 | 15355 | 6.7 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 73666 | International Space Station (Super Structures of the World) | This book describes the history and ongoing construction of the International Space Station, as well as the effects on the human body of extended stays there. | 48 | 4075 | 7.4 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 69589 | Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone | This is the true story of journalist Henry Morgan Stanley's successful trek through the African interior to find and rescue a stranded Dr. David Livingstone. | 340 | 109125 | 8.9 | 21.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 40826 | Isaac Newton: Discovering Laws That Govern the Universe | This book describes the life and scientific contributions of the famed English mathematician who changed our perception of the universe. | 64 | 9860 | 8.4 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 86625 | It's About Time! Science Projects: How Long Does It Take? | Simple experiments about time are introduced in this book, including estimating time with a heart clock or a pendulum clock, and using time to stop motion. Many of the projects could be used for science fairs. | 48 | 4657 | 4.8 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 47458 | Jacques Cousteau (A&E Biography) | This book examines the life and accomplishments of the oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, describing his work studying and filming the undersea world. | 109 | 16258 | 7.3 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 77241 | Jacques Cousteau (Explorers) | This book examines the life and accomplishments of the French oceanographer, describing his work studying and filming the undersea world. | 32 | 2066 | 4.9 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 62394 | Jacques-Yves Cousteau: His Story Under the Sea | This book examines the life and accomplishments of the French oceanographer, describing his work studying and filming the undersea world. | 48 | 8700 | 7.5 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 11816 | James Watson & Francis Crick: Decoding the Secrets of DNA | Explores the partnership of the two men who solved the puzzle of the structure of DNA. | 106 | 16227 | 9.7 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 60488 | James Watt: Master of the Steam Engine | This is a biography of the eighteenth-century Scottish inventor and engineer whose improved designs of the steam engine made its wide use possible. | 64 | 11805 | 7.1 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 4857 | Jet Skiing (Action Sports Library) | This book is an introduction to jet skis and the sport of jet skiing. | 32 | 2040 | 5.1 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 46429 | Kayaking (Radical Sports) | This book is an introduction to kayaking, covering the evolution of the sport, the equipment, basic technique, and safety tips. | 32 | 3906 | 6.0 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 58961 | Kids to the Rescue! First Aid Techniques for Kids | This is a simple first aid book for kids and about kids. | 72 | 3309 | 3.8 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 29252 | Kitten Care and Critters, Too! | This book explains how to choose, train, and care for a kitten, and has comparisons to other animals. The coauthor is Bill Fleming. | 40 | 1135 | 4.0 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 88650 | Learn to Draw 3-D | This book provides instructions for making one-point and two-point perspective drawings. | 80 | 5541 | 5.7 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 55712 | Leonardo and the Flying Boy: A Story About Leonardo Da Vinci | Zoro made an astonishing discovery. His teacher was building a mysterious machine. A machine intended to fly! Here begins a fascinating story based on a true event, for Zoro's master was the famous artist and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci. | 32 | 1328 | 3.6 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 64617 | Leonardo Da Vinci (Scientists Who Made History) | This book is a biography of the versatile Renaissance artist in the context of his times, describing some of his achievements in painting, architecture, engineering, sculpture, and science. | 48 | 6887 | 7.3 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 82955 | Leonardo da Vinci: With a Discussion of Imagination | Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant artist, inventor, scientist, and architect. Hundreds of years ago, he designed inventions that are still used today. | 48 | 2982 | 3.9 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 70395 | Let's Try It Out in the Air | This book presents simple activities and experiments that demonstrate the properties of air by observing the presence of air and the pressure it exerts. | 32 | 1348 | 3.6 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 70396 | Let's Try It Out in the Water | This book presents simple activities and experiments that demonstrate buoyancy by observing why some things sink and others float in water. | 32 | 1359 | 4.0 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 70397 | Let's Try It Out with Towers and Bridges | This book presents simple activities and experiments that introduce some basic construction techniques. | 32 | 1536 | 4.1 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 63811 | Life Aboard the Space Shuttle | This book discusses the early years of travel in space shuttles, including the construction of the first shuttles and the training of the crews. | 112 | 23605 | 8.6 | 4.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 52475 | Light (How Can I Experiment with...?) | This book explains how fast light travels, if the light bulb is hot or cold, and what the color of light is. | 32 | 1165 | 4.2 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1660 | Light and Color (Straightforward Science) | This book introduces the scientific principles of light and color, including explanations of where light comes from, reflected light colors in nature, and how the eye works. | 32 | 2767 | 5.9 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 29050 | Light and Color (Young Scientists) | This book surveys the principles behind the production of light and color and includes simple experiments. | 30 | 1512 | 3.4 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1563 | Light and Dark (It's Science!) | Simple text, photographs, and activities illustrate how light, both natural and artificial, is everywhere around us and that light is something that science is all about. | 30 | 862 | 4.0 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 47197 | Light and Optics (Science Experiments) | This book is a collection of experiments that explore the nature of light and how it is measured and perceived. | 32 | 4087 | 6.8 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 40242 | Lunar Explorers (A Man on the Moon Vol 3) | This book tells about about Project Apollo and space flights to the moon. | 336 | 81107 | 8.4 | 15.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 24632 | Machines (Young Scientist Concepts & Projects) | Describes various types of machines, how they are used, and how they work. Includes fact boxes and suggested activities and projects. | 64 | 6204 | 6.9 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1570 | Machines We Use (It's Science!) | This book examines various simple machines and how they are used to make work easier and provides activities using wheels, levers, pulleys, screws, and more. | 30 | 1096 | 4.1 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1657 | Magnetism (Straightforward Science) | This book introduces the basic science behind magnetism and presents experiments to show how it works. | 32 | 2941 | 6.5 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 64586 | Magnificent Voyage: An American Adventurer on Captain James Cook's Final Expedition | Based on the writings of John Ledyard, an American on the ship Resolution, tells of explorer James Cook's final voyage in search of the Northwest Passage, discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, and murder. | 236 | 56449 | 7.5 | 10.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 25902 | Maiden Voyage | The first American woman and the youngest person to sail around the world alone. | 299 | 127669 | 7.6 | 22.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 35731 | Make a Boat That Floats (Book Bank) | Step-by-step instructions and materials are given to make a boat that can float in a basin, a bucket, or a bathtub. | 8 | 126 | 1.2 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 47922 | Making a Flashlight | This book gives step by step instructions on how to make a flashlight. | 16 | 449 | 3.4 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 47582 | Making Concrete | This book describes making concrete. | 16 | 139 | 2.0 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 35921 | Making Paper (Little Green Readers) | Text and photographs follow children, step-by-step, making paper at school using recycled newspaper. | 16 | 299 | 2.2 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 86337 | Mars on Earth: The Adventures of Space Pioneers in the High Arctic | This book recounts the efforts of the Mars Society to begin the virtual exploration of Mars through a series of missions, using habitat modules, space suits, and next-generation exploration equipment to replicate and study the real-life challenges. | 352 | 119272 | 10.5 | 24.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1653 | Materials and Processes (Straightforward Science) | This book has text and activities that demonstrate materials are solids, liquids, or gases and while they have special distinguishing features called properties, they can be changed in ways known as processes. | 32 | 3346 | 5.4 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 76386 | Metal Matters | Metal is in so many of the things we see around us and use every day. In this book, readers will follow the amazing story of metals from prehistoric times and continues into the present ... and to the future. | 32 | 2280 | 5.5 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 74956 | Metal: From Safety Pins to Statues | This book explains where metals are found, how they are processed, and what types of things are made from metal. | 40 | 5079 | 5.1 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 13265 | Microbes (Science Fair) | Explains the scientific method and suggests projects and experiments about microbes suitable for a science fair. | 48 | 9449 | 6.6 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 29122 | Mir Space Station (Above & Beyond) | This book tells the story of Mir, which has served as a laboratory where scientists can study the effects of life in space on the human body. | 32 | 2745 | 7.9 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 24500 | Model Cars (Cool Collections) | Presents beginning tips for collecting, organizing, and displaying model cars and trucks. | 24 | 524 | 2.4 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1818 | More Engineering Projects for Young Scientists | Through a variety of fun, practical projects, Mr. Goodwin, a physics teacher, shows how to think like an engineer. | 126 | 21591 | 7.6 | 4.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1834 | More Ideas For Science Projects | This book presents ideas for science projects in all areas of the disciplines, including engineering, and offers suggestions for data collection and analysis using computer software programs. | 160 | 26383 | 8.1 | 5.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 62281 | NASA Planetary Spacecraft: Galileo, Magellan, Pathfinder, and Voyager | This book discusses the roles of several NASA spacecrafts which carried out probes during explorations of the planets. | 48 | 5008 | 7.3 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 36057 | NASA Space Vehicles: Capsules, Shuttles, and Space Stations | This book describes American space vehicles and their uses, including various space probes, the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo capsules, Skylab, the space shuttles, and the International Space Station. | 48 | 4997 | 7.2 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 40226 | Nature Travel (Nature Company Guides) | This information-packed nature guide offers practical advice and boundless inspiration for the casual weekend traveler, intrepid backwoods explorer, and armchair wish-lister alike. | 288 | 57704 | 9.6 | 11.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 26078 | Nikola Tesla: A Spark of Genius | A biography of the true inventor of radio depicts his life and inventions. | 144 | 21345 | 7.3 | 4.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 54436 | Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 | This is an account of the building of the transcontinental railroad, an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. | 431 | 149092 | 8.5 | 28.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 47765 | Nuclear Energy (Inventors & Inventions) | This book discusses the history, sources, and uses of nuclear energy and examines its dangers and its possible future. | 63 | 15700 | 9.9 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 12290 | Octopuses: Underwater Jet Propulsion | Examines the habitat, intelligence, self-defense actions, and jet propulsion of this tentacled marine mollusk. | 31 | 1735 | 6.9 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 73907 | Oil and Chemical Spills (Man-Made Disasters) | This book discusses large-scale disasters such as oil spills and deadly chemicals that get into our drinking water. | 112 | 22860 | 11.1 | 5.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 40243 | One Giant Leap (A Man on the Moon Vol 1) | This book tells about about Project Apollo and space flights to the moon. | 368 | 85545 | 8.4 | 16.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 74111 | Plastics (Materials Science) | This book presents the main scientific properties of materials and how they are determined, as well as how substances can be manipulated or modified to produce a wide array of materials with an equally wide array of applications. | 72 | 8979 | 7.9 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 81851 | Plastics (Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Rethink) | This book explains what plastic is, how plastic is recycled, and why we should recycle plastic. | 32 | 4955 | 6.6 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 56626 | Plastics (Science Files - Materials) | This book discusses oil as a source for plastics, the importance of recycling, and possible uses for plastics in the future. | 32 | 4106 | 6.3 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 82515 | Poplorica: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions, and Lore That Shaped Modern America | Pop culture meets pop reference in this irreverent tour of twenty unlikely events, innovations, and individuals that forever changed how we live today. | 284 | 68647 | 10.8 | 14.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 66815 | Project Apollo (Out of This World) | This book describes the planning, development, missions, and accomplishments of Project Apollo, which took the United States to the Moon. | 112 | 15571 | 8.0 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 67651 | Project Mercury (Out of This World) | This book describes the planning, development, missions, and accomplishments of Project Mercury and its contributions to the American presence in space. | 112 | 14142 | 8.0 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 31049 | Rain Forests: Tropical Treasures | This book is an introduction to the environment and what steps need to be taken to preserve it. Included are activity and craft ideas. | 83 | 20015 | 8.5 | 4.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 68637 | Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine | This is an account of the final hours and rescue after more than a century of the Confederate submarine the "H.L. Hunley," which disappeared off the coast of South Carolina on February 17, 1864 after an encounter with a Union battleship. | 301 | 78106 | 8.6 | 15.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 76251 | River-Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America | In this book, the author provides an account of his experiences during a five-thousand mile journey across America by boat. | 506 | 179820 | 8.2 | 33.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 31447 | Robert Ballard: Oceanographer Who Discovered the Titanic | This book is a biography which covers the life and professional work of the man whose numerous missions to study the ocean floor led to the discovery of the wreck of the "Titanic". | 128 | 19097 | 6.2 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 62415 | Robert Goddard and the Liquid Rocket Engine | This book provides a brief introduction to the life of scientist Robert Goddard and discusses how his creation of the liquid rocket engine changed world history. | 56 | 9320 | 7.5 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 80430 | Rocket Man: The Mercury Adventure of John Glenn | On February 20, 1962, as millions of Americans waited anxiously, astronaut John Glenn blasted off in his rocket ship, Friendship 7, and became the first American to orbit the Earth. | 105 | 19159 | 6.1 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 40227 | Rocks & Fossils (Nature Company Guides) | This book takes you on a journey to the most remarkable geological and paleontological sites in the world, and explains the significance of the material they contain. | 288 | 64241 | 11.4 | 14.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 27146 | Rocks and Minerals (Young Scientist Concepts & Projects) | Introduces rocks and minerals, and includes projects such as growing crystals, panning for gold, and making concrete. | 68 | 5924 | 7.6 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 78456 | Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter | This book explores the legacy, good and bad, of the ancient Greeks, from the origins of Greek culture, to the birth of Western literature, poetry, drama, philosophy, art, and architecture. | 304 | 71648 | 10.5 | 15.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 54017 | Science Experiments with Electricity | Science comes alive in this book with experiments touching on the basic scientific principles. | 32 | 4213 | 5.9 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 54018 | Science Experiments with Forces | Science comes alive in this book with experiments touching on the basic scientific principles. | 32 | 4339 | 5.0 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 54015 | Science Experiments with Light | Science comes alive in this book with experiments touching on the basic scientific principles. | 32 | 4260 | 5.5 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 54019 | Science Experiments with Magnets | Science comes alive in this book with experiments touching on the basic scientific principles. | 32 | 4281 | 5.6 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 54020 | Science Experiments with Simple Machines | Science comes alive in this book with experiments touching on the basic scientific principles. | 32 | 4660 | 5.3 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 54021 | Science Experiments with Sound | Science comes alive in this book with experiments touching on the basic scientific principles. | 32 | 4150 | 5.1 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 54022 | Science Experiments with Water | Science comes alive in this book with experiments touching on the basic scientific principles. | 32 | 4247 | 4.9 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 31494 | Science Fair Success (Revised and Expanded) | This book is a guide for choosing, designing, and completing an investigative science fair project, with an appendix listing prize winning projects by students. | 128 | 12531 | 8.8 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 29435 | Science in Fields and Forests | This book introduces concepts of botany, ecology, and zoology through related experiments and activities that can be performed at home. | 32 | 2308 | 5.2 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 13275 | Science in Food (Science Projects) | Go step-by-step through several science experiments in food, and learn how to observe and record them for school projects. You'll find lists of everything you need, where to get it, how to use it and what results to expect. | 32 | 4463 | 5.6 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 13277 | Science in Music (Science Projects) | Go step-by-step through several science experiments in music and learn how to observe and record them for school projects. You'll find lists of everything you need, where to get it, how to use it and what results to expect. | 32 | 4776 | 5.3 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 15661 | Science Projects About Electricity and Magnets | Describes different science projects about electricity and magnetism. | 128 | 17980 | 7.6 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 15662 | Science Projects About Light | All the science projects in this book are about light. Exploring sunlight as a means of conserving energy and reducing pollution. | 128 | 21299 | 6.6 | 4.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 45028 | Science Projects About Methods of Measuring | This book presents projects and experiments that involve measuring, covering such topics as units of measure, accuracy, mass, measuring areas and volumes, temperature, heat, times, speed, and indirect measurements. | 128 | 22087 | 8.1 | 4.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 31497 | Science Projects About Physics in the Home | This book presents instructions for physics projects and experiments that can be done at home and exhibited at science fairs. | 112 | 18291 | 7.0 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 45030 | Science Projects About Sound | This book presents projects and experiments about sound, covering such aspects as vibrations, vacuums, waves, and the transmission, reflection, and speed of sound. | 112 | 19829 | 7.5 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 15663 | Science Projects About Temperature and Heat | All the science projects in this book are about heat and temperature. | 128 | 25485 | 7.6 | 4.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 15665 | Science Projects About the Human Body | Science projects help students learn about the human body. | 104 | 19313 | 6.7 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 1826 | Science/Technology/Society: Projects for Young Scientists | This book offers guidelines for a variety of experiments and projects related to science, technology, and society. | 128 | 23904 | 8.5 | 4.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 4861 | Scuba Diving (Action Sports Library) | This book is an introduction to the sport of scuba diving. | 32 | 6209 | 6.5 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 86431 | Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 | This book chronicles the nineteenth-century American expedition that charted the islands of the Pacific, discovered Antarctica, and changed the face of geographic and marine knowledge, but has been forgotten by history. | 452 | 130789 | 9.8 | 26.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 45694 | See the Stars: Your First Guide to the Night Sky | This is a book of twelve stargazing activities, one for each month of the year. | 32 | 7249 | 5.6 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 86105 | Shackleton's Stowaway | This book is a fictionalized account of the adventures of Perce Blackborow, who stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after their ship was crushed by ice, endured many hardships, including the loss of the toes of his left foot. | 317 | 81202 | 4.8 | 12.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 67632 | Silent Spring | This book identifies the dangers of indiscriminate pesticide use. | 378 | 87215 | 11.5 | 19.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 13281 | Sink or Swim (Energy and Action) | A collection of science experiments involving water, answering such questions as, "Why does the water in the bathtub rise higher when you get in?" and "Why do some things sink and some float?" | 24 | 1086 | 4.3 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 29052 | Sound and Music (Young Scientists) | This book explains the production of sounds and music and provides simple experiments to illustrate the principles described. | 30 | 1537 | 3.9 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 35235 | Soup Can Telephone (Wonder World) | This story contains the complete details for making and using a soup can telephone. | 8 | 190 | 2.3 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 60875 | Space and Underwater (Explorers and Exploration) | This book recounts the government-backed scientists and explorers as they set out to explore the last great unknowns - space and ocean floors. | 80 | 16928 | 9.1 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 86629 | Split-Second Science Projects with Speed: How Fast Does It Go? | This book explores ways of measuring speed, and includes ideas for related experiments and science fair projects such as measuring the speed of how fast leaves fall, and the speed of a chemical reaction. | 48 | 4834 | 5.1 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 26242 | Squeaking Bats (Animals) | Simple text and photographs introduce the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats of North American bats. | 32 | 319 | 2.0 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 63696 | Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship | This is a rare glimpse inside a Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) nuclear submarine. | 328 | 64039 | 10.3 | 13.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 4982 | Super Science Projects About Animals and Their Habitats | This book introduces the concepts of behavioral and structural adaptions in animals through hands-on investigations and other projects. | 48 | 3350 | 6.4 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 4979 | Super Science Projects About Energy and Motion | This book presents activities that cover five of the concepts needed to understand energy and motion: the force of gravity, force needed to move an object, potential and kinetic energy, speed and acceleration, and work. | 48 | 2810 | 7.0 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 4980 | Super Science Projects About Light and Optics | This book introduces basic principles of light and optics through hands-on activities and experiments. | 48 | 2718 | 6.7 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 4977 | Super Science Projects About Oceans | This book presents science projects that demonstrate facts about oceans, including the water cycle, buoyancy, density, pressure, depth, waves, and tides. | 48 | 4142 | 5.6 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 4981 | Super Science Projects About Sound | This book introduces the fundamentals of sound through hands-on experiments and activities. | 48 | 3396 | 7.0 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 4978 | Super Science Projects About Weather and Natural Forces | This book introduces the basic concepts of meteorology through hands-on activities and research projects. | 48 | 2064 | 7.1 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 46442 | Swimming (You Can Do It!) | This book is an introduction to swimming, describing styles, tips on safety, warm-ups, and cool downs. | 24 | 2012 | 4.2 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 64339 | Swimming in Action | This book introduces the techniques, equipment, rules, and safety requirements of swimming. | 32 | 3810 | 5.2 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 78457 | Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer | This book describes the accomplishments of the world's most extraordinary distance swimmer and the emotional and spiritual need to swim that drives her. | 323 | 118856 | 6.6 | 20.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 43745 | Take Me out to the Bat and Ball Factory | This book describes how baseballs and bats are made, marked, and used. | 30 | 3624 | 4.5 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 71523 | That's Weird! Awesome Science Mysteries | This book explores sixteen mysteries that defy scientific investigation, presenting each mystery in story form, followed by an explanation of what science knows about the topic and how it has been studied by scientists. | 244 | 71376 | 7.6 | 13.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 40859 | The 90s: The Digital Age | This book describes the 1990s, an era referred to as the "Digital Age." | 32 | 2502 | 8.1 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 17803 | The Andromeda Strain | Scientists race against the clock to find a way to stop a very deadly plague from outer space before it infects everyone. | 288 | 66103 | 6.6 | 11.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 78263 | The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time | This book recounts the story of two evolutionary biologists and their research on finches in the Galápagos archipelago. | 332 | 112802 | 9.2 | 22.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 29047 | The Body (Young Scientists) | This book surveys the structure and function of various parts of the human body, with simple activities to reinforce the information given. | 30 | 1380 | 3.8 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 48122 | The Brooklyn Bridge: They Said It Couldn't Be Built | Text and photos describe the seemingly impossible feat of building a bridge over the East River during the nineteeenth century. | 125 | 20250 | 8.0 | 4.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 62807 | The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory | This book uses examples ranging from an amusement park ride to ants on a garden hose to illustrate the beautiful yet bizarre realities that modern physics is unveiling. | 448 | 125214 | 12.3 | 28.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 11077 | The Golden Gate Bridge (Building America) | Chronicles the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. | 48 | 5676 | 6.9 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 66817 | The History of NASA (Out of This World) | This book surveys the history of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, describing the major spacecraft and missions launched. | 128 | 17155 | 8.8 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 67218 | The Hoover Dam (Great Building Feats) | This book discusses the history, design, and construction of the Hoover Dam. | 96 | 19169 | 7.9 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 51434 | The Importance of Leonardo da Vinci | This book is a biography of the well-known Italian Rennaissance man, discussing his personal life, artistic accomplishments, scientific observations, and final legacy. | 120 | 29633 | 9.6 | 6.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 72193 | The Incredible Quest to Find the Titanic | This book gives an account of the sinking of the "Titanic" and Robert Ballard's search for the wreckage. | 48 | 5217 | 5.3 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 76715 | The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria | This book chronicles the development of drug-resistant bacteria due to such factors as the overprescription of antibiotics and the use of antibiotics in food and the extent of the danger this has caused, and discusses steps that could reverse the trend. | 328 | 100687 | 10.7 | 21.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 65656 | The Last Place on Earth (Revised & Updated) | In this dual biography, the author reexamines every detail of the great race to the South Pole between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Raoul Amundsen. | 588 | 217879 | 9.0 | 41.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 69064 | The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight | This book relates the story of thirteen female pilots who fought to become part of the nation's space program at its inception. | 239 | 76916 | 10.2 | 16.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 40244 | The Odyssey Continues (A Man on the Moon Vol 2) | This book tells about about Project Apollo and space flights to the moon. | 256 | 54895 | 8.1 | 10.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 31318 | The Panama Canal | This book describes the planning and building of the Panama Canal. | 96 | 17113 | 8.4 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 74969 | The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 | This is an account of the building of the Panama Canal, covering the fifty-year span between its beginnings by France to its completion by the United States in 1914. | 698 | 228916 | 10.2 | 46.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 29346 | The Plague Tales | From the primitive cures of the Middle Ages to the biological police state of our near future, this is the story of a thrilling race against time and mass destruction. | 675 | 199987 | 7.9 | 36.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 74652 | The Royal Gorge Bridge (Building World Landmarks) | This book describes the techniques used and difficulties faced in building Colorado's Royal Gorge Bridge, the highest suspension bridge in the world and a popular tourist attraction. | 48 | 5889 | 8.3 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 65658 | The Shameless Diary of an Explorer: A Story of Failure on Mt. McKinley | In 1903, journalist Robert Dunn joined an expedition attempting the first ascent of Mt. McKinley. Led by explorer Frederick Cook, the climbers failed to conquer McKinley, but they did circumnavigate the peak, an accomplishment not repeated until 1978. | 214 | 66371 | 7.0 | 11.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 57495 | The Space Shuttle | This book discusses the history and development, technological and political challenges, and future of the world's first reusable space vehicle, including the shuttle program's effects on NASA. | 112 | 21942 | 11.3 | 5.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 62528 | The Steam Engine: Fueling the Industrial Revolution | This book present information on the steam engine, including its invention, history, how it works, and how it has affected people's lives. | 24 | 596 | 4.2 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 5152 | The Story of Apollo 11 | Surveys the various Apollo space flights that marked America's attempts to put a man on the moon, with an emphasis on the 1969 Apollo 11 project, culminating in the first landing. | 31 | 3015 | 6.6 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 76249 | The Story of Mankind (Updated) | This updated edition of the 1921 Newbery Award-winning history for young readers begins with the origins of mankind and tells of significant people and events of every age through the late twentieth century. | 674 | 170226 | 9.9 | 34.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 60980 | The Supersonic X-15 and High-Tech NASA Aircraft | This book describes the advanced aircraft which has been employed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. | 48 | 5169 | 6.8 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 45575 | The Technology Book for Girls and Other Advanced Beings | Discover how much fun technology can be in this entertaining book. | 56 | 10992 | 6.4 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 41549 | The Time Machine (Saddleback Classics) | As the Time Traveler tells his amazing story, his friends become increasingly suspicious. They can't quite believe his wild story about the evil Morlocks and the beautiful Eloi. | 80 | 13170 | 4.2 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 52124 | The Voyage of the Beagle | This is Charles Darwin's chronicle of his five-year journey, beginning in 1831, around the world as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle. | 468 | 204808 | 13.4 | 48.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 550 | The War of the Worlds | A daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil. The survival of mankind in the face of scientific powers spinning out of control. | 194 | 59828 | 9.1 | 11.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 32514 | The Wizard of Sound: A Story About Thomas Edison | This book chronicles the life and contributions of the inventor, from his sickly childhood to the creation of his own favorite invention, the phonograph. | 61 | 8084 | 6.0 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 32892 | The World's Greatest Paper Airplanes | This book gives instructions for making several kinds of paper airplanes and discusses how they fly. | 30 | 1145 | 3.8 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 40839 | Thomas A. Edison: The World's Greatest Inventor | This book details the life and work of Thomas Edison, who developed the electric light bulb and patents for numerous other inventions and innovations. | 60 | 10548 | 7.4 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 21138 | Thomas Alva Edison: Inventor | Details the life and work of thomas Edison who developed the electric light bulb and over 100 patents. | 127 | 18698 | 8.2 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 74395 | Thomas Alva Edison: Inventor and Entrepreneur | This book explores the life of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of numerous devices, including the light bulb and the phonograph. | 128 | 22157 | 8.7 | 4.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 67183 | Thomas Edison: Inventor of the Age of Electricity | This book is a biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the electric lighting system and the phonograph. | 128 | 18152 | 8.2 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 11099 | Tomorrow's Technology | The basic principles of nine areas of scientific accomplishment. | 66 | 10598 | 9.0 | 2.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 61232 | Toys with Nine Lives: A Social History of American Toys | This book considers how toys have changed over the centuries in America as a rural society was gradually urbanized. | 258 | 60906 | 7.5 | 11.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 68231 | Trees to Paper | Simple text and illustrations show the steps involved in making paper. | 24 | 94 | 1.7 | 0.5 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 60053 | Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood | Oliver Sacks, the distinguished neurologist who is also a remarkable storyteller, takes a look at himself, unearthing the source of his scientific curiosity in a sometimes troubled childhood in wartime Britain. | 337 | 119101 | 10.7 | 25.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 85768 | Underwater Machines | This book provides an illustrated history of underwater machinery, including diving apparatus and submarines. | 48 | 7233 | 6.3 | 1.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 16494 | Underwater World (Understanding Science & Nature) | Questions and answers introduce the biology, habitats, and behavior of aquatic animals, from luminous fish to fur seals. | 144 | 15250 | 8.9 | 3.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 84533 | Universe on a T-Shirt: The Quest for the Theory of Everything | This book traces scientists' quest for the unified "Theory of Everything" from ancient Greece to the breakthroughs of Newton, Maxwell, and Einstein, to the excitement over string theory and today's efforts to merge quantum theory with general relativity. | 246 | 58213 | 10.5 | 12.0 | amazon.com bn.com |
| 6000 | Walden | A record of an experiment in simple living, bare of creature comforts, but rich in contemplation. | 255 | 114634 | 8.7 | 21.0 | amazon.com |