Author & Title |
Related Topics |
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Aaseng, Nathan. The Rejects: People and Products that Outsmarted the Experts. Lerner Publishing Co., 1989. |
Inventions |
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Adler, David. Amazing Magnets. Troll, 1983. |
Magnets |
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Allen, Pamela. Mr. Archimedes’ Bath. Collins, 1985. |
Volume, water displacement |
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Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno’s Magic Seeds. Philomel, 1995. |
Patterns (growing by multiplication), iteration |
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Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno’s Math Games II. Philomel Books, 1989. |
Function, capacity measures |
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Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno’s Math Games III. Philomel Books, 1991. |
Geometry, tessellations, networks, orientation |
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Anno, Mitsumasa & Masaichiro. Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar. Putnam, 1983. |
Multiplication, growing number patterns (multiplication), recursion (factorials) |
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Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno’s Sundial. Philomel Books, 1987. |
Motions of sun & earth, time zones |
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Apfel, Necia H. Calendars. Franklin Watts, 1985 |
Measurement, phases of the moon, seasons |
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Ardley, Neil. Making Metric Measurements. Franklin Watts, 1983. |
Time, temperature, weight, height, speed, volume, density, graphs |
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Ardley, Neil. The Science Book of Machines. Gulliver Books, 1992. |
Levers, pulleys |
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Arnold, Caroline. Charts and Graphs: Fun, Facts, and Activities. Franklin Watts, 1984. |
Pie, bar & line graphs; pictographs |
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Asimov, Janet. The Package in Hyperspace. Walker & Co., 1988. |
Space exploration, energy conservation, communication |
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Barry, David. The Rajah’s Rice. Freeman, 1994. |
Patterns (growing by multiplying), iteration |
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Bash, Barbara. Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus. Little, Brown: 1989. |
Habitats, ecosystems |
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Baumann, Hans. What Time Is It Around the World? Scroll Press, 1979. |
Time zones |
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Baylor, Byrd. Everybody Needs a Rock. Atheneum Books, 1974. |
Rocks |
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Baylor, Byrd. The Way to Start a Day. Aladdin Books, 1978. |
Solar energy |
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Belton, John & Joella Cramblit. Domino Games. Raintree Publications, 1976. |
Strategies |
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Berger, Melvin. Germs Make Me Sick! Crowell, 1985. |
Growing patterns (multiplication) |
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Birch, David. The King’s Chessboard. Dial, 1988 |
Growing patterns (multiplication) |
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Bjork, Christine & Anderson, Lena. Linnea’s Windowsill Garden. R & S Books, 1978. |
Structures of life |
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Black, David. & Huxley, Anthony. Plants: The World of Science. Facts on File Pub., 1986. |
Environments |
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Bodecker, N. M. Carrot Holes and Frisbee Trees. Atheneum, 1983. |
Volume |
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Booth, Jerry. The Big Beast Book: Dinosaurs and How They Got That Way. Little, Brown, 1988. |
History of paleontology, methods used by scientists, geology |
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Brandt, Keith. Electricity. Troll Associates, 1985. |
Magnetism & electricity |
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Brandt, Keith. Sound. Troll Associates, 1985. |
Sound |
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Branley, Franklyn M. Think Metric! Crowell Publishers, 1972. |
Measurement as a human activity, uses of measurement, need for accuracy |
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Briggs, Raymond. Jim and the Beanstalk. Coward-McCann, Inc., 1970. |
Measurement, proportion |
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Brindze, Ruth. Story of Our Calendar. Vanguard Press, 1949. |
History, accuracy of measuremetn |
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Brown, Jeff. Flat Stanley. Harper Collins, 1964. |
Measurement |
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Buck, Pearl. The Big Wave. HarperCollins, 1947. |
Environment, volcano, ocean, ecosystem |
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Burnford, Sheila. The Incredible Journey. Bantam Books, 1961. |
Wetlands, swamps, minerals, watersheds, predator/prey, ecology, migration, camouflage, hibernation |
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Burnie, David. Machines and How They Work. Dorling Kindersley, 1991. |
Technology, machines |
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Burns, Marilyn. The I Hate Mathematics! Book. Little, Brown, & Co., 1975. |
Estimation, patterns, data collection, counting problems, ratios, volume, spatial relationships, clock arithmetic, probability |
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Burns, Marilyn. Math for Smarty Pants. Little, Brown, & Co., 1982. |
Recursion, numerical operations, geometry, number patterns, factorials, statistics, probability, logic, number sense |
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Burns, Marilyn. This Book Is About Time! Little, Brown, & Co., 1978. |
History, clocks, estimation, origin of the universe |
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Burton, Jane & Taylor, Barbara. Coral Reef. Dorling, 1992. |
Ecosystems, habitats |
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Caney, Steven. Invention Book. Workman Publishing, 1985. |
Inventions |
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Carrick, Carol. Big Old Bones. Clarion, 1989. |
Proportion, dinosaurs, archeological blunders |
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Cast, C. Vance. Where Does Water Come From? Barron’s, 1992. |
Water |
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Chadwick, Roxanne. Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Pilot and Poet. Lerner Pub.Co., 1987. |
Variables |
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Charosh, Mannis. Ellipse. Crowell Publishers, 1971. |
Geometry |
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Charosh, Mannis. Mathematical Games for One and Two. Crowell Publishers, 1972. |
Strategies |
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Charosh, Mannis. Number Ideas through Pictures. Crowell Publishers, 1974. |
Number patterns |
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Charosh, Mannis. Straight Lines, Parallel Lines, Perpendicular Lines. Crowell Publishers, 1972. |
Geometry |
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Chwast, Seymour. The Twelve Circus Rings. Gulliver Books/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. |
Patterns (growing by adding) |
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Cleary, Beverly. Dear Mr. Henshaw. Morrow Junior Books, 1983. |
Magnetism & electricity |
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Clement, Rod. Counting on Frank. Gareth Stevens Children’s Books, 1991. |
Estimation, proportion |
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Cobb, Vicki. Science Experiments You Can Eat. Harper Trophy, 1979. |
Mixtures & solutions |
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Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor. Scholastic, 1992. |
Volcanoes, intertidal zone, coral reefs, ocean life |
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Cole, Sheila. The Dragon in the Cliff. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1991. |
Fossils, evolution, rock layers, geologic eras, erosion |
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Comber, Barbara. Dad’s Diet. Ashton Scholastic (Bookshelf), 1987. |
Mass, fractions, ratio, graphing, averages |
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Conford, Ellen. What’s Cooking, Jenny Archer? Little, Brown, 1989. |
Money |
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Conley, Kevin. Benjamin Banneker. Chelsea House, 1989. |
Astronomy, surveying |
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Connell, David D. & Jim Thurman. The Case of the Unnatural. Children’s Television Workshop/Freeman, 1993. |
Averages, functions, codes |
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Cushman, Jean. Do You Wanna Bet? Your Chance to Find Out about Probability. Clarion Books, 1991. |
Probability |
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Dahl, Roald. Esio Trot. Viking, 1990. |
Measurement - mass, tortoises; division |
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Dee, Ruby. Two Ways to Count to Ten. Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1988. |
Factors |
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Dennis, Richard. Fractions are Parts of Things. Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers, 1973. |
Fraction concepts |
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Diggins, Julia E. String, Straightedge, and Shadow: The Story of Geometry. Viking Press, 1965. |
Geometry in nature, history of geometry, measuring instruments, patterns, 3D shapes |
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DuBois, William Pene. The Twenty-one Balloons. Puffin, 1986. |
Technology, ballooning, volcanos |
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Dunworth, John & Thomas Drysdale. Millions of People. Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1971. |
Graphs - bar, circle, line, picture |
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Ekker, Ernst. What Is Beyond the Hill? Lippincott, 1985. |
Infinity |
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Elkin, Benjamin. Money. Children’s Press, 1983. |
History of money |
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Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt. Mulberry Books, 1983. |
Geometry, plane figures, symmetry, transformations |
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Fehr, Howard. Number Patterns Make Sense: A Wise Owl Book. Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1965. |
Number patterns, mental math |
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Fey, James. Long, Short, High, Low, Thin, Wide. Crowell Publishers, 1971. |
History of measurement |
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Fisher, Leonard Everett. Galileo. Macmillan, 1992. |
History of astronomy, planets, technology, pendulum, gravity |
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Fleischman, Paul. Townsend's Warbler. HarperCollins, 1992. |
Ecosystems, birds, migration, exploration of America |
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Fraser, Mary Ann. Ten Mile Day and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad. Henry Holt, 1993. |
Data |
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Frasier, Debra. On the Day You Were Born. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. |
Migration, rotation of the earth, gravity, tide, estimation, multiplication |
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Froman, Robert. Bigger and Smaller. Crowell Publishers, 1971. |
Comparisons |
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Froman, Robert. Venn Diagrams. Crowell Publishers, 1972. |
Logic |
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Froman, Robert. Less Than Nothing Is Really Something. Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers, 1973. |
Negative numbers |
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Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats. Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, 1928. |
Large numbers, data collection |
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Gates, Doris. Blue Willow. Viking, 1940. |
Climate, arid environment, effect of wind and mountains on soil |
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George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves. HarperCollins, 1974. |
Ecosystems, interdependence of organisms, food chain, animal behavior |
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George, Jean Craighead. The Missing ‘Gator of Gumbo Limbo. Harper Books, 1992. |
Environments |
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George, Jean Craighead. The Moon of the Alligators. HarperCollins, 1991. |
Habitats, ecosystems |
George, Jean Craighead. The Talking Earth. Harper & Row, 1983. |
Swamp habitat, weather & storms, environment |
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Giganti, Paul. Each Orange Had 8 Slices. Greenwillow Books, 1992. |
Mental multiplication |
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Grant, Leslie. Discover Bones. Addison-Wesley, 1991. |
Human skeletal system |
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Grifalconi, Ann. The Village of Round and Square Houses. Little, Brown, 1986. |
Geometry |
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Halling, Holling Cleary. Paddle to the Sea. Houghton Mifflin, 1941. |
Landforms |
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Hamilton, Virginia. Drylongso. Harcourt, 1992. |
Drought, farming technology, irrigation |
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Haney, Jan P. Calculators. Raintree Publications, 1985. |
History of calculators from abacus to computer, binary numbers, large numbers |
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Hayes, Cyril & Dympna Hayes. Number Mysteries. Penworthy Publishing, 1987. |
Number & operation sense, probability, ratio, problem solving |
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Hertzberg, Hendrik. One Million. Times Books, 1993. |
Large numbers, statistics |
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Hindley, Judy. The Tree. Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1990. |
Trees |
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Hulme, Joy. Sea Squares. Hyperion, 1991. |
Multiplication, square numbers |
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James, Elizabeth & Carol Barkin. What Do You Mean by Average? Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1978. |
Mean, median, mode, range, sampling, percent, graphs |
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Jaspersohn, William. Cookies. Macmillan, 1993. |
Large numbers, measurement |
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Johnston, Tony. Farmer Mack Measures His Pig. Harper & Row, 1986. |
Circumference, perimeter |
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Juster, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth. Random House, 1961. |
Fractions, decimals |
Kahl, Virginia. The Habits of Rabbits. Scribner,
1957. |
Growing patterns (multiplication) |
Kjelgaard, Jim. Lion Hound. Bantam Books, 1955. |
Weather, geology, landforms, forest ecology, avalanches, predator/prey, adaptation |
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Knight, David. All About Sound. Troll, 1983. |
Sound |
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Konigsburg, E. L. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Aladdin Paperbacks, 1987. |
Inventions |
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Kyte, Kathy S. The Kids’ Complete Guide to Money. Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. |
Data analysis, consumer awareness |
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Lacapa, Michael. Antelope Woman. Northland Publishing, 1992. |
Living & non-living things, conservation |
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Laithwaite, Eric. Shape: The Purpose of Forms. Franklin Watts, 1986. |
Structures, 3D shapes, spirals |
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Laithwaite, Eric. Size: The Measure of Things. Franklin Watts, 1988. |
Scaling, area, volume, speed, distance, sets |
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Lauber, Patricia. Journey to the Planets. Crown Publishers, 1993. |
Planets |
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Leighton, Ralph & Carl Feynman. How to Count Sheep without Falling Asleep. Prentice-Hall, 1976. |
Number systems, place value |
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Lord, John V. The Giant Jam Sandwich. Houghton Mifflin, 1972. |
Large numbers, estimation, area |
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Lumpkin, Beatrice. Senefer: A Young Genius in Old Egypt. African World Press, 1992. |
Number systems |
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Macaulay, David. City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction. Houghton Mifflin, 1974. |
Technology, architecture |
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Macaulay, David. The Way Things Work. Houghton Mifflin, 1988. |
Technology, physics |
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MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah Plain and Tall. Harper & Row, 1985. |
Ecosystem, soil, climate |
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Mathews, Louise. Gator Pie. Dodd, Mead, 1979. |
Fraction concepts, equivalent fractions |
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Mayo, Gretchen Will. Star Tales: North American Indian Stories about the Stars. Walker Publishing Company, 1987. |
Stars |
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Mazer, Anne. The Yellow Button. Knopf, 1990. |
Infinity |
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McDermott, Gerald. Arrow to the Sun. Puffin Books, 1974. |
Solar energy |
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McKissack, Patricia. A Million Fish . . . More or Less. Knopf, 1992. |
Large numbers |
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Merrill, Jean. The Toothpaste Millionaire. Houghton Mifflin, 1992. |
Models & designs |
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Milton, Nancy. The Giraffe that Walked to Paris. Crown Publishers, 1992. |
Estimation, measurement (miles, time) |
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Mitchell, Barbara. A Pocketful of Goobers: A Story about George Washington Carver. Carolrhoda Books, 1986. |
Inventions |
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Mitchell, Barbara. Shoes for Everyone. Carolrhoda Books, 1986. |
Inventions |
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Moerbeek, Kees & Carla Dijs. Hot Pursuit. Intervisual Communications, 1987. |
Infinity |
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Moore, Inga. Six-Dinner Sid. Simon & Schuster, 1991. |
Multiplication |
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Mori, Tuyosi. Socrates and the Three Pigs. Philomel Books, 1986. |
Probability, counting problems, tree diagrams |
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Nesbit, E. Melisande. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1989. |
Growing patterns |
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Nozaki, Akihiro. Anno’s Hat Tricks. Philomel Books, 1985. |
Reasoning |
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O'Dell, Scott. The Black Pearl. Dell, 1967. |
Oceanography, marine life, weather & climate, landforms, wind, marine resources |
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O'Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins. Houghton Mifflin, 1960. |
Ecosystems, ocean life, weather, climate, landforms, adaptation |
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Orii, Eiji & Masako Orii. Simple Science Experiments with Circles. Gareth Stevens, 1989. |
Scientific method |
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Parker, Tom. In One Day. Houghton Mifflin, 1984. |
Estimation, number sense |
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Paterson, Katherine. Lyddie. Penguin Books, 1991. |
Technology’s impact on society |
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Paulsen, Gary. The Island. Dell, 1988. |
Lake evolution, physical evolution of a lake, temperature zones of lakes, plants & animals, food chain |
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Paulsen, Gary. The Voyage of the Frog. Dell, 1989. |
Weather, navigation, salinity of oceans, predator/prey, whales, adaptation |
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Pinczes, Elinor J. One Hundred Hungry Ants. Houghton Mifflin, 1993. |
Multiplication (arrays) |
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Pinczes, Elinor J. A Remainder of One. Houghton Mifflin, 1995. |
Division with remainders |
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Pittman, Helena C. A Grain of Rice. Hastings House, 1986. |
Growing patterns (multiplication) |
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Pluckrose, Henry. Capacity. Franklin Watts, 1988. |
Liquids and solids, metric & customary units |
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Powell, Pamela. The Turtle Watchers. Viking, 1992. |
Life cycle, reproduction |
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Ray, Mary L. Pumpkins. Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1992. |
Large numbers |
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Ride, Sally with Okie, Susan. To Space & Back. Beech Tree Books, 1986. |
Space exploration |
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Ross, Katherine Sheldrick. Circles. Addison-Wesley, 1993. |
History of 2D and 3D shapes |
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Ruckman, Ivy. Night of the Twisters. HarperCollins, 1986. |
Tornados, air and water pressure |
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Rylant, Cynthia. Mr. Griggs’ Work. Orchard Books, 1989. |
Patterns, making predictions based on patterns |
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Sabin, Louis. Thomas Alva Edison: Young Inventor. Troll, 19??. |
Inventions, magnetism & electricity |
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Sautrey, Laurence. Young Ben Franklin. Troll Associates, 19??. |
Inventions |
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Schwartz, Amy. Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner. Orchard Books, 1988. |
Money, multiplication, division |
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Schwartz, David M. How Much Is a Million? Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd Books, 1985. |
Large numbers |
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Schwartz, David M. If You Made a Million. Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd Books, 1989. |
Large numbers, interest |
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Shannon, George. Stories to Solve: Folk Tales from around the World. Beech Tree Books, 1991. |
Multiplying a fraction times a whole number, adding fractions, patterns |
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Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. The 329th Friend. Four Winds Press, 1979. |
Estimation, multiplying 1-digit by 3-digit numbers |
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Sitomer, Mindel & Harry Sitomer. Circles. Crowell Publishers, 1971. |
Geometry, designs & properties |
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Sitomer, Mindel & Harry Sitomer. What Is Symmetry?. Crowell Publishers, 1970. |
Geometry (line and point) |
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Speare, Elizabeth George. The Sign of the Beaver. Yearling Books, 1983. |
Environments |
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Sperry, Armstrong. Call It Courage. Aladdin Books Edition, 1990. |
Ocean life, currents |
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Srivastava, Jane Jonas. Area. Crowell Publishers, 1974. |
Area |
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Srivastava, Jane Jonas. Number Families. Crowell Publishers, 1979. |
Sets, number patterns, primes & composites |
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Srivastava, Jane Jonas. Weighing and Balancing. Crowell Publishers, 1970. |
Arbitrary & standard units (US), density |
Suzuki, David. Looking at the Body. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991. |
Human body |
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Symes, R. F. Eyewitness Book: Rocks & Minerals. Dorling Kindersley, 1988. |
Rocks, minerals |
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Tahan, Malba. The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures. W. W. Norton & Co., 1993. |
Variety of stories that are adaptable for many topics. |
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Taylor, Theodore. The Cay. Avon Books, 1969. |
Coral reefs, tropical climate, hurricanes, food chain, adaptation |
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Taylor, Theodore. The Hostage. Dell, 1987. |
Rain forests, predator-prey, conservation |
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Thaler, Mike. Owly. Harper & Row, 1982. |
Infinity |
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Tomb, Howard & Dennis Kunkel. Microaliens: Dazzling Journeys with an Electron Microscope. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1993. |
Microscopes, measurement |
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Tompert, Ann. Grandfather Tang’s Story. Parker, Crown Publishers, 1990. |
Geometric shapes, area, measurement |
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Trivett, Daphne H. Shadow Geometry. Crowell Publishers, 1974. |
Geometry of shadows |
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Van Allsburg, Chris. Jumanji. Houghton Mifflin, 1981. |
Probability |
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Van Cleave, Janice. Machines: Spectacular Science Projects. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993. |
Levers, pulleys |
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Walsh, Jill Paton. The Green Book. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1982. |
Ecosystems, adaptation |
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Walter, Mildred Pitts. Ty’s One-Man Band. Four Winds Press, 1980. |
Sound |
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Weiss, Anne E. Lotteries: Who Wins, Who Loses. Enslow, 1991 |
Probability |
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Wells, Robert E. Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? Albert Whitman & Co., 1993. |
Measuring, finding averages, comparing lengths, estimation |
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Williams, Vera B. Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe. Mulberry Books, 1981. |
Landforms |
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Yep, Lawrence. Dragonwings. Harper & Row, 1975. |
Technology, earthquakes, models & designs |
