Best STEM Books 2018

sheer joy of figuring things out. Winning Titles. Ada Lace Sees Red. Emily Calandrelli with. Tamson ... Ashlee Vance. HarperCollins. The growth of an innovator includes excellent examples of his failures, testing, and iteration. The End of the Wild. Nicole Helget. Little, Brown Books Young. Readers. STEM skills help two girls.
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TEM books offer endless opportunities for engaged learning. They invite students to see the world differently and to think in new ways about what

they observe. We have chosen titles that provoke readers to examine the “thinking stance” of characters— not simply to look at actions and results. Best STEM Books winners explore problems and possible solutions in the scientific world

Ada Lace Sees Red Emily Calandrelli with Tamson Weston Illustrated by Renée Kurilla Simon & Schuster/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Starts with a personal problem for a young girl who is struggling with her art project. It turns out she is color-blind, and ultimately uses STEM skills to succeed.

and, where applicable, in the lives of the protagonists. Instead of focusing on specific content, the Best STEM Books emphasize realworld issues that cross disciplinary boundaries. Teachers can use these books to foster and

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The Book of Chocolate HP Newquist Penguin Young Readers/Viking Books for Young Readers From bitter liquid origins in isolated places to a ubiquitous presence throughout the world today, chocolate has a rich history of product and process innovation.

How do we prepare 21st-century kids for challenges and jobs that we at present cannot even describe? The Best STEM Books help by celebrating convergent and divergent thinking, analysis and creativity, persistence, and the sheer joy of figuring things out.

Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant Songju Ma Daemicke Illustrated by Christina Wald Arbordale Publishing Seeing wise elders fail to find a solution, six-year-old Cao Chong creatively considers several designs and devises a process that employs concepts of buoyancy and displacement to weigh an elephant.

Best STEM Books Caroline’s Comets Emily Arnold McCully Holiday House This book has both STEM problem-solving and the societal barriers for a woman in astronomy as she worked to make discoveries on her own.

The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes Julia Finley Mosca Illustrated by Christina Wald The Innovation Press

Find the Dots Andy Mansfield Candlewick Press/Candlewick Studio The youngest readers are invited into observation, thinking, patterning, and iterative problem-solving.

Finding Wonders Jeannine Atkins Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Emphasis is on the struggle of a minority in science.

In free-verse poetry, three women answer questions, investigate, and think differently about metamorphosis, fossils, and comets.

Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Young Readers’ Edition Ashlee Vance HarperCollins

From Here to There HP Newquist Penguin Young Readers/Viking Books for Young Readers

The growth of an innovator includes excellent examples of his failures, testing, and iteration.

The End of the Wild Nicole Helget Little, Brown Books Young Readers STEM skills help two girls educate a community about an environmental hazard and outsmart their own poverty in this middle-grade novel.

Shows the progression of innovation in transportation, utilizing systems thinking as societal and engineering problems intersect.

Girl Code Andrea Gonzalez and Sophie Houser HarperCollins Very relatable, authentic problem solving that represents STEM thinking. Girl programmers push through barriers in an exemplary way.

The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin Julia Finley Mosca Illustrated by Daniel Rieley The Innovation Press Written in rhyme, this life story of animal scientist Dr. Temple Grandin captures the impact of her perseverance and creative think


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