Title Author Publisher Year Age/GL Reviews Cost6th Grade - Earth Science

13 planets : the latest view of the solar system David Aguilar National Geographic 2011 3-6 B,HB,LMC,SLJ 14.4650 ways to save the earth Anne Jankeliowitch Abrams Books 2008 3-6 HB 17.01Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream Tanya Lee Stone Candlewick Press 2009 5-8 B,HB,K,LMC,PW 21.29Beyond the solar system : from red giants to black Steve Parker Rosen Central 2008 5-8 AR 21.00Biofuels David & Patricia Arm Rourke Pub. 2009 3-6 AR 23.00Climate change Helen Orme Bearport Pub. 2009 3-6 HB,LMC 19.00Comets and asteroids Ian Graham Smart Apple Media 2008 3-6 AR 20.00Comets, asteroids, and meteors Raman K. Prinja Heinemann Library 2008 3-6 HB 24.54The creation of peninsulas Bridget Heos Rosen Central 2010 5-8 LMC 23.00Deep oceans Anna Claybourne Heinemann Library 2008 5-8 HB,SLJ 24.05The dirt on dirt Paulette Bourgeois Kids Can Press 2008 3-6 B,HB,K,LMC,SLJ 13.61The dwarf planets Steve Kortenkamp Capstone Press 2011 3-6 AR 20.04Earth and its moon Chris Oxlade Rosen Central 2008 5-8 AR 21.00Earth and the solar system Carol Ballard Raintree 2010 5-8 AR 24.54Earth matters Yvonne Morrison Children's Press 2008 5-8 AR 17.55Earth, moon & sun Peter Riley Smart Apple Media 2008 3-6 LMC 20.00Earth's crust and core Amy Bauman Gareth Stevens Pub 2008 5-8 LMC 15.61Earth's rock cycle Nancy Kelly Allen PowerKids Press 2009 3-6 AR 16.00Earth's rocks and fossils Jim Pipe Gareth Stevens Pub 2008 5-8 LMC 15.61Earth's shifting surface Robert Snedden Raintree 2010 5-8 B,LMC 24.54Earthquakes Louise Park Smart Apple Media 2008 3-6 AR 20.00Earthquakes and volcanoes Ellen Prager Chelsea House 2009 5-8 HB,LMC 40.05Earthquakes : the science behind seismic shocks a Alvin Silverstein, Vir Enslow Publishers 2010 5-8 HB,LMC 18.00Edwin Hubble : discoverer of galaxies Claire L. Datnow Enslow Publishers 2008 5-8 HB 24.00Energy for the future Helen Orme Bearport Pub. 2009 3-6 B,HB,LMC 19.00Energy from wind, sun, and tides Frank Muschal Cherry Lake 2008 3-6 AR 19.00Energy of the future Angela Royston Heinemann Library 2008 5-8 HB 9.04Erosion Ariel Kazunas & Cha Cherry Lake 2010 3-6 B,LMC 19.00Erosion Marcia Zappa ABDO 2011 3-6 HB,LMC 20.00Fossils Chris & Helen Pellant Gareth Stevens Pub 2009 3-6 SLJ 17.30Galaxies : immense star islands David Jefferis Crabtree Pub. 2009 5-8 LMC,SLJ 20.00Granite and other igneous rocks Nancy Kelly Allen PowerKids Press 2009 3-6 AR 16.00Graphing natural disasters Barbara A. Somevill Heinemann Library 2010 3-6 SLJ 21.80Harnessing the Sun's energy Andrew Solway Heinemann Library 2009 5-8 HB 25.18Hot planets : Mercury and Venus David Jefferis Crabtree Pub. 2009 3-6 AR 20.00

How the rock cycle works Bethany Bryan PowerKids Press 2009 3-6 AR 18.00Ice dwarfs : Pluto and beyond David Jefferis Crabtree Pub. 2009 3-6 AR 20.00Igneous rocks : from fire to stone Darlene R. Stille Compass Point Books 2008 5-8 AR 21.54Jupiter, Neptune, and the other outer planets Chris Oxlade Rosen Central 2008 5-8 AR 21.00Life in the crusher : mysteries of the deep oceans Trevor Day Capstone Press 2008 3-6 AR 20.04Life on earth-- and beyond : an astrobiologist's Pamela S. Turner Charlesbridge 2008 3-6 B,HB,K,LMC,SLJ 17.01Mars and the search for life Elaine Scott Clarion Books 2008 3-6 B,HB,K,SLJ 14.50

7th Grade - Life ScienceAce your plant science project : great science fRobert Gardner & PhEnslow Publishers 2010 5-8 Wilson's Children24.00Adaptation and survival Robert Snedden Raintree 2012 5-8 SLJ 25.54The amphibian class Rebecca Stefoff Marshall Cavendish 2008 5-8 SLJ 6.98Animal communication Stephen M. Tomec Chelsea House 2009 5-8 Wilson's Junior H 33.05Animal courtship Krista West Chelsea House 2009 5-8 Wilson's Junior H 33.05Animal defenses Christina Wilsdon Chelsea House 2009 5-8 Wilson's Junior H 33.05Animal experimentation Ronnie D. Lankford, Greenhaven Press 2009 YA 25.49Animal life Jean F. Blashfield Gareth Stevens Pub. 2008 5-8 LMC 20.30Animal life in groups Toney Allman Chelsea House 2009 5-8 LMC 33.05Animal migration Gretel H. Schueller Chelsea House 2009 5-8 LMC 35.05Arctic tundra and polar deserts Chris Woodford Raintree 2011 5-8 LMC 25.55Belly-busting worm invasions! : parasites that Thomasine E. LewisF. Watts 2008 5-8 LMC 20.35Biomedical ethics Viqi Wagner Greenhaven Press 2008 YA Kliatt 33.41The bird class Rebecca Stefoff Marshall Cavendish 2008 5-8 SLJ 6.98Carl Linnaeus : father of classification Margaret J. Anderson Enslow Publishers 2009 5-8 HB 24.00Cell and microbe science fair projects, revise Kenneth G. Rainis Enslow Publishers 2010 5-8 Wilson's Junior H 26.00Cell division & genetics Robert Snedden Heinemann Library 2008 5-8 24.05Cell function and specialization Lori Johnson Raintree 2009 5-8 LMC 24.54Cells Alvin Silverstein, V Twenty-First Century 2009 5-8 Wilson's Junior H 24.00Cells Darlene R. Stille Gareth Stevens Pub. 2008 5-8 LMC 20.30Changing life on Earth Eve Hartman & WeRaintree 2009 5-8 SLJ 24.54Charles Darwin and the mystery of mysteries Niles Eldredge & S RB Flash Point 2010 5-8 B,HB,K,LMC,SLJ 17.04Circulatory system Ruth Bjorklund Marshall Cavendish 2009 5-8 LMC 27.42Classifying living things Darlene R. Stille Gareth Stevens Pub. 2008 5-8 LMC 20.30The conifer division Rebecca Stefoff Marshall Cavendish 2009 5-8 Wilson's Junior H 6.98A desert food chain A.D. Tarbox Creative Education 2009 5-8 AR 23.01

Deserts and semideserts Michael Allaby, RobRaintree 2011 5-8 LMC 25.55Digestive system Gretchen Hoffmann Marshall Cavendish 2009 5-8 LMC 27.42The diversity of life : from single cells to multi Robert Snedden Heinemann Library 2008 5-8 HB 24.05DNA & genetic engineering Robert Snedden Heinemann Library 2008 5-8 HB 24.05Ecosystem science fair projects, revised and e Pam Walker Enslow Publishers 2010 5-8 Wilson's Junior H 26.00Endangered animals Ben Hoare & Tom JacDK 2010 5-8 Science Books & 14.49Endocrine system Lorrie Klosterman Marshall Cavendish 2009 5-8 LMC 27.42Environmental science fair projects, revised a Thomas R. Rybolt Enslow Publishers 2010 5-8 Wilson's Junior H 26.00Evolution : the adaptation and survival of spec Kristi Lew Rosen Pub. 2011 YA LMC 24.00Extinctions of living things Michael Bright Heinemann Library 2009 5-8 HB 25.18Extreme environments : living on the edge Amy Tilmont & Jeff Norwood House Press 2012 5-8 LMC 20.00The fish classes Rebecca Stefoff Marshall Cavendish 2008 5-8 SLJ 6.98Food Chains Alvin Silverstein, V Twenty-First Century 2008 5-8 Wilson's Junior H 24.00Food chains and webs : what are they and howAndrew Solway Rourke Pub. 2008 5-8 LMC 23.00Food webs Carol Ballard Rosen Central 2010 5-8 LMC,SLJ 21.00Food webs : interconnecting food chains Susan H. Gray Compass Point Books 2008 5-8 Book Links 21.54

8th Grade - Physical ScienceChemical Reactions Denise Walker Smart Apple Media 2008 5-8 LMC 24.03Electrical circuits : harnessing electricity David Dreier Compass Point Books 2008 5-8 B,LMC 21.54Energy Sally Morgan Heinemann Library 2008 5-8 HB 26.30Experimenting with physics John Farndon Marshall Cavendish 2009 5-8 Wilson's Junior H 7.26Experiments with electricity and magnetism Trevor Cook PowerKids Press 2009 3-6 19.00Experiments with states of matter Trevor Cook PowerKids Press 2009 3-6 LMC 19.00Exploring energy Andrew Solway Rosen Central 2008 5-8 AR 21.00Exploring sound, light, and radiation Andrew Solway Rosen Central 2008 5-8 AR 21.00Falling for fun : gravity in action Nathan Lepora Gareth Stevens 2008 5-8 LMC 19.55Force and motion : laws of movement Don Nardo Compass Point Books 2008 5-8 LMC 21.54Forces and motion Alvin Silverstein, V Twenty-First Century 2009 5-8 HB,SLJ 24.00Gravity, and how it works Peter Jedicke Chelsea House 2008 5-8 HB 30.05Kinetic energy : the energy of motion Don Nardo Compass Point Books 2008 5-8 LMC 21.54Magnets and electromagnetism Alfred J. Smuskiew Heinemann Library 2008 5-8 HB 26.30Physical science experiments Pamela Walker & Ela Facts on File 2010 YA 40.05The pros and cons of solar power Isabel Thomas Rosen Central 2008 5-8 AR 21.00The pros and cons of water power Richard & Louise Spil Rosen Central 2008 5-8 AR 21.00

The pros and cons of wind power Richard & Louise Spil Rosen Central 2008 5-8 AR 21.00The solid truth about states of matter with MaxAgnieszka Biskup Capstone Press 2009 5-8 AR 22.54Understanding models Jeanne Sturm Rourke Pub. 2010 5-8 AR 23.00Understanding the elements of the periodic table Rosen Central 2009 5-8 125.75Using nuclear energy John Townsend Heinemann Library 2009 5-8 25.18Using scientific tools Susan Markowitz MerRourke Pub. 2010 5-8 AR 23.00Simple machines Yoshihito Isogawa No Starch Press 2011 YA 17.01Experimenting with Simple Machines Hands-on SGordon R. Gore Trifolium 2000 AD 6.85Exploring the world of physics : from simple m John Hudson Tiner Master Books 2006 AD 14.04Simple machines Karen Kwitter & St Walch Education 2010 PF 20.44Simple machines made simple Ralph E. St. Andre Teacher Idea Press 1993 PF 29.21The periodic table : elements with style Adrian Dingle Kingfisher 2007 5-8 PW,SLJ 14.21The periodic table : mapping the elements Sharon Katz Cooper Compass Point Books 2007 5-8 Book Links 21.54The periodic table of elements Jenny Karpelenia Perfection Learning 2007 5-8 AR 19.00Sorting the elements : the periodic table at wo Ian Barber Rourke 2011 5-8 Science Books & 14.01Mastering the Periodic Table Exercises on the Linda Trombley Walch Publ. 2000 YA 20.45Alkali & alkaline earth metals Monica Halka Facts on File 2010 YA 40.05Halogens and noble gases Monica Halka Facts on File 2010 YA 40.05Lanthanides and actinides Monica Halka Facts on File 2011 YA 40.05Metals and metalloids Monica Halka Facts on File 2011 YA 40.05Nonmetals Monica Halka Facts on File 2010 YA 40.05Transition metals Monica Halka Facts on File 2011 YA 40.05Kinetic and potential energy : understanding c Jennifer Viegas Rosen Pub. Group 2005 YA SLJ 21.00Light, sound, and waves science fair projects : Robert Gardner Enslow Publishers 2010 5-8 HB 26.00Light, sound, and waves science fair projects uRobert Gardner Enslow Publishers 2004 5-8 HB 20.00Making waves : sound Steve Parker Heinemann Library 2005 5-8 LMC 25.18

Algebra & GeometryAce your math and measuring science project : Robert Gardner Enslow Publishers 2010 5-8 HB 24.00Algebra and pre-algebra Rebecca Wingard-NelEnslow 2008 5-8 HB 21.00Algebra & geometry Dan Green Kingfisher 2011 5-8 HB,LMC,SLJ 12.79Algebra I and algebra II smarts! Rebecca Wingard-NelEnslow Publishers 2012 5-8 SLJ 21.00Algebra word problems : no problem! Rebecca Wingard-NelEnslow Publishers 2011 5-8 HB,LMC 21.00Barron's E-Z math Anthony Prindle Barrons 2009 YA 12.79Decimals and fractions Rebecca Wingard-NelEnslow Publishers 2008 5-8 HB,SLJ 21.00

Dr. Math gets you ready for algebra : learning Jessica Wolk-Stanley Jossey-Bass 2003 5-8 19.41Kiss my math : showing pre-algebra who's bos Danica McKellar Plume 2009 5-8 Voice of Youth A 16.91Painless algebra Lynette Long Barron's 2011 5-8 8.54Painless pre-algebra Amy Stahl Barron's 2011 5-8 8.54Pre-algebra and algebra Rebecca Wingard-NelEnslow Publishers 2012 5-8 SLJ 24.00Pre-algebra and algebra smarts! Lucille Caron Enslow Publishers 2012 5-8 SLJ 21.00Ratios and percents Rebecca Wingard-NelEnslow Publishers 2008 5-8 HB 21.00Symbols and algebra : 50 math super puzzles Thomas Canavan Rosen Central 2012 5-8 21.00Working with Numbers Refresher Steck-Vaughn 2002 5-8 16.70501 algebra questions LearningExpress 2006 YA 14.46The abc's of ALGEBRA Level I Carole Greenes Wright Gro 2000 YA 24.95Algebra demystified Rhonda HuettenmuellMcGraw-Hill 2011 YA 20.05Algebra I essentials for dummies Mary Jane Sterling Wiley 2010 YA 8.54Algebra II essentials for dummies Mary Jane Sterling Wiley 2010 YA 8.54Dr. Math introduces geometry : learning geometry is easy! just as J. Wiley 2004 5-8 20.61The father of geometry : Euclid and his 3-D wo Paul Hightower Enslow Publishers 2011 5-8 HB 24.00Figuring out geometry Rebecca Wingard-NelEnslow Publishers 2008 5-8 HB,SLJ 21.00Geometry Rebecca Wingard-NelEnslow Publishers 2012 5-8 SLJ 24.00Geometry / (Ace Your Math Test) Rebecca Wingard-NelEnslow Publishers 2012 5-8 SLJ 10.00Geometry, Grades 5-8 Mary Lee Vivian Carson-Del 2003 5-8 11.09Geometry's Great Thinkers Bonnie Leech Rosen Classroom 2006 5-8 51.05Geometry smarts! Lucille Caron Enslow Publishers 2012 5-8 HB,SLJ 21.00Geometry word problems : no problem! Rebecca Wingard-NelEnslow Publishers 2011 5-8 HB 21.00Janice VanCleave's geometry for every kid : ea Janice Pratt VanCleavWiley 1994 5-8 B,HB,SLJ 19.41Measuring the Earth : Eratosthenes and his cel Mary Gow Enslow 2010 5-8 HB 24.00501 Geometry Questions, 2nd Edition LearningExpress 2012 YA 14.46Barron's E-Z geometry Lawrence S. Leff Barron's 2009 YA 14.49Beyond geometry : a new mathematics of spacJohn Tabak Facts on File 2011 YA LMC,SLJ 45.05Bob Miller's geometry for the clueless Robert Miller McGraw-Hill 2006 YA 15.00The Britannica guide to geometry Britannica Educationa2011 YA LMC 38.30The complete idiot's guide to geometry Denise Szecsei Alpha 2007 YA 16.16Contemporary's number power : a real world a Robert Mitchell Contemporary Books 2000 YA 21.97Dr. Math presents more geometry : learning geoJessica Wolk-Stanley Wiley 2005 YA 13.61The Facts on File geometry handbook Catherine A. Gorini Facts on File 2003 YA B, LJ, LMC 40.05

The fractal geometry of nature Benoit B. Mandelbrot W.H. Freeman 1983 YA 55.05

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