Hi Friends! I know I‘ve been gone awhile, but I could use your help! I‘ve just accepted a job at our new junior high opening in the fall and have since been tasked to find books (YA Fiction or Nonfiction) to use cross-curricularly with Math and Science. Please drop some recs below!
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TheBookHippie I‘ll get back to you!!! With a list! 7y
AndreaReads @TheBookHippie You‘re my favorite! Thank you for your help! 7y
Readergrrl My friend is a science teacher and I am an English teacher. We worked on a unit tying germs/plagues, medical anthropology, etc. to Fever by Laurie Halse Anderson.![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
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Readergrrl Also Frankenstein! Such a great tie-in to current medical/ethical practices. Perhaps better for higher level readers as the language can be dense. 7y
Pogue TryThe Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York 7y
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New YorkReadergrrl And don‘t laugh, but zombielit such as Raising Stony Mayhall might bring up some great conversations about epidemics and even evolution.Raising Stony Mayhall 7y
Raising Stony MayhallTheBookHippie Favorite of mine 🖤Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems 7y
Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic PoemsAndreaReads @Readergrrl I love your suggestions! Thank you! @Pogue Thank you! That one is on my TBR; I‘ll have to move it up and check it out! 7y
TheBookHippie Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind Or Breaking a Nail 7y
Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind Or Breaking a NailTheBookHippie Her STEM Career: Adventures of 51 Remarkable Women 7y
Her STEM Career: Adventures of 51 Remarkable WomenTheBookHippie Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World 7y
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the WorldTheBookHippie @Readergrrl We used the graphic novel of Frankenstein !!! 7y
emtobiasz A little out there, and it may not line up exactly with what you‘re looking for, but this NF book on technology, privacy, and surveillance could be a great conversation starter:Eyes and Spies: How You're Tracked and Why You Should Know 7y
Eyes and Spies: How You're Tracked and Why You Should KnowTheBookHippie Science Comics: Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield 7y
Science Comics: Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefieldemtobiasz This may skew a little young, but this gave my homeschool book club great discussions:The Fourteenth Goldfish 7y
The Fourteenth Goldfishemtobiasz Lots of puzzles, ciphers, and codes inBook Scavenger 7y
Book ScavengerTheBookHippie Baseball: The Math of the Game 7y
Baseball: The Math of the GameTheBookHippie It is a picture book but the story and history are so cool!!!Nefertiti, the Spidernaut 7y
Nefertiti, the SpidernautRadicalReader @AndreaReads great characters and fun math equations found inSideways Arithmetic from Wayside School: More than 50 mindboggling maths puzzles! - Rejacketed 7y
Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School: More than 50 mindboggling maths puzzles! - RejacketedChristine Congrats on the new job! :) 7y
julesG Congratulations on the job! 7y
julesG A few chemistry recommendationsThe Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements 7y
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the ElementsjulesG Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc 7y
Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to ZincjulesG Periodic Table: A Visual Guide to the Elements 7y
Periodic Table: A Visual Guide to the ElementsjulesG General scienceThe Science Magpie: A Miscellany of Paradoxes, Explications, Lists, Lives and Ephemera from the Wonderful World of Science 7y
The Science Magpie: A Miscellany of Paradoxes, Explications, Lists, Lives and Ephemera from the Wonderful World of SciencejulesG What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions 7y
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical QuestionsjulesG Does It Fart?: The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence 7y
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