[Science主题书单] Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12

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继续用书单轰炸大家。 上次贴的是social studies主题，这次是science。喜欢主题书单的同学请评分示意下。 个人的经验是，“磨刀不误砍柴功”，大量研读各种有分量的书单和奖项清单，对选书是非常有益的。 希望这些琳琅满目的书单，可以开阔眼界，开拓思路，在给孩子们选书时多些参考。更希望大家若从中淘到好书，一定记得来聊书吧聊一聊。

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言归正传，Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12是美国National Science Teachers Association（NSTA) and CBC联合评选的，评委由9位科学教育领域的专家组成，每年从上一年出版的书中挑选。 书单对每本书的介绍中都包括了内容分类，阅读难度，还有评委特别推荐的标识 ，以及辅助阅读材料等。 NSTA给出的science内容分类标准如下： National Science Content Standards: (I) Unifying Concepts and Processes, (II) Science as Inquiry, (III) Physical Science Perspectives, (IV) Life Science, (V) Earth and Space Science, (VI) Science and Technology, (VII) Science in Personal and Social, (VIII) History and Nature of Science 阅读难度： P = Primary (K–2); E = Elementary (3–5); I = Intermediate (6–8); A = Advanced (9–12) 书单是我从官网复制后重新制作成的PDF文本，带着每本书在官网的链接，点击进去可以看到封面等更详细介绍。 2011--1996年的书单陆续上传中。 [ 本帖最后由 红雨心灯 于 2011-9-22 14:39 编辑 ]

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 2011 (Books published in 2010) Science is passion, science is wonder. The best books about science stir the minds and hearts of readers in very special ways; and when they do, the impressions they make can last for years. To make sure the treasures we share in this list are truly wonderful, for each of the last 38 years an intent group of science educators and bibliophiles has gathered to identify the best in science trade books for young readers. Our panel members found inspiration in the outstanding selections they have identified. This year’s award winners represent an eclectic array of treats. Some (like Caldecott winner Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night and Poetrees) invoke readers’ aesthetic sense as they explore and explain in lyric poetry. Readers of Growing Patterns will never walk through a flower garden again without counting petals. Visual feasts like I Dreamed of Flying Like a Bird offer opportunities for vicarious inquiry. The Robin Makes a Laughing Sound will inspire artists and diarists to find their own muse. Teen readers will love the graphic novel style of How to Clean a Hippopotamus. Others will recognize the traditional page-turning appeal of a mystery in Case Closed and Every Bone Tells a Story. The youngest readers will find an invitation to explore the world in new ways in books like Newton and Me. Yes, there’s a common element among the honorees—their ability to inspire readers to look beyond their pages to the world around. This year’s committee invites you to join them in another celebration of outstanding reading and great science. Juliana Texley, Lead Reviewer, NSTA Recommends 书单见附件 [ 本帖最后由 红雨心灯 于 2011-9-20 12:40 编辑 ]

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晕，看了楼主上次的social studies，琢磨到现在也没搞的特别清楚。 Science Trade又表示啥意思呢，还得好好琢磨一下啊，多谢楼主的分享！

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我来解释下什么叫trade books。 trade books是指已出版面市，面向广大消费者的各种图书。 trade books是相对教科书（text books)等针对特殊人群的书而言的。

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Outstanding Science Trade Books 2010 What makes an outstanding book for a young reader? Although it would be hard to create a rubric for every book, experienced teachers recognize them quickly. They fascinate and captivate with both their content and style. Award-winning trade books inspire young readers to want more…more information, more books, more inquiry, more science. The 37-year-old partnership between the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Children’s Book Council has been a celebration of great books. Studying the lists over the years, it is clear that there are trends in publishing. This year—the 40th anniversary of humankind’s “one small step” on the Moon—there is high interest in both space exploration and technology. Several of the winners describe scientific achievements that occurred when most of our students’ parents were children, yet their emphasis on scientific method and the excitement of inquiry will inspire future thinking in every reader. In a sense, many of this year’s winners comprise a “stimulus” to a new generation of innovative technologists. This is also the year when the entire world has struggled to come to consensus on climate change. Other strands have remained constant over the years; the life sciences remain the most consistent source of high-interest books at the elementary level. Many of the winners have special features that make them ideal for sharing; lyric prose that reads like poetry; large, detailed graphics and photos that can be used for inquiry; and dual-level text for young readers and their mentors to share. To earn a designation as an “outstanding trade book” a publication need not be absolutely perfect from every perspective. Some of the books work best for certain audiences and might be less effective for others. A few were recommended with reservations that are noted in the extended NSTA Recommends review (click on the titles to read the extended versions of the reviews). But every one has the potential to be that special invitation to a lifelong adventure in science for a student near you. Those of you who’ve enjoyed this list for years will notice a change in the categories this year. Rather than group the books according to topic, we’ve reorganized them this year according to the National Science Education Standard that they most fully support (although many will fall into more than one, and this is noted in each annotation). You’ll also notice that this year we’ve attached some supplemental material that can be used to extend learning. Click the links at the end of the review to learn more. Happy reading! Juliana Texley, Lead Reviewer, NSTA Recommends （摘自NSTA） 书单见附件。

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 2009 (Books published in 2008) Today’s classrooms have no real walls! Students explore the world on field trips, during virtual journeys on the world wide web, and through the books they read. These pathways help them fly to the ends of the universe to satisfy their scientific curiosity. Again this year, the professionals of the NSTA/CBC Review Panel for Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12 have been pleased to serve as travel guides, identifying the best in trade books for student explorations. Their recommendations encourage young readers to fly Over the Rivers, brave the Antarctic with Emperors of the Ice, come Face to Face With Elephants, or help a family of mountain gorillas Looking for Miza. There are journeys to microworlds as well, inviting students into Dr. Frankenstein’s lab to investigate the human body, to search nests for Eggs, or work with a National Geographic scientist to explore Genetics. Each of these books is not just accurate, up-to-date, and attractive but also represents a new, creative path to inquiry. They often have text at a variety of levels—suitable for first reading alone or in a group and for revisiting again and again to learn more. Graphics are often so detailed that they not only support the text but provide opportunities for students to hone their observation skills and to make connections and apply concepts. And almost all of these roads to adventure are linked to other paths (print and electronic) so that the curious explorer can go further. The journey begins here—come along. Juliana Texley, Lead Reviewer, NSTA Recommends

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 2008 (Books published in 2007) To science teachers, there’s a special meaning to the term “literacy” that goes far beyond language arts. For over a decade, the National Science Education Standards have focused our attention on scientific literacy, a golden umbrella that encompasses not just reading, writing, and speaking but the attitudes, content knowledge, and process skills that make it possible to investigate natural phenomena and understand the results. Those are the qualities we look for in the books that earn each year’s NSTA/Children’s Book Council Outstanding Trade Book awards. It isn’t just the facts between their covers that make them great selections—although getting those facts correct in text and graphics is certainly the most basic requirement for consideration. But beyond content, each book must have the capacity to entice young readers to be active participants in the scientific endeavor from the earliest years onward. In a really good trade book, the processes of science jump off every page, drawing readers into the adventure of exploring the natural world. In this year’s collection, which is our 35th anniversary, you can fly Over the Mountains or peer down from a Satellite to explore the Earth from far above. With professional researchers, readers can puzzle the mysteries of A Dinosaur Named Jane or follow the Tracks of a Panda. The important new facts about personal health in Sneeze and Breast Cancer Update can help readers make better personal decisions. Even the youngest students can become apprentice scientists as they listen to the lyric prose of Here Is the Wetlandor Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg. The books that earn the committee’s highest recognition in this annual competition often go even further, nurturing important skills for tomorrow’s citizens. This year’s winners challenge readers to think about public health and public policy. In Superbugs Strike Back, readers become public-health detectives, following the emergence of new and devastating antibiotic-resistant diseases. Both Einstein Adds a New Dimension and The Ultimate Weapon ask readers to consider the difficult ethical and environmental problems involved in the development of nuclear energy for war and peace. Each of these outstanding selections defies the traditional image of a child “curling up with a good book.” Yes, they can be a source of great personal reading, encouraging students of all ages to stretch their skills and their imagination as they interact with the printed page. But these journeys of the scientific imagination seldom end with the final chapter. They have the capacity to draw the reader out from that cozy seat and into the natural world—to observe, investigate, and continue the process of discovery that has characterized scientists from Aristotle to Hawking. The adventures begin here. Juliana Texley, Lead Reviewer NSTA Recommends

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 2007 (Books published in 2006) [size=1.2em]Apples and oranges … and lychees and loquats—how can one compare? That’s the challenge when a team of NSTA’s best science educators attempt to select the best of each year’s science trade books. [size=1.2em]It’s been 34 years since NSTA joined forces with the Children’s Book Council to select the best trade books each year. Publishers submit hundreds of books for evaluation, and the judges have a daunting task. First, they need to determine if the books are truly “trade books” that would normally be found in a bookstore, and they must always represent the best of the National Science Education Standards. [size=1.2em]The committee must compare the books to a set of standards that have been refined each year since the competition began. The committee looks for accuracy, good graphics, developmental appropriateness, and readability. Often, the final choice comes down to that hard-to-define characteristic that hooks the reader and fascinates. [size=1.2em]How to use this list? Many teachers refer it to their media professionals and to their students’ parents. Some use it to make purchases. And sometimes, teachers grab copies for their own reading pleasure. Above all, these books are meant to be enjoyed!

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 2006 (Books published in 2005) Each year many good science trade books are published for children. But teachers, media professionals, and parents want to know which are the very best. That’s where this competition comes in. Working with The Children's Book Council in New York City, NSTA has refined the criteria for the highest quality, most engaging, and scientifically accurate publications for children. The task is not an easy one. Children come to science with different backgrounds and interests. Standards change. Even science content itself changes. Judges on the NSTA/CBC Review Panel must read hundreds of books each year and research much of the content they contain. But the work is valuable. As in past years, the list of publications that the committee has defined as “outstanding” is quite eclectic; you’ll find informational texts and biographies, fiction, poetry, and even a book of songs with an accompanying CD! What they all have in common is they convey the thrill of science. The committee is honored to share these outstanding books with you. —Juliana Texley, NSTA Recommends