I think I need to thin my bookshelves…help!

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  • January 31, 2014 at 2:36 pm
    Claire
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    I see.  I was just wondering how it worked and looked in families with large libraries. 

    I know that living books are hard to find too.  I do end up buying some and yes, especially for Sciences, but do you find that some of them are sort of geared toward a younger reader?  I wonder if that is our perception because of our reading selections or if they are written that way.  Can anyone recommend Science living books written at a high school level?  I’ll search the booklist here when I get a chance too.  Maybe I’m missing some that just haven’t corresponded with our subjects in whatever terms.  I have not found this issue with Biographies in the libraries for either Science or History.  There are some great ones, more than we’ve needed in any given term really.  Literatures I buy for the reasons you stated Christie – time needed to properly read them. 

    January 31, 2014 at 2:57 pm
    Wings2fly
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    David Macaulay.

    Perhaps Eric Sloane for high school science. I find them very interesting myself.

    Robin?

    January 31, 2014 at 7:54 pm
    Claire
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    Thanks Wings2fly.

    January 31, 2014 at 9:26 pm
    RobinP
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    Both of those are excellent, Wings2fly. And yes, biographies are easier to find at a high school level. But many of those biographies actually contain a great deal of science in them. Often the bio will describe in detail how the scientist performed their studies. My engineering student son and I were talking recently how neat it is to be able to read these bios and an interested student can actually recreate the experiment, and maybe even improve upon it! That’s the way many discoveries are made. And don’t forget to read the scientists’ own writings at this level. I actually have a friend who is working on a CM science curriculum. I know she has some great choices so I’m anxious for her to finish. Some titles I have:

    It’s All Relative: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity by Necia Apfel

    The Romance of Chemistry and a The Romance of Physics both by Keith Gordon Irwin (favorites in my library)

    The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean (another favorite)

    Books by Dava Sobel such as Longitude and A More Perfect Heaven

    The Book Nobody a Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus by Owen Gingerich.

    Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif

    Science Matters by Hazen & Trefil

    Books by Edwin Way Teale for nature

    String, Straightedge & Shadow: The Story of Geometry by Julie Diggins ( don’t miss this one)

    This is an area of my library I’ve been trying to expand for the past year. I want my families to feel confident that they can give their children a quality education with living books going into the high school years. Science seems to be a big holdout for families so I want to give them options to either supplement their textbook curriculum for forego the textbook altogether depending on the needs of the student.

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