Books
Are you looking to improve student literacy through science content knowledge? Looking for reading opportunities across the curriculum? Be sure to check out some of our favorite children’s books related to earth science concepts near and dear to Deep Earth Academy.
We will continue to add more as we discover them, so please check back often. Send us your suggestions if you have favorite books that you use in your classroom!
How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming (About Our Changing Climate)Targeted to Grades 4-8, well-known children’s author Cherry introduces readers to climate scientists around the world. She also describes the work of citizen scientists, including children, whose observations contribute to knowledge about important changes that are occurring. The book includes a section on ocean cores and the data that are gleaned from them. |
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Cooper, Sharon Katz, 2007. Learning from Fossils. Heinemann Library, Chicago.In this book for first and second grade readers, students explore what fossils are, how they form, and what we learn from them. Microfossils and a photo of the JOIDES Resolution are included. Part of the Exploring Earth’s Resources series. |
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Cooper, Sharon Katz, 2007. Using Rocks. Heinemann Library, Chicago.In this book for first and second graders, students explore kinds of rocks, how rocks are made, and how we use them. Part of the Exploring Earth’s Resources series. |
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Norris, Richard, 2000. Meteorite! The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Turnstone Publishing Group, Inc., Austin.This book – written at the 5th/6th grade reading level – explores the story of the evidence for one of the most significant meteorites to plunge to Earth and its impact on dinosaurs throughout the world. |
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MacGregor, Ian, 2007. Rocks and Minerals, Science and Technology for Children Books, Smithsonian, Washington, DC.This 3rd/4th grade level book investigates why rocks and minerals are useful, how they are formed, where we find them, and the stories rocks tell us. Includes a description of scientific ocean drilling and Bubba the Driller. Part of the Science and Technology for Children series and available from the National Science Resources Center here.
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