The Book Catalog
Science
Physical Science

Mudpies to Magnets: A preschool science curriculum  

Robert A Williams; Robert E Rockwell; Elizabeth A Sherwood
Gryphon House; Paperback; 154 pp.; Parent guide included

Two-hundred and twenty-four hands-on science experiments and ideas with step-by-step instructions. This work introduces science concepts on matter and energy, the earth, the cosmos and living things. We chose this book because it does real science with small children, yet does not overwhelm them with abstract concepts.

Science With Magnets Kit

Kit includes horseshoe, bar and disk magnets and all other materials for completing many experiments.

A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison

David A. Adler
Holiday House; Paperback; unpaged

A perfect biography for young readers. The well-done illustrations and text tell the story of Edison early inventing adventures and mishaps, including sitting on a nest of eggs to see if he could make the eggs hatch.

The Usborne Book of Science Activities: Volume 1

Helen Edom; Kate Woodward
Usborne Publishing; Hardcover; 74 pp.

As part of our hands-on approach to learning in science we include science activities and experiments on a regular basis. The experiments help explain basic scientific principles. All experiments use everyday household equipment. Simple text and illustrations enable children to use the books by themselves, if desired.

Looking at Rocks

A good beginner guide for your child to take on nature walks. The book contains, an explanation of kinds of rocks, a rock identification chart, and stickers to add as your child makes “finds”.

Physics Experiments for Children

Muriel Mandell, et al.
Dover; Paperback; 96 pp.

Physics is the science of matter and energy and of interactions between the two. This simple, understandable introduction to physics will hook your child on scientific inquiry. The book has 103 projects which demonstrate composition of objects and how substances are affected by various forms of energy.

Science in Ancient Egypt

Geraldine Woods
Scholastic Library; Paperback; 64 pp.

Best Books for Young Teen Readers. This book offers an intriguing look at the accomplishments of ancient Egyptians in the fields of architecture, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, and general science.

The Usborne Book of Science Activities:
Volume 2

M. Unwin, et al.
Usborne; Hardcover; 72 pp.

A very “hands-on” book for doing simple experiments that make concepts studied in Grade Two clear. Its appealing activities are designed to help children investigate the fascinating scientific world of the kitchen and the intriguing nature of plants and air.

Archimedes and the Door of Science

Jeanne Bendick
Bethlehem Books ; Paperback; 160 pp.

Listed in Cathy Duffy's 100 Best Picks, this book id an educational treasure. It inspires investigation into Archimedean principles and inventions. The drawings illustrate the scientific principles clearly. And the best part is when Archimedes finally makes a breakthrough with displacement and density and runs through the streets shouting, "Eureka!"

To Fly: The story of the Wright brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright were a fascinating pair of siblings. Their story is portrayed in brief, high interest chapters, beginning with their childhood fascination with flight and love of problem solving, and then detailing their early experiments and dangerous trial runs in North Carolina, and ending with their successful flights of 1903. Flight enthusiast and noted artist Robert Andrew Parker illustrated this well-researched biography with watercolors. It has a time line, endnotes, and bibliography.

Secrets of Animal Flight

This book explores flight in the animal kingdom. After considering the reasons why animals fly, Bishop discusses the more difficult topic of how they do it. A simple demonstration of aerodynamics gives way to an explanation of what happens when a bird flaps its wings. Other topics include taking off and landing, soaring and gliding, and the different types of wings and modes of flight in bats, insects, and butterflies. The many colorful photographs

The Usborne Book of Science Activities:
Volume 3

This book helps children investigate the scientific fields of electricity, the weather and their own bodies. Readers can learn how their voices work, how to make a flashing lighthouse and how to use wind power. All activities are safe and easy to carry out, using ordinary household things and easily available equipment.

Zoom!: The complete paper airplane kit

Margaret A Hartelius
Penguin; Paperback; 64 pp.

This book shows children how to make lots of different paper planes, such as the Little Bat and the Super Looper. Used to provide a laboratory for flight observation, the step-by-step illustrated instructions are easy to follow and come with twenty sheets of colored plane-making paper, and 80 colorful stickers to decorate the planes.

Along Came Galileo

Jeanne Bendick
Beautiful Feet Books; Paperback; 99 pp.

Bendick’s book is an insightful and delightful look into the life of a courageous man of faith and science. Galileo’s questioning mind drove him to monumental breakthroughs in astronomy, physics, mechanics, and the natural world. Packed with the author’s original pen drawings, pictures and illustrations the book will delight young readers.

Johannes Kepler: Giant of faith and science

John Hudson Tiner
Mott Media (Sower Series); Paperback; 202 pp.

Kepler was a giant of astronomy during the Renaissance. He considered his studies as a way of looking into God’s creation. “I had the intention of becoming a theologian . . . but now I see how God is, by my endeavors, also glorified in astronomy for the heavens declare the glory of God.” Tiner’s clear and engaging biography brings us into the world of the Italy.

Nicolaus Copernicus: The earth is a planet

Dennis Brindell Fradin
Mondo Pub.; Paperback; 32 pp.

A biography of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who challenged the belief of his age that Earth was the center of the universe and proved that it is, instead, a planet orbiting the Sun. Contains beautiful illustrations of the astronomer’s world and ideas.

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L’Engle
Random House; Paperback; 256 pp.

Best Books for Children, 6th ed. Newbery Award 1963. After m eeting an unearthly stranger one dark and stormy night, Meg and Charles Wallace set out in space to find their scientist father who is lost in the fifth dimension. This thought-provoking science fiction is a real page-turner whose final message is that love is the greatest power. (Note: We feel this work of science fiction is one of the best. It teaches about space and draws a clear view of good vs. evil. However, the author portrays one of the minor characters as a "medium" who uses a "crystal ball". You may want to discuss with your child what God's Word says about fortune telling.)

Exploring the World of Physics

John Hudson Tiner
New Leaf Press; Paperback; 160 pp.

This excellent work explains physics in remarkably clear detail and engaging stories. Physics equations and formulas are kept to a minimum. The author starts with the simple and goes on to the complex and is intended to be an introductory book for beginning physics students.