NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K–122024

Given by National Science Teaching Association (NSTA)

Other Names: NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children (1973-2002), Children's Book Council/National Science Teachers Association Award
41 Works 558 Books 35 Reviews 4.1
Reading science trade books is the perfect way for students to build literacy skills while learning science content. The books that appear in these lists were selected as outstanding children's show more science trade books. They were chosen by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and assembled in cooperation with the Children's Book Council (CBC). NSTA and CBC have joined forces on this bibliographic project since 1973, when the list was known as Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children and was primarily targeted at grades K through 8. Beginning in 2002, the list has been expanded to include high school as well.

[Succeeds NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children.]
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Categories:
All, Anthropology and Paleontology (4), Archaeology, Anthropology, and Paleontology (26), Biography (57), Biography Plus (1), Committee's Choice (1), Earth Science (9), Earth and Space (3), Earth and Space Science (51), Environment and Ecology (83), Fiction (3), Health Science (4), Health and Science (7), History and Nature of Science (18), Integrated Science (27), Life Science (322), Medicine and Medical Research (4), Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12 (1), Paleontology (3), Physical Science (27), Science and Technology (3), Science as Inquiry (17), Science in Personal and Social Perspectives (2), Science-Related Careers (16), Technology and Engineering (13), Unifying Concepts and Processes in Science (5), No Category (634)
Years:
All, 2024 (41), 2023 (24), 2022 (28), 2021 (34), 2020 (41), 2019 (54), 2018 (53), 1998; 2017 (1), 2017 (56), 2016 (49), 2015 (44), 2014 (55), 2013 (58), 2012 (51), 2011 (45), 2010 (41), 2009 (38), 2008 (33), 2007 (33), 2006 (42), 2005 (37), 2004 (46), 2003 (37), 2002 (42), 2001 (40), 2000 (39), 1999 (33), 1998 (39), 1997 (44), 1996 (65), 1995 (1), 1990 (91), 1976? (1)
Announced:
November 2023: 2024 Recent
WorkYear
Paper World: Human Body by Gail Armstrong
2024
Grizzly Bears: Guardians of the Wilderness (Orca Wild, 10) by Frances Backhouse
2024
A Stone Is a Story by Leslie Barnard Booth
2024
Queen of leaves : the story of botanist Ynes Mexia by brisenostephen
2024
Becoming Bionic and Other Ways Science Is Making Us Super by Heather Camlot
2024
My Indigo World: A True Story of the Color Blue by Rosa Chang
2024
Evolution by Sarah Darwin
2024
If the Rivers Run Free by Andrea Debbink
2024
Zero Waste: How One Community Is Leading a World Recycling Revolution (Green Power) by Allan Drummond
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We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration by Robert Furrow
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A Star Explodes: The Story of Supernova 1054 by James Gladstone
2024
Rooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector by Janice N. Harrington
2024
The Pie That Molly Grew by Sue Heavenrich
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Old Enough to Make a Difference: Be Inspired by Real-Life Children Building a More Sustainable Future by Rebecca Hui
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Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience by Christine Iverson
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Find Out About Animal Camouflage by Martin Jenkins
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Why Do Elephants Have Big Ears?: Questions ― and Surprising Answers ― About Animals by Steve Jenkins
2024
Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story by Jody Shaffer Jensen
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Extra Life (Young Readers Adaptation): The Astonishing Story of How We Doubled Our Lifespan by Steven Johnson
2024
The Bone Wars: The True Story of an Epic Battle to Find Dinosaur Fossils by Jane Kurtz
2024
The Clues Are in the Poo: The Story of Dinosaur Scientist Karen Chin | Childrens Book About Dinosaurs | Reading Age 7-12 | Grade Level 1-5 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Reycraft Books by Jane Kurtz
2024
Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan
2024
Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic by Shan Woo Liu
2024
Sisters in Science: Marie Curie, Bronia Dluska, and the Atomic Power of Sisterhood by Linda Elovitz Marshall
2024
Sew Sister: The Untold Story of Jean Wright and NASA's Seamstresses by Elise Matich
2024
The Woman in the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Helped Fly the First Astronauts to the Moon by Richard Maurer
2024
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day by Dan Nott
2024
How Birds Sleep by David Obuchowski
2024
At Home with the Prairie Dog: The Story of a Keystone Species (The Story of a Keystone Species, 3) by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
2024
Tell Me About Space by Lisa Varchol Perron
2024
Before colors : where colors come from by Annette Bay Pimentel
2024
We Need to Talk About Vaginas: An IMPORTANT Book About Vulvas, Periods, Puberty, and Sex! by Dr. Allison K. Rodgers
2024
Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals by Ben Rothery
2024
We Are Branches by Joyce Sidman
2024
Shining Star: Vera Rubin Discovers Dark Matter by Suzanne Slade
2024
Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem by Melissa Stewart
2024
How to Spacewalk: Step-by-Step with Shuttle Astronauts by Kathryn Sullivan
2024
Animals in Surprising Shades: Poems About Earth's Colorful Creatures by Susan Johnston Taylor
2024
Her Eyes on the Stars: Maria Mitchell, Astronomer by Laurie Wallmark
2024
Mission: Arctic: A Scientifc Adventure to a Changing North Pole by Katharina Weiss-Tuider
2024
The Snow Man: A True Story by Jonah Winter
2024

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Reading science trade books is the perfect way for students to build literacy skills while learning science content. The books that appear in these lists were selected as outstanding children's science trade books. They were chosen by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and assembled in cooperation with the Children's Book Council (CBC). NSTA and CBC have joined forces on this bibliographic project since 1973, when the list was known as Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children and was primarily targeted at grades K through 8. Beginning in 2002, the list has been expanded to include high school as well.

[Succeeds NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children.] (English, Member-written)
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Reading science trade books is the perfect way for students to build literacy skills while learning science content. The books that appear in these lists were selected as outstanding children's science trade books. They were chosen by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and assembled in cooperation with the Children's Book Council (CBC). NSTA and CBC have joined forces on this bibliographic project since 1973, when the list was known as Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children and was primarily targeted at grades K through 8. Beginning in 2002, the list has been expanded to include high school as well.

[succeeded by NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12.] (English, Member-written)

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