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General Relativity for Babies
As with Ruth Spiro's Baby Loves Quarks!, the topical reach is well beyond the grasp of even the most precocious young Einsteins, but their parents or older siblings may benefit from these quick refreshers.
Science Year by Year: A Visual History, from Stone Tools to Space Travel
This volume is no substitute for comprehensive chronologies, such as the one found in Brenda Wilmouth Lerner and K. Lee Lerner's Scientific Thought in Context, but for middle school browsers or students needing a quick refresher, it merits consideration as a useful update or replacement for Robert Dinwiddie's Science Year by Year or Lisa Rezende's Chronology of Science.
Flying Machines: How the Wright Brothers Soared
Inspirational reading for budding middle grade inventors and engineers—valuable for its broad picture of aviation's early history and for providing specifics about the technical problems the Wright brothers faced and solved.
Science Encyclopedia: Atom Smashing, Food Chemistry, Animals, Space, and More!
There is not much to distinguish this offering from similar flashy compendia of science facts like National Geographic Science of Everything or The Science Book: Everything You Need To Know About the World and How It Works. But its minor updates make it worth considering as an additional purchase for middle school browsers.
Bluespace
Artsy cinematography makes the longer version soporific. The shorter piece stays more on message and may give high school and advanced junior high students additional appreciation for the central importance of water to life—on Earth or anywhere.
Dinosaurs in the Outback
Confirmed fans of all things prehistoric will enjoy this breezy and informative introduction to dinosaurs Down Under.
The Secret Project
A moving, nonpreachy springboard for older elementary grade and middle school discussions of the Manhattan Project or nuclear weapons in general—though educators will want to supplement with additional materials.
9/11 Inside the Pentagon
Optional viewing for middle graders studying the September 11 attacks in depth.
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