melmichigan Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 I'm looking for suggestions or links to previous posts for additional books to go with a spine for chemistry and physics for middle school and high school level please. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calandalsmom Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Noeo and Real Science for Kids are the only resources I know off the bat. You can search thread here as well, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Chemistry Caveman Chemistry On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Cartoon Guide to Chemistry The Elements (check out Gray's website, too) Inquiry in Action (a really good, free 470 page book of chemistry experiments for kids) Periodic Table of Videos (not a book, but an awesome free resource) Physics Manga Guide to Physics Cartoon Guide to Physics Manga Guide to Electricity Manga Guide to Relativity All of the William Gurstelle books — Backyard Ballistics, Art of the Catapult, etc. How Everything Works Mad About Physics Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 There are so many great popular physics books. My dd liked reading from The Physics of Star Trek -- that is, until she found the many problems standing in the way of warp speed. There are also physics books taking on issues from Star Wars and Harry Potter. We have also read from The Way Things Work. I've also got Insulting Stupid Physics From the Movies and The Physics of Superheroes tucked away. For a high schooler, Physics for Future Presidents is something I've seen recommended but have not read myself. For a kid who is a visual learner, there's The Manga Guide to Physics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 (edited) I've also got Insulting Stupid Physics From the Movies and The Physics of Superheroes tucked away. These would be a big hit in our house! Thanks for the tip — off to check them out on Amazon.... ETA: These look great! Here's the links: Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics The Physics of Superheroes Jackie Edited September 19, 2010 by Corraleno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Jackie, how do you make the direct links to amazon? I haven't figured that out yet. For high schoolers: I forgot to say right now I'm reading to my dd from The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean, which is a Bill Bryson-ish style book on the elements. And speaking of Bryson -- A Short History of Practically Everything is one of the best science books around. There's an abridged version on audio CD, or an unabridged download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Jackie, how do you make the direct links to amazon? I haven't figured that out yet. (1) copy the URL of the Amazon page (2) highlight the text in your post that you want to serve as the link (e.g. the title of the book) (3) click the little globe icon with the chain link, and paste the url into the pop-up window For high schoolers: I forgot to say right now I'm reading to my dd from The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean, which is a Bill Bryson-ish style book on the elements. I've got this book in my Amazon wishlist, I'd love to hear how you like it. Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 I've got this book in my Amazon wishlist, I'd love to hear how you like it. I loved The Disappearing Spoon. A New York Times review thought it was more scattered than it could have been, but I liked the discursivity -- the elements are not "organized" in any traditional fashion as he talks about them, but are discussed in groups according to different categories: there are a bunch of synthetically created elements with different nations fighting for the right to name them; elements that have to do with money, from early coinage to europium in the current Euro; radioactive elements; etc. There's lots of information about the elements themselves, but the emphasis is on the human story behind the chart. There are arrogant scientists, neglected scientists, unlucky scientists; women who are doing unpaid work in the time before female scientists were accepted, scientists whose careers were interrupted or burnished by war, and all kinds of stories. I found them enthralling. The first chapter, which talks about the period table in geographic terms, told me more about how it works than all my previous science reading put together. It was incredibly accessible. Oh, and thanks for the instructions about how to make proper links! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Jackie, how do you make the direct links to amazon? I haven't figured that out yet. For high schoolers: I forgot to say right now I'm reading to my dd from The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean, which is a Bill Bryson-ish style book on the elements. And speaking of Bryson -- A Short History of Practically Everything is one of the best science books around. There's an abridged version on audio CD, or an unabridged download. My dd took a science course at her public high school last year based on Bryson's book. She loved it and brought some interesting topics to our dinntr table discussions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Thanks everyone for those wonderful book suggestions! Capt_Uhura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 The Flying Circus of Phyics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted September 19, 2010 Author Share Posted September 19, 2010 My amazon wish list is growing again. Luckily my library has a few of the titles mentioned. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Thinking Physics The Mystery of the Periodic Table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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