biology living books

[saraha]

I am looking for some living books for biology.  Anything would be great.  Suggestions for biographies would be really helpful too.

 

Thanks

[Angie in VA]

You could cherry pick from Guest Hollow biology.

http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/science/biology/biology_books.html

Scroll down. Keep going. Ds really liked The House of the Scorpion and its sequel. He also enjoyed the Richard Preston books. Funny, The Hot Zone was released the year ds was born, but it is pretty relevant right now! I liked The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (warning: language and graphic content regarding an abusive situation!) and would never have read most of the books on GH's list on my own.

GH is Christian, but there is much good to glean from her book list for those wanting a secular course.

[Cricket]

For high school or middle grades?

[Orthodox6]

This is a biography of Louis Agassiz that I thought outstanding:

http://www.amazon.com/Louis-Agassiz-A-Life-Science/dp/080183743X

[saraha]

Thanks!

 

both high school and middle school reading levels

 

[lewelma]

I bet Rose would know of a few. I pmed her to drop by.

 

Ruth in NZ

[Chrysalis Academy]

Biology? You're  playing my song . . .  ;)

 

Middle Grades:

 

For biographies, I like Kathleen Krull - she has a bio of Charles Darwin (lots of others, too, but he's the only biologist I know about) and the Scientists in the Field series, lots of great titles there that combine scientific content with stories about working scientists

 

on evolution:  Bones Brains & DNA by Tattersall and Evolution by Daniel Loxton

 

human evolution & culture: The Third Chimpanzee for Young People - Jared Diamond

 

Animal Behavior/Ecology - The View From the Oak- Judith Kohl

 

Using the Microscope/Intro to the Microscopic World

·         The Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope – Kirsteen Rogers

·         Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek: First to See Microscopic Life – Lisa Yount’

·         Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist’s Microscope – Stephen Kranmer

·         Broll, Brandon. Microcosmos: Discovering the World Through Microscopic Images from Maynard, Christopher.

·         Micro Monsters: Life Under the Microscope 20X to Over 22 Million X Magnification

·         Rainis, Kenneth G. and Russell, Bruce J. Guide to Microlife.
Danbury, Connecticut: Franklin Watts, 1996

 

Cells

·         The Way Life Works – Mahlon Hoagland

·         The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher – Lewis Thomas

·         Rebecca Johnson – Mighty Animal Cells; Powerful Plant cells

 

Bacteria, Viruses, & Fungi

·         Invisible Allies: Microbes That Shape Our Lives - Farrell, Jeanette.

·         Parade of Life: Monerans, Protists, Fungi & Plants – Prentice Hall Science

·         The Good, the Bad, the Slimy: The Secret Life of Microbes – Sara Latta

·         A World of Microorganisms – Robert Snedden

·         The Benefits of Bacteria – Robert Snedden

·         Pond Water Zoo: An Introduction to Microscopic Life – Peter Loewer

·         Explore the World using Protazoa – Roger Anderson

·         Morrison, Gordon. Pond. Walter Lorraine Books, 2002.

·         Magical Mushrooms & Mischievous Molds – George Hudler

·         Molds, Mushrooms & Other Fungi – Steve Parker

·         Fungi – Alvin Silverstein

·         Fungi – Judy Wearing

·         Fungi – Elaine Pascoe

 

 Botany

·         Plant Projects for Young Scientists – Salvatore Tocci

·         Botany Projects for Young Scientists – Maurice Bleifeld

·         Plants – Janice VanCleave

·         Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life – Molly Bang

·         Essential Atlas of Botany

·         Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History

·         100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names

·         Photosynthesis – Alvin & Virginia Silverstein

 

 

Entomology 

·         Adventures with Insects – Richard Headstrom

·         Insectigations – 40 Hands-On Activities to Explore the Insect World

·         Life in a Bucket of Soil – Elsie Wrigley

 

High School Level:

Early Life by Lynn Margulis (also Microcosmos, and a bunch of more recent titles, all on the origin of life)

The Ages of Gaia - James Lovelock

Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of LIfe on Earth - Richard Fortey

Lives of a Cell - Lewis Thomas

Silent Spring - Rachel Carson

The Botany of Desire – Michael Pollan

 Paul DeKruif – The Microbe Hunters

Tales from the Underground: A Natural History of Subterranean Life – David Wolfe

Anatomy of a Rose – Sharman Apt Russell

Botany for Gardeners - Brian Capon

The Violinist's Thumb - Sam Keen

Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution’s Greatest Puzzle – Andreas Wagner

Your Inner Fish - Neil Shubin

The Cell: A Very Short Introduction – Terence Allen & Graham Cowling 

The Nature of Life: Readings in Biology

[Penguin]

Lives of a Cell:  Notes of a Biology Watcher by Lewis Thomas

 

The Double Helix along with a biography of Rosalind Franklin

 

ETA: 

 

The Monk in the Garden

 

AP Biology "Great Books" List

[Kalmia]

Ecology and Natural History Living Books

 

The Summer World by Bernd Heinrich (basically anything by Bernd Heinrich, Winter World, Ravens in Winter, The TRees in My Forest etc.) (high school)

http://www.amazon.com/Summer-World-Season-Bernd-Heinrich-ebook/dp/B00245A4VO/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1415142742&sr=1-1&keywords=Summer+World

 

Swampwalker's Journal by David M. Carroll (or Turtle Year, Hydromancer's Notebook) (middle and high school)

http://www.amazon.com/Swampwalkers-Journal-Wetlands-David-Carroll-ebook/dp/B003WJQ6N6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1415142845&sr=1-1&keywords=Swampwalker%27s+journal

 

Broadsides from Other Orders: A Book of Bugs by Sue Hubbell (middle school and high school)

http://www.amazon.com/Broadsides-Other-Orders-Book-Bugs/dp/0679400621/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1415142958&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Broadsides+from+other+orders

 

Walking the High RIdge by Robert Michael Pyle (or Chasing Monarchs) (middle school or high school)

http://www.amazon.com/Walking-High-Ridge-Field-Minneapolis/dp/1571312420/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415143254&sr=1-1&keywords=WAlking+the+High+ridge

 

The Living Year by RIchard Headstrom (middle school) (probably available used somewhere else cheaper)

http://www.amazon.com/Living-Year-Richard-Headstrom/dp/B0007E2THQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415143413&sr=1-1&keywords=the+living+year+headstrom

 

Wild Season by Alan Eckert (food chain narrative. middle school)

http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Season-Allan-W-Eckert/dp/0316208574/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415143530&sr=1-1&keywords=wild+season+by+eckert

 

****A Guide to Night Sounds CD Lang Elliot (great in the car. middle and high school)

http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Night-Sounds-Nighttime-Amphibians/dp/0811731642/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1415143865&sr=8-8&keywords=cd+lang+elliott

 

Discovering Moths and Discovering Amphibians by John Himmelman (both high school and middle school)

http://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Amphibians-Frogs-Salamanders-Northeast-ebook/dp/B00O3ZPK1C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415144091&sr=8-1&keywords=john+himmelman+discovering

http://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Moths-Nighttime-Jewels-Backyard-ebook/dp/B002PXSKD4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1415144091&sr=8-2&keywords=john+himmelman+discovering

 

Animal Architects by Wanda Shipman (middle school)

http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Architects-Wanda-Shipman/dp/0811724042/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415144175&sr=8-1&keywords=Animal+Architects+Shipman

 

The Life of an Oak by Glenn Keator (high school)

http://www.amazon.com/The-Life-Oak-Intimate-Portrait/dp/0930588983/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415144306&sr=8-1&keywords=the+life+of+an+oak+keator

 

Adventures in Nature by Edwin Way Teale (middle school)

http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Nature-Edwin-Way-Teale/dp/B000SI1CD8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415144371&sr=8-1&keywords=adventures+in+nature+teale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Vida Winter]

David Attenborough Trials of Life books.

[PeterPan]

http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/453053-feedback-on-illustrated-guide-to-home-biology/  

[saraha]

  :party:

 

I know it has been a few days since I could get back here, but a HUGE THANK YOU!!!!  I am pretty sure you people just saved my sanity!