TOP 12 Non-fiction
Here is a list of 12 picture books for 6th and 7th grade science in Georgia
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Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
(2017) Roaring Books Press/MacMillan
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02
The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain and Yuval Zommer
(2017) Words and Pictures
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03
13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System
(2011) National Geographic Children's Books
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04
Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled: How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Really Look Like?
by Catherine Thimmesh (2013) HMH Books for Young Readers
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05
Gregor Mendell: The Friar Who Grew Peas by Cheryl Bardoe
(2006) Harry N. Abrams
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06
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
(2017) Roaring Book Press/MacMillan
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07
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam and the Science of Ocean Motion
(2007) HMH Books For Young Readers
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08
The Vast Wonder of the World:
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09
Do People Really Have Insects Living in Their Eyelashes? by Melissa Steward
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10
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
(2012)
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11
The Skies Above My Eyes by Charlotte Guillain and Yuval Zommer
(2018) Words and Pictures
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12
Nobody Particular: One Woman's Fight to Save the Bays by Molly Bang
(2000) Henry Holt and Company
Five Faction Finds
As a tribute to Joanna Cole's life, I have included a mini-list of Magic School Bus books that can be used in the middle school science classroom.
01
The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body by Joanna Cole
(1990) Scholastic
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02
The Magic School Bus: Lost in Space by Joanna Cole
(1992) Scholastic
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03
The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth by Joanna Cole
(1989) Scholastic
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04
The Magic School Bus: Inside a Hurricane by Joanna Cole
(1996) Scholastic
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05
The Magic School Bus and the Climate Change by Joanna Cole
(2012) Scholastic