Middle School Trade Books and Related AIMS Activities
In my last post, I reported that every year the National Science Teachers’ Association (NSTA) publishes a list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 . I also provided links to several books and related AIMS activities for primary and intermediate grades . (Link to last two blogs.) This post will feature books from the list for Middle School grades 6-8 along with some related AIMS activities. This list, as expected, is much shorter than those for the primary and intermediate grades. When Rivers Burned by Linda Crotta Brennan Relates the history of Earth Day with chapters on pollution and the fragile Earth Related AIMS activities: Water conservation: Down the Drain! , Water Waste is a Weighty Issue , Water Island ; Water treatment: That Settles It, Help Save the Birds!, Mini Water Treatment Simulation (all are from the AIMS book Water, Precious Water ); Air pollution: Pollution Solution , Air Quality Index ; Resources: Researching Resources (all from the book Ea...