SB&F Recommended Books for the Science Classroom

To view a listing of books for children, young adults and teachers click on the one of the Benchmark chapters. Listings include bibliographic information, a link to the full review and a link to Amazon.com for purchasing. Each book listed has received a "Highly Recommended" rating from an SB&F reviewer and has been specially selected by the editors of SB&F as an outstanding resource for the science classroom. These books can be used for classroom research, as supplemental material for lessons, as independent readers for students, or as resources for project ideas.

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I. The Nature of Science: How science works

II. The Nature of Mathematics: Mathematics as part of the scientific endeavor

III. The Nature of Technology: General principles of technology and engineering

IV. The Physical Setting: The makeup and structure of the universe

V. The Living Environment: How living things function and interact

VI. The Human Organism: The biology of humans

VII. Human Society: Social behavior of individuals and groups

VIII. The Designed World: Key technologies that shape our world

IX. The Mathematical World: Basic mathematical ideas

X. Historical Perspectives: Key episodes in the history of science