Bibliography: Grade 4
Earth's Land
by Anita Holmes
Julian Messner, 1993
This book shows students that by protecting and conserving their environment, they can improve the quality of life for themselves and their families.
One Day in the Desert
by Jean Craighead George
HarperCollins, 1983
Students meet Bird Wing, a young Native American, who learns that rainfall can change a desert.
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One Good Apple: Growing Our Food for the Sake of the Earth
by Catherine Paladino
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999
This book examines the dangers of pesticides.
Properties of Matter
by Leonard Everett Fisher
Macmillan, 1994
This book recalls the fascinating life of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her experiments with radioactivity.
From Glasses to Gases: The Science of Matter
by Dr. David Darling
Dillon Press, 1992
Why is ketchup hard to get out of a bottle? How do raindrops stick to windows? This book's fun facts and experiments will help students explore matter.
Systems in Living Things
by Donald Silver
Julian Messner, 1993
This book emphasizes the importance of preserving tropical rain forests while describing the life processes of the plants and animals that dwell within them.
Body Science
by Anita Ganeri
Dillon Press, 1992
Does your food ever go down the "wrong way"? Does your stomach ever rumble? Find out about your digestive system and many other parts of the human body in this book.
Magnetism and Electricity
by Janice VanCleave
John Wiley & Sons, 1993
Try making a compass with a magnetized needle, or try one of the other experiments detailed in this fun and hands-on book.
Hello! Hello! A Look Inside the Telephone
by Eve and Albert Stwertka
Julian Messner, 1991
How do sound waves work? How are voices converted into electrical patterns and transmitted over the telephone? Find out in this delightful book.
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Fire: Friend or Foe
by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998
A documentation of the remarkable role that fire plays in the overall health of our planet.
Weather and Climate
by Q. L. Pearce
Julian Messner, 1989
Students learn about lightning and its occurrences by taking a closer look at Earth's atmosphere and varying weather patterns.
Professor Fergus Fahrenheit and His Wonderful Weather Machine
by Candace Groth-Fleming
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1994
Meet Professor Fergus and find out about his plan to help his town get the rain it needs.
The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth From Space
by Sally Ride and Tam O'Shaughnessy
Crown Publishers, 1994
This book details astronaut Sally Ride's space shuttle voyage into space.
Populations and Ecosystems
by Ethan Herberman
Simon & Schuster, 1989
This book serves as a reference to plant and animal life found in the city, reinforcing the importance of living things in an ecosystem.
Bears
by Joni Phelps Hunt
Blake Books, 1993
Students can learn about bears found in almost every part of the world including sloth bears, sun bears, and spectacled bears.
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