Entering Grade 6

Science

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Science in Action series
Vaccines Change the World by Gillian King-Cargile
The history of the development of vaccines for deadly diseases such as smallpox, anthrax, rabies, polio and COVID-19. Illustrations, sidebars, archival photos, maps and diagrams. (nonfiction)

The Enigma Girls by Candace Fleming
Hundreds of young women throughout Britain in 1941 received a telegram ordering them to a place called Station X. When they reported, they found it was an ultra-top secret location dedicated to decoding Nazi information and their skills were to be used in this war effort. This book tells their story, kept classified for over 70 years. (nonfiction)
Extreme Oceans: Amazing Animals, High-Tech Gear, Record-Breaking Depths and Much More! by Sylvia Earle and Glen Phelan
Explore the Ocean with a world class diver and amazing photos from National Geographic. You'll dive from the top layers to the less explored depths, learning about animals, high-tech dive equipment, the problems facing the oceans and how you can help. (nonfiction)
How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps by Pamela S. Turner
The seven most important steps leading to Homo sapiens boken down accurately, and in a funny way: 1.stand up, 2.smash rocks, 3.get swelled heads, 4.take a hike, 5.invent barbecue, 6.start talking (and never shut up), and 7.become storytellers. (nonfiction)
Lab for Kids series by Quarry Books
Animation Lab for Kids: Fun Projects for Visual Storytelling, and Making Art Move by Laura Bellmont and Emily Brink
How to tell stories with a variety of animation techniques, including flipbooks, stop-motion, and more. Includes conceptualizing, designing, and scripting a film to basic tools, supplies, adding sound, and examples from famous animators. (nonfiction)
More Deadly than War by Kenneth C. Davis
A worldwide pandemic in 1918, influenza impacted the world much as Covid-19 is doing today. This book uses photographs, period documents and interviews with researchers and survivors to show how the virus combined with World War I to cause devastation around the globe. (nonfiction)
Poop Detectives: Working Dogs in the Field by Ginger Wadsworth
Scientists can learn a lot about endangered animals from their scat, located by specially trained dogs, without disturbing or harming the animals. (nonfiction)
Race to the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica by Rebecca Barone
Two races, separated by 100 years, both on the harsh unforgiving continent of Antarctica. Alternating between the two time periods, the author chronicles the scientific expeditions of 1919 by Scott and Amundsen as each try to be the first to reach the South Pole, and the 2018 contest between Captain Louis Rudd and Colin O'Brady to be the first person to complete an unaided, unsupported solo crossing of the harsh continent. (nonfiction)
Science Comics: Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean by Maris Wicks
This absorbing look at ocean science covers the biology of coral reefs as well as their ecological importance. (nonfiction in a graphic novel format)
Scientists in the Field series by various authors, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion
by Loree Griffin Burns
What happens when shipping containers spill thousands of Nike sneakers or rubber ducks into the ocean? Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer decides to investigate how trash travels and how it damages fragile ocean ecosystems on the way. (nonfiction)
Smithsonian Maker Lab series
Tech Lab: Awesome Builds for Smart Makers by Jack Challoner
Keep your siblings out of your room with a brilliant bedroom alarm, power a propellor motorboat, make a thermoelectric phone charger, build a set of speakers, construct a crane and more by following step-by-step instructions and using affordable equipment. (nonfiction)
Strange, Unusual, Gross & Cool Animals by Animal Planet
Includes weird animals like the common potoo, the blobfish and the naked mole rat. (nonfiction)
This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Our brains sort and label things from the time we're born, but sometimes this can lead to problems, from stereotypes to racial profiling. This book examines the way our brains work and how human institutions, like the press, and individuals can use various techniques to modify bias, discrimination, prejudice, and stereotypes. Includes case studies and interactive activities. (nonfiction)
The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow by Jan Thornhill
One of the most adaptable birds on Earth, house sparrows took advantage of humans' love for grains and eventually became such a poacher of human food, bounties were paid to get rid of them. Discover how this bird was involved in Ancient Egyptian rituals, stowed away aboard Roman vessels, and was targeted for elimination in the 1950s by Chairman Mao, leader of China. (nonfiction)
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