Cooperative Collection Development -- CCD: STEM
About the STEM Collection
The materials in this collection are for everyone in New York and address the topics of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in print resources. Areas explored in this collection include, but are not limited to, environmental science, climate change, ecology, sustainability, transportation, forensics, zoology, geology, space sciences, applied mathematics, and making & tinkering. While the collection focuses on narrative non-fiction not included in a set/series published within the last 5 years, resources are available in many formats - graphic novels, biographies, and both non-fiction and fiction texts. The materials in this collection, both text and digital, are geared towards middle- and high-school students, and vary in text complexity in order to address the Common Core standards for informational resources.
How This Collection Is Used
This collection is used to compliment curriculum at our campus across grades 6 though 12. All of our campus schools have a focus on STEM/STEAM and/or exploratory learning. These resources are not limited to math and science - they can be used in all content areas and to supplement research as well as stimulate interest in diverse choice reading. Physical copies of our books can be searched below using the Destiny Catalog & Collections. E-book and audiobook copies are available on Sora. A list of our e-book and audiobook holdings are available here.
Highlighted Titles Archive
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All in a Drop by ISBN: 9781328884206Publication Date: 2019-08-06For fans of the "Who Was" series, this lively, accessible, and full-color chapter book biography shows how a self-taught scientist was the first to observe the microbial life in and around us. By building his own microscope, Antony van Leeuwenhoek advanced humanity's understanding of our oft-invisible world around us. Microbes are everywhere: in the soil and oceans, in snow, and inside our bodies. But in Antony van Leeuwenhoek's time, people believed that what they saw with their own eyes was all that existed in the world. How did a simple tradesman--who didn't go to college or speak English or Latin like all the other scientists--change everyone's minds? Proving that remarkable discoveries can come from the most unexpected people and places, this eye-opening chapter book, illustrated with lively full-color art, celebrates the power of curiosity, ingenuity, and persistence. -
Changing the Equation by ISBN: 9781419707346Publication Date: 2020-03-03A celebratory and inspiring look at some of the most important Black women in STEM Award-winning author Tonya Bolden explores Black women who have changed the world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in America. Including groundbreaking computer scientists, doctors, inventors, physicists, pharmacists, mathematicians, aviators, and many more, this book celebrates more than 50 women who have shattered the glass ceiling, defied racial discrimination, and pioneered in their fields. In these profiles, young readers will find role models, inspirations, and maybe even reasons to be the STEM leaders of tomorrow. These stories help young readers to dream big and stay curious. The book includes endnotes, a bibliography, and an index. -
Giraffe Extinction by ISBN: 9781541532380Publication Date: 2019-10-01Quietly, without most people noticing, the population of giraffes in the wild has decreased by nearly 40 percent since 1985. Giraffes have disappeared entirely from seven countries where they used to live. Researchers believe fewer than 98,000 exist in the wild--fewer even than endangered African elephants. In 2016, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature added giraffes to the organization's Red List of Threatened Species. What is causing their disappearance? Overpopulation of humans in giraffe habitats and illegal poaching. Learn about giraffes' physical characteristics, habitats, and life cycles; examine the dangers they face from humans and climate change; and meet the scientists working to save these gentle giants using technology and conservation efforts. -
Machines That Think! by ISBN: 9781419740985Publication Date: 2020-04-28Award-winning author Don Brown explores computers and technology in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series Machines That Think! explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines to guiding spaceships to the moon. Machines That Think! includes fascinating looks at the world's earliest calculators, the birth of computer programming, and the arrival of smartphones. Contributors discussed include Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, and Bill Gates. From the abacus to artificial intelligence, machines through the ages have pushed the boundaries of human capability and creativity. Big Ideas That Changed the World is a graphic novel series that celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humor, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with a big idea and then make it come true. -
More Deadly Than War by ISBN: 9781250145123Publication Date: 2018-05-15A Washington Post Best Children's Book of the Month, More Deadly Than War fromNew York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis explores the hidden history of the Spanish influenza pandemic during World War I. 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the worst disease outbreak in modern times: the Spanish flu, a story even more relevant today. This dramatic narrative, told through the stories and voices of the people caught in the deadly maelstrom, explores how this vast, global epidemic was intertwined with the horrors of World War I--and how it could happen again. Complete with photographs, period documents, modern research, and firsthand reports by medical professionals and survivors, More Deadly Than War provides captivating insight into a catastrophe that transformed America in the early twentieth century. -
Poisoned Water by ISBN: 9781547602322Publication Date: 2020-05-19Based on original reporting by a Pulitzer Prize finalist and an industry veteran, the first book for young adults about the Flint water crisis In 2014, Flint, Michigan, was a cash-strapped city that had been built up, then abandoned by General Motors. As part of a plan to save money, government officials decided that Flint would temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Within months, many residents broke out in rashes. Then it got worse- children stopped growing. Some people were hospitalized with mysterious illnesses; others died. Citizens of Flint protested that the water was dangerous. Despite what seemed so apparent from the murky, foul-smelling liquid pouring from the city's faucets, officials refused to listen. They treated the people of Flint as the problem, not the water, which was actually poisoning thousands. Through interviews with residents and intensive research into legal records and news accounts, journalist Candy J. Cooper, assisted by writer-editor Marc Aronson, reveals the true story of Flint. Poisoned Water shows not just how the crisis unfolded in 2014, but also the history of racism and segregation that led up to it, the beliefs and attitudes that fueled it, and how the people of Flint fought and are still fighting for clean water and healthy lives. -
The Radium Girls: Young Readers' Edition by ISBN: 9781728209470Publication Date: 2020-09-08Explore the unbelievable true story of America's glowing girls and their fight for justice in the young readers edition of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Radium Girls. This enthralling new edition includes all-new material, including a glossary, timeline, and dozens of bonus photos. Amid the excitement of the early twentieth century, hundreds of young women spend their days hard at work painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark radium paint. The painters consider themselves lucky--until they start suffering from a mysterious illness. As the corporations try to cover up a shocking secret, these shining girls suddenly find themselves at the center of a deadly scandal. The Radium Girls: Young Readers Edition tells the unbelievable true story of these incredible women, whose determination to fight back saved countless lives.
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Dreaming in Code by ISBN: 9780763693565Publication Date: 2019-03-12 -
The Electric War by ISBN: 9781250120168Publication Date: 2019-01-22 -
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies by ISBN: 9780544717138Publication Date: 2018-02-20 -
How We Got to Now by ISBN: 9780425287781Publication Date: 2018-10-16 -
On the Origin of Species by ISBN: 9781481462495Publication Date: 2018-10-02 -
We Have No Idea by ISBN: 9780735211513Publication Date: 2017-05-09
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Curator
Rachel Chapman, Librarian
Westinghouse Campus Library
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E-mail: rchapman3@schools.nyc.gov
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Web Resources
The following links tabulate award-winning and recommended informational books and were referenced to build this collection.
- NSTA Outstanding Trade Books for Students K-12
- NSTA Best STEM Books K-12
- ALA Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Award
- ALA YALSA Non-fiction Book Award
- STEM Read (exploring the science behind the fiction)
- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
- Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) Mathical Book Prize
- Green Earth Book Award (via TeachingBooks.net)
Professional & Educational Resources
The following links provide resources for educators to extend this collection into their curriculum:
Related MyLibraryNYC Teacher Sets
Educators participating in MyLibraryNYC may borrow teacher sets to supplement their classroom curriculum. You can set up your account at https://www.mylibrarynyc.org/. The following are a FEW of the many STEM-related "Topic Sets" (1 copy of each of about 10 books) available through MyLibraryNYC.
- Science Poetry for Middle Grade (Grades 3-8)
- HIV/AIDS and Other STDs (Grades 9-12)
- The Humane Treatment of Animals (Grades 10-12)
- Introduction to Coding with Board Game (Grades 5-10)
- Women of Science (Grades 8-12)
- Career Explorations (Grades 6-12)
- Informational Texts with Playaway Audiobook (Grades 6-12)
- Architecture: A STEM Discipline (Grades 4-8)
- Scientific Advancements & Technology (Grades 4-8)
- Assorted Earth Science & Environmental Science Texts with DVDs (Grades 4-8)
- STEM Manga Guide To Series (Grades 8-12)
- Artificial Intelligence & Automation (Grades 7-12)
- Science Comic Series (Grades 4-8)
- Award Winners - YALSA Non-fiction Award (Grades 7-12)
- STEM Graphic Novels (Grades 6-8)
The following are a FEW of the "Book Club" sets (10 copies of 1 book) available at MyLibraryNYC.
- Charles & Emma by Deborah Heiligman (Grades 6-8)
- Meaning of it All - Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist by Richard P. Feynman (Grades 9+)
- Tracking Trash by Loree Griffin Burns (Grades 6-8)
- Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger (Grades 6-8)