Just a few years after a global pandemic that saw the intense politicization of public health efforts, the American public's trust in science has declined. Books that help students understand complex issues and inform them about important scientific advances and the critical role that STEM plays in society will help create a more informed public who supports the need to invest in science. Helpful.
This is a busy time for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
NASA is preparing to send astronauts to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. With rapid advances in artificial intelligence, organizations are considering how to maximize the power of AI while preventing its misuse. And last December, negotiators from around 200 countries recognized for the first time the need to transition away from fossil fuels in the United Nations climate change treaty.
But just a few years into a global pandemic that saw public health efforts become intensely politicized, the American public's trust in science has declined.
According to Pew Research CenterAs of October 2023, only 57% of American adults say they believe science has a “mostly positive” impact on society, down from 73% in January 2019. This has declined rapidly in just a few years, with worrying implications for the public. Science and technology support.
This decline demonstrates the need for accurate scientific information that readers of all ages can navigate. Books that help students understand complex issues and inform them about important scientific advances and the critical role that STEM plays in society will help create a more informed public who supports the need to invest in science. Helpful.
Here are some of the latest books for the school library market that will help students develop a healthy appreciation for STEM and its importance in our future.
Lerner Publishing Group
For more than 60 years, Lerner has published books for pre-K-12 students. “STEM is a very important part of our publishing focus,” says Lois Wallantyne, school and library marketing director. The company plans to release 60 more of his STEM-related books in 2024, and in total he has more than 800 of his STEM-based books available at lernerbooks.com/go/STEM. I am.
Lerner's new partnership with The Planetary Society®, the world's largest space advocacy organization, brings 15 new titles focused on space science and exploration. His first one is Casting a Shadow: Solar and Lunar Eclipses by The Planetary Society® By Bruce Betts, January 2024, ISBN 9798765608975. Multiple solar eclipses will be observed in North America in 2024, including three lunar eclipses and two solar eclipses. In this timely book, Betts, principal scientist at the Planetary Society, explains the science behind these phenomena with engaging illustrations and photographs to help children aged 7 to 10 understand solar eclipses more. We will help you understand deeply. The book includes a foreword by Bill Nye, his CEO of the Planetary Society.
in Lost Forest: An Unexpected Discovery Beneath the Waves, April 2024, ISBN 9781728493015, Author and acclaimed science writer Jennifer Swanson takes readers ages 9 to 14 on a journey of scientific discovery beneath the ocean. A team of divers discovered the remains of a forest deep beneath the waves after local fishermen noticed a large school of fish in an unlikely spot in the Gulf of Mexico. Swanson, who has written more than 40 science books for children, explains how scientists investigated and mapped this surprising discovery.
“This is an engaging story of scientific investigation that shows children how the scientific process works,” said the associate publisher of Millbrook Press and Carolloda Books, a Lerner imprint. One Carol Hintz says: “It's important for students to know that things don't always go as planned, and to see how scientists work to solve problems as they arise.”
As the climate changes, wildfires have become more common. Although generally considered destructive, they are a necessary part of forest ecosystems because they refresh the land and allow new plant growth.in Wildfires: The culture, science, and future of fire, April 2024, ISBN 9781728424002, Environmental scientist Ferrin Davis Anderson and author Stephanie Sammartino McPherson explore how indigenous peoples, farmers, and the forestry sector have used fire for resource management. We look at why climate change is affecting the frequency and intensity of wildfires, and what the future holds. It could be something like fire.
Library Pass & Comic Plus
Comics, manga, and graphic novels are extremely popular among today's students, and more STEM-related content is being produced in these formats to engage young readers with these important topics. Comic Plus provides school and public library users with unlimited access to fiction and nonfiction comics and manga (including STEM materials) through an annual digital subscription.
Founded in 2020, LibraryPass curate digital comics and manga content for schools and libraries from more than 80 publishers, including leading educational publishers like ABDO, Capstone, and Lerner Publishing Group. The company's ComicPlus® service is used in more than 3,000 schools around the world, including Irvine Unified School District (CA) and Gwinnett County Public Schools (GA).
“We are a reading platform,” says Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, chief content officer. “Most librarians expect us to support independent reading that includes high-interest content.
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Comic Plus provides age-appropriate digital comics for elementary, middle school, and high school libraries. Our complete collection of school-age content includes over 17,000 titles, with new content added weekly.
Schools and districts can subscribe to separate collections for elementary school (ages 3-10), middle school (ages 8-14), or high school (ages 11-18) students. Annual subscription includes digital access for every student or patron at school, library, or home.
All titles can be read 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, online or offline, with unlimited simultaneous checkouts to support book clubs, reading programs, and classroom reading. “This gives schools the flexibility to take full advantage of the platform without worrying about rising costs,” Gonzalez said.
Examples of STEM-related content within Comic Plus include Capstone’s “Max Axiom, super scientist” series is available in both English and Spanish. These nonfiction graphic novels are aimed at readers ages 10 to 14 and feature a wide range of his STEM topics, from sports science to chemistry, biology, and climate change. Max Axiom uses the powers he gained through an accident to explain science in unique ways that are easy for students to understand, such as shrinking to the size of an ant and riding sound waves. Contains a total of 23 titles.
Comics Plus has Lerner's “climate crisis” series explores the causes and effects of climate change, from fossil fuels and deforestation to sea level rise and animal extinction, in a graphic format that is easy to read for early and middle grade readers. The series, which debuted in 2024, includes six titles.
Written and illustrated by Akane Shimizu, KodanshaCells at work!is a manga set inside the human body, where trillions of anthropomorphic cells work to maintain the body's health. The series focuses on two of his cells in particular: the neophyte red blood cells, which often go missing during childbirth, and the tenacious white blood cells, which fight against any germs that invade the body. “It's especially popular with teenage comic book fans because it's also been adapted into an anime,” says Gonzalez.
The Comic Plus platform also includes a number of graphic biographies, including profiles of famous scientists and inventors. For example, NBM Comics'Female Discoverers: Top Women in Science” profiles 20 women who have made significant contributions to STEM fields and features biographies of Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace, Hedy Lamarr, Rosalind Franklin, and Mae Jamison.
The service supports a variety of authentication methods, including SIP2 and SAML. School systems pay an annual subscription fee per building.
albatross media
Based in the Czech Republic, Albatros creates highly educational books for children with innovative and quirky illustrations. The company's motto is “Smart kids, smart books.” We publish approximately 30 books a year in the United States, most of which are nonfiction works aimed at students ranging from elementary school to high school.
Published in July 2023 and aimed at students aged 9-12. How were the New Seven Wonders of the World created? Written by Jiri Bartunek and Tom Velcovsky, illustrated by Jan Sramek, ISBN 9788000068435, explores how architectural wonders such as the Great Wall of China, Petra, the Colosseum, Chichen Itza, Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal, and Christ the Redeemer were created centuries ago. It explains how it was built. Without the heavy equipment and modern technology available today.
Bartunek is an archaeologist and historian from the Czech Republic with a PhD in ancient history. This book, a sequel of a similar title that explores the construction of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was selected as a Gold Standard Selection by the Junior Library Guild.
New this year, Bringing amazing physics to your home from the amazing physics theater, illustrated by Tomas Kopecky, June 2024, ISBN 9788000070940, makes science instruction highly accessible by connecting basic physics concepts to students' everyday lives, from the kitchen to the bathroom to even the garage. We make it easy to do. This book contains simple physics experiments that children ages 9 to 12 can do at home. For example, finding where the microwave heats food the most (or least) or bending the flow of water from your bathroom sink in response to electricity. charging.
The Amazing Theater of Physics is an educational group that travels around the world performing scientific experiments to show people how the world works in a fun and entertaining way.
Another new book from Albatross this year is: The secret life of the forest: trees, animals and fungi Written by Jana Sedlackova, illustrated by Katarina Kratochvilova, July 2024, ISBN 9788000070957. Answers questions such as “Where do seeds come from?”, “What do trees eat?”, “How do trees breathe?”, and “Why do their leaves fall in the fall?” Aimed at students ages 6 to 9, this book describes the forest as an environment in which all living things play an important role, and how all living things work to maintain this interconnected ecosystem. It explains how to cooperate.
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