Must-Have Life Science Books for Your Elementary Classroom

Must-Have Books for Life ScienceThese are my favorite trade books to help you teach life science concepts like adaptations, traits, ecosystems, food chains, and life cycles in your elementary classroom.  The links included are affiliate links to Amazon.

5th Grade Ocean Life Science Unit

How to Survive as a Shark

Surprising Sharks

In One Tidepool

If Sharks Disappeared

Shark Lady

Coral Reefs

Scientists

The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life With the  Chimps

Wangari’s Trees of Peace

A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver

Seeds of Change

Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau

Small Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre and His World of Insects

Ibn al-Haytham: The Man Who Discovered How We See

The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Painter

The Doctor With an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath

The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin

Tree Lady

Shark Lady

Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea

Follow the Moon Home

Adaptations

Surprising Sharks

Best Foot Forward

Just the Right Size

What if You Had Animal Feet?

What if You Would Do With Animal Teeth?

What Would You Do If You Had Animal Ears?

Amazing Plant Powers

Hungry Plants

The Rainforest Grew All Around

Over and Under the Snow

Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons

Extreme Animals

What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?

Ecosystems

What if There Were No Bees?

What if There Were No Sea Otters?

The Honey Makers

Pass the Energy, Please!

Coral Reef

Science Comics: Coral Reefs

Food Chain Frenzy: Magic School Bus

What’s For Dinner?

Weird Friends

Rainforest Food Chains

If Sharks Disappeared

Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors

Stellaluna

When Whales Cross the Sea

Do Trees Get Hungry?

Inheritance of Traits: Why is My Dog Bigger Than Your Dog?

Life Cycles

Egg

One Tiny Turtle

From Seed to Plant

High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs

One Bean

 

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