Book Reviews
Book Review Form
Book Reviews: A New Feature in GSTA Publications
By Gail Marshall, GSTA President
As most teachers are now aware, the Georgia Performance Standards include a requirement for students to read the equivalent of 25 books, or about one million words each school year. The reading can be in various print materials such as books, periodicals, or newspapers. In order to help teachers identify some appropriate and interesting sources, the editors of GSTA's publications decided to add book reviews as a new feature.
The editors of Observations and The Georgia Science Teacher need for you, the readers, to submit book reviews. To help keep the book reviews relatively uniform and to make it easy for you to know what to send, a form has been designed and placed on the GSTA website. A sample is included with this article, but to submit the review you should go to the website, download the form, complete your review, and then send it as an email to the address on the form. The reviews will be read by the editors of both publications and divided between the two publications for printing as space allows.
We are excited about this opportunity for our members to share ideas so that some great materials can be recommended for our students to read.
Book Title
Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science |
Author
Royston M. Roberts |
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons |
Publication Date
1989 |
ISBN
0-471-50658-3 (hardback) 0-471-60203-5 (paperback) |
Fiction/Non Fiction
Non-Fiction |
Main Topic
Accidental Discoveries in Science |
Readability Score
(Specify Method) |
Grade Level
8-12 |
Keywords from book
Velcro, penicillin, x-rays, Teflon, dynamite, quinine, smallpox, post-it notes |
Content Summary (2-3 sentence limit)
Thirty-six chapters, each outlining a serendipitous discovery in medicine, chemistry, physics, and technology |
Summary of Science Concepts (2-3 sentence limit)
Where to start! The book covers chemistry, medicine, photography, textiles, automotive technology – truly multi-disciplined. |
What is a good use for the book (struggling readers, enrichment, history of science, etc.? (2 sentence limit)
I read it out loud to my eighth graders during READS time to pique their interest about science and I assigned chapters of it to my chemistry students prior to the science fair project assignment.
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