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STEM/STEAM Guided Reading Level W-Y Book List

Help students build competency across both literacy and STEAM topics through the 28 titles in this Guided Reading Level W-Y book list.

Literacy and STEAM may cross different disciplines, but teaching them hand-in-hand can have numerous benefits for students both now and well into the future. Integrating STEAM into literacy builds reading skills, boosts vocabulary, and inspires students to ask questions and analyze their world. Each title in this Level W-Y book list explores a different STEAM discipline in an interesting, on-level way. Use these fiction and nonfiction texts to build STEAM studies into Guided Reading programs and make STEAM-inspired learning and exploration an everyday part of your classroom.

Introduce readers to civil engineering and how it's used to design and construct various structures, including high-rise buildings, sports stadiums, canals, dams, and bridges. This book gives readers a close-up look at the technology used to build various structures around the world.

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Explores how the ancient Egyptians used their knowledge of maths to build structures such as the Great Pyramid. Includes questions and answers.

Readers will be amazed by the story of Lyuba, the most perfectly preserved baby mammoth ever discovered.

From forensics to espionage, this highly accessible series takes readers behind the scenes with real-life case studies, photographs, engaging sidebars, and captivating storytelling.

From leftover food to packaging materials to outdated or broken technology, humans produce an enormous amount of waste. Readers will find out how some of today's top innovators are working to find new recycling methods and cut down on the amount of trash that ends up in landfills.

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3D Printing

Grades 5 - 8
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Readers will discover how today's innovators are finding ways to make 3D printers smaller, easier to use, and more affordable than ever. 

Introduce students to the world of forensic science and discover how investigators solve a robbery, convict a murderer, and prove a man's innocence.

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This captivating book traces the history of animation from its earliest roots to its most recent successes and beyond.

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Deep-Sea Exploration

Grades 5 - 8
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The darkest, deepest reaches of the oceans are home to some of the only places on Earth that remain unexplored by humans. Readers will find out how researchers and engineers are working to map out these mysterious depths.

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Hidden Figures

Grades 6 - 9
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The amazing true story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program, now in a young readers' edition.

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Giants of Science: Isaac Newton

Grades 7
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Obsessive, vindictive, and secretive, Isaac Newton was also brilliant. He invented calculus and figured out the scientific explanation of gravity in 17th-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions.

From planets to penicillin, from the West to the East, students can explore the fascinating world of science in this highly informative and well-illustrated book.