The Mighty Mars Rovers: Ninety Days That Lasted Years
Two robots, a warranty of about ninety days, and a job that turned out to be mostly waiting. This is the best book on the shelf about what science actually...
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Condor Comeback: Lead, Blood Tests, and 27 Birds
The California condor did not come back on its own, and it is not staying back on its own either. This is a book about what that costs, in people...
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Brian's Winter: The Physics of Staying Alive
Hatchet ends with a rescue. This book asks what would have happened if the plane had never come, and the answer turns out to be a winter of applied physics...
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My Side of the Mountain: The Science and the Caution
This is the gentler Jean Craighead George, and it is also the one most likely to make your child want to go and do it. Both of those are reasons...
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Julie of the Wolves: The Science and the Caution
It is one of the best pieces of animal science ever written for children, and there is a scene in it you need to know about first. Both of those...
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What a Homeschool Day Actually Looks Like, by Age
If you are finishing by lunch and waiting for permission, here it is. A homeschool day is shorter than a school day on purpose, and here is what the hours...
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