Read-Aloud Books for the Secondary Science Classroom

Are you looking for some high-interest books for your secondary Science classroom?  Would you like to read to your classes?  Read this post about the books teachers recommend the most!

In the first post in this series, I talked about Social Studies Read-Alouds.  Be sure to check that post out for your Social Studies curriculum.

Fever 1793 

This book is set in Philadelphia, where the Yellow Fever is wreaking havoc.  This book could certainly be used as a Social Studies read-aloud, but I felt it had a stronger connection to Science.  I would focus on how the virus is spread (via female mosquitoes) and the fact that unlike other viruses, it cannot be spread from person to person.  This could lead to a discussion about how this particular virus mutated to be transmitted differently than its counterparts.

Heroes of the Environment: True Stories of People Who Are Helping to Protect Our Planet

This book features multiple mini chapters about real life people (adults and kids).  It's perfect for quick daily read-alouds.

Books by Carl Hiaasen

They all have an environmental conservation theme to them.  

A word of caution:  They each have a handful of bad words scattered throughout, so if you are reading them out loud, you just have to be quick on your feet to replace them with something more appropriate.  

Hoot

Chomp

Flush

Scat

Newsela Science

For nonfiction leveled texts that you can either read aloud or have students read on their own.

Be sure to come back next week for the final part of the series:  Accountability Activities for Read-Alouds!