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Hi-

We have a couple of nice booklists for our two traveling exhibitions on 
Nano science.

For younger kids ( target audience is grades K-3 & their families) who 
aren't necessarily good readers, and probably don't know much if 
anything about cells (we learned that early in the development process- 
cells being "jail cells" or "cell phone" or "place where the Queen Bee 
lays her eggs") we focused on magnification and zooming in, with the 
overarching theme that there are amazing things in your body too small 
to see with just your eyes.  There are some beautiful books about 
zooming in (which we also include with the exhibition):

http://www.sciencenter.org/itsananoworld/educators/booklist.asp

For older kids who can read, and have some idea about matter being made 
of atoms, we have (there is obviously a lot of overlap):

http://www.sciencenter.org/zoomintonano/educators/booklist.asp

Kathy Krafft
Traveling Exhibitions Curator
Sciencenter
Ithaca, NY

On 8/23/2013 1:46 PM, Jennifer Rei Cameron wrote:
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> Hello everyone!
> Could anybody recommend some nonfiction books for elementary students (and their teachers) that might serve as good precursors to visiting a science center?  Specifically, we are looking for books that would relate to gallery experiences involving 1) biological building blocks, networks, and pathways; 2) bioinformatics (huge numbers, patterns in numbers and data, patterns related to health); and 3) nanomedicine (molecular engineering to improve health).
> We have designed workshops around these themes and wanted to give recommendations to teachers to better prepare them for their visit should they reserve these programs for their students.  Your advice is greatly appreciated!
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> Rei Cameron
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> Jennifer Rei Cameron
> Sr. Content Specialist
> Arizona Science Center
> Phone: 602-716-2000 | Fax: 602-716-2099
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