Any recommendations for a science book?

[yoyo]

I am looking for one that covers topical issues like cloning, Greenhouse effect, pollution, advances in medicine. It is for DD1 (10) so aimed at early secondary level.

[clerkKent]

I can't think of a single book for all of that, but the Horrible Science series (books and magazine) is good for that age.

[KTeepee]

Don't know if it's exactly what you are looking for but I got a book called "How cool things work" for a friend's son a few months ago, through the Book People. You can often get the Horrible Science books as a set quite reasonably from there too

[Bink]

Interesting search. I like the idea of topical science for children.

Horrible Science is definitely good as overview, but they don't go into anything very deeply. I guess the idea of them is to get children interested rather than to be conventional thorough reference books - which is what I think you want for your daughter? She might find HS a bit thin.

I'd have a look at publishers' lists on Amazon - Oxford, Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic - and their websites. Or what the Natural History Museum sells - I think the bookshop is online.

[yoyo]

It is proving very difficult to find this sort of information at a level that is appropriate for DD. I don't think there is a single book that would cover this sort of thing as it spans so many fields. I may have to look at each topic individually. I have looked at the HS books but they are not quite what I need.
I will continue cutting pieces out of the newspapers in the meantime!
(Is there a journal like Science or Nature aimed at children?)

[Blandmum]

There is no journal like nature aimed at children. The nearest is New Scientist, but that is more for the much older teenager....sixthform stuff.

The trouble with this sort of very topical stuff is that is is new and fast cahnging, and there would be (sadly) a limited market.

I would have a look at the websites of the various major Scence museums, the Natural History Meuseum and the science museum at london.

Also have a shuft at planet-science.com, which will give a weekly newsletter with links to lots of stuff.

[Bink]

How about the National Geographic mag? It's pretty accessible, I remember.

Was browsing their site and saw this book , which I know my ds (current Horrible Science addict, will grow out of that some time) would think fascinating. It covers both historical and topical theories.

[tamum]

I've been racking my brains about this and failing to come up with anything. Fran Balkwill has done great books on molecular biology for much younger children, but there's nothing obvious for your dd's age. I know it's not remotely what you were asking about, but ds has recently enjoyed a book call Chew on This, which is the book called fast Food Nation re-written for older children and teenagers. I thought it was a really good idea to do this- not many authors would be able to pull it off, and I guess it depends on the subject matter, but this worked really well.

[juuule]

My children have found Aquila magazine interesting and it covers lots of topics. See Aquila website for more details

[wanderingstar]

Focus magazine - not a book I know ! -is published by the BBC I think. My ds1 and 2 (11 and 13) have been enjoying this for a year or two now. It's not really for children , but is very accessible.

[clerkKent]

If you do a search for Focus magazine online, you get some very strange results...

BIBLICAL INSIGHTS FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE. WHY STUDY AUTHORITY?

Welcome to "Focus on the World"
This site has a deep FOCUS on all aspects of life of the MEDITERRANEAN Countries.

Focus is AusAID's flagship magazine. It aims to increase community awareness and understanding of the Australian Government's overseas aid program.

etc etc