Part 2 Text Set Anyone Can be in STEM by Lexi Wilfong https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh en-us 2021-04-12 19:59:00 UTC 2025-05-15 17:28:56 UTC hello@padlet.com HIdden Figures By Margot Shetterly Young Readers Addition wilfong35 https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1409259951
  • Shetterly, M.L. (2016). Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race.  William Morrow Paperbacks. 
    • Nonfiction
    • Anisfield-Wolf Book Award,  Number One on The New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work- Nonfiction
    • http://margotleeshetterly.com/hidden-figures-nasas-african-american-computers
    • “In 1940, just 2 percent of all black women earned college degrees, and 60 percent of those women became teachers, mostly in public elementary and high schools. Exactly zero percent of those 1940 college graduates became engineers. And yet, in an era when just 10 percent of white women and not even a full third of white men had earned college degrees, the West Computers had found jobs and each other at the "single best and biggest aeronautical research complex in the world.”
    • This book tells the true story of three Black women, not only in a man, but white man setting, found a major role in helping with the space race of the 1930s-1960s. It tells the history of what these women had to go through working as computers-the job title- if not already a difficult enough job, but also the struggles and difficulties of being black women completing their jobs and efforts. It tells their story of how they excelled in math, science, and engineering and allows students to see the history of this time, discrimination, and role models in these fields. 

    • ]]>     2021-04-12 20:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1409259951     The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague By Julia Mosca wilfong35 https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1409306367
  • Mosca, J.F. (2018). The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague. Innovation Press. 
    • Fiction-Based on Real Events 
    • NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book 2019 Selection, NSTA Best STEM Trade Books for Students K-12 2019 Selection, 2019 Amelia Bloomer List Selection, 2019 Mathical Honor Book
    • https://www.theinnovationpress.com/thegirlwithamindformath
    • “A real submarine! Her eyes opened wide. “Who made it?” She asked, as she followed the guide. “Engineers,” said the man, giving Raye’s head a pat. “But my dear, you don’t need to know all about that.” At the time the man’s insult went over her head. No you can’t, were the words he had meant, but not said.” 
    • A rhyming picture book that bases its story on a black female mathematician/scientist. It shows the idea to students that from a young age Raye was told she couldn’t do something because she was a girl, and possibly because she was not white. However, she did not let that stop her and she pursued her dreams and passions she had from a young age. This picture book allows students to see a child, turn into an adult, do something that she has a passion to do, even when told she couldn't. It is really important for young girls to see people like them in the STEM field. 

    • ]]>     2021-04-12 20:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1409306367     Anyone Can be In S.T.E.M wilfong35 https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1409332311 No matter the gender, race, culture or background, children need to see that more than the white man can influence and be part of STEM. We also want students to see that we have high expectations for them, and they can aspire to be anything. ]]> 2021-04-12 20:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1409332311 Patricia's Vision: The Doctor Who Saved Sight by Michelle Lord renniemac220 https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1409476014 Lord, M. (2020). Patricia's Vision: The Doctor Who Saved Sight. Sterling Children's Books.
    •  Nonfiction
    • No book awards
    • https://www.sterlingpublishing.com/9781454931379/
    • "Other little girls played nurse. But six-year-old Patricia declared, "I want to be a doctor." All the doctors Patricia knew were men. A medical degree required years and years of study and cost money Patricia's family didn't have. But she saw possibility when others couldn't" (pg. 4). 
    • This book is a biography of the life of Patricia Bath, who is the one who invented laser eye surgery. She grew up in Harlem, NY in the 1940s. While growing up Patricia always wanted to become a doctor even though during that time many women were usually a nurse instead. In the medical field it was uncommon for a woman to be a doctor but even more uncommon for an African-American woman to be a doctor. Throughout our history many times it is not mentioned when a person of color does something amazing such as Dr. Bath, and we often do not see many times when women are the ones to come up with new technologies as she did. Dr. Patricia Bath was a woman of many first and could be a great inspiration for many students.

    ]]>     2021-04-12 21:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1409476014     Have You Thanked An Inventor Today? by: Patrice McLaurin renniemac220 https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1409516110 McLaurin, P. (2016). Have You Thanked An Inventor Today? Digital Arts, Inc. 
    • Fiction
    • Readers Favorite - 5 Star Award
    • https://www.patricemclaurin.com/product/have-you-thanked-an-inventor-today/  
    • "You see inventions, they make our lives much easier: and they also make our lives more fun! So we should thank the inventors, who invent great inventions, for without them we might not get anything done" (pg. 3). 
    • In this book we follow along the typical day of a young black boy, and when he encounters different things throughout his day he thanks the inventor. All of the inventors included in the book are African-American. This book allows for students to be able to see how much a role African-Americans have played in the inventions and technologies of not just America but the world. One of the inventions mentioned in the book is the creation of the traffic light and who it was invented by which is Garrett Morgan. At the end of the book there are short biographies included for each one of the inventors included throughout. This book is a great way to show students that no matter their race, gender, or background they are able to be inventor. This book helps us see how African-Americans have been apart of STEM in America, which can oftentimes be overlooked or not mentioned in the classroom.

    ]]>     2021-04-12 21:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1409516110     The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1423334574 Juster, N., & Feiffer, J. (2015). The phantom tollbooth. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
    • Fantasy 
    • No book awards
    • SCBWI | Remembering Norton Juster
    • " "It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," he remarked one day as he walked dejectedly home from school. "I can't see the point in learning to solve useless problems, or subtracting turnips from turnips, or knowing where Ethiopia is or how to spell February." And, since no one bothered to explain otherwise, he regarded the process of seeking knowledge as the greatest waste of time of all"
    • The main character Milo, feels as if everything is a waste of time. One day he comes home from school to find a strange package. In it contains a small tollbooth and a map of "the lands beyond" that shows the Kingdom of wisdom. Attached to the package was a note that had said  "For Milo, who has plenty of time."  Milo then goes on an adventure to an imaginary land where he realizes he has to set everything right amongst rhyme and reason.  In this kingdom all of the strange and unknown lands between the kingdom of words and the kingdom of numbers stretch before them to explore. When he does this he presses forward to rescue the princesses who will be able to solve all the land’s problems. When Milo returns home, he is sure his parents will be worried about him because he has been gone for so long. It turns out however, Milo had only been gone an hour. He returns to school the next day, bored as ever. When he returns to the tollbooth for another adventure, he finds has been replaced with a letter advising him that he can now travel to distant lands on his own. At first, Milo sits sadly at the window, but soon he opens his eyes to the possibilities of the world in front of him.   
    ]]>     2021-04-15 22:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1423334574     Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1423385762 Becker, H., & Phumiruk, D. (2021). Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson put astronauts on the Moon. London: Macmillan Children's Books.
    • Biographical picture book & Children's Literature
    • Winner of the information book category of the UKLA Book Awards 2020.
    • Counting on Katherine by Helaine Becker - 9781529005592 - Pan Macmillan
    • "The only things she didn't count were the stars in the sky. Only a fool, she thought, would try that! Even so, the stars sparked her imagination. What was out there?"
    • This book is a written biography picture book about Katherine Johnson, a NASA Mathematician and an inspirational women.  The narrative details both Johnson’s joyful childhood and her fury at segregated public schools; however, in discussing the challenges Johnson faced at NASA, Becker mainly focuses on sexism. From Katherine's early beginnings as a gifted student  to her heroic accomplishments as a prominent mathematician at NASA, Counting on Katherine is the story of a groundbreaking American woman who not only calculated the course of moon landings but, in turn, saved lives and made enormous contributions to history.

    ]]>     2021-04-15 23:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1423385762     Malala: My Story of Standing up for Girls’ Rights by Malala Yousafzai brandonsagle https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1426058179
  • Memoir/Non-Fiction
  • No awards for this book
  • Malala's story | Malala Fund This website gives more of a glimpse into Malala's life and story.
  • "As Safina and I got older, we’d be expected to cook and clean for our brothers. We couldn’t be lawyers or engineers, fashion designers or artists – or most other things we dreamed of. And we wouldn’t be allowed to go outside our homes without a male relative to accompany us."
  • This book is a memoir about the author, Malala Yousafzai, standing up for women's right to education in Pakistan. This country has a patriarch society where women are not allowed to so much as go outside without a man, so men make the laws and have many rights as opposed to women who do not. In her memoir she talks about her strong feelings about women having the right to an education which was previously not allowed. She stands up to oppression to fight for women's rights in Pakistan even when the Taliban are threatening her life because of it.
    • ]]>     2021-04-16 16:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1426058179     More Than a Princess by Delanda and Terrence Coleman brandonsagle https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1426982142
  • Fiction
  • No awards for this book
  • SCIENCE: More Than a Princess – An Inspirational Collection of Books, Activities, and Notebooks by Delanda and Terrence Coleman (Sydney & Coleman) – SPG Family Adventure Network (spgfan.com)
  • “Princess Kiana was lying in bed. ‘Life in the castle is boring!’ she said. ‘I’ve got many things, but I need something more. There’s so much out there I have yet to explore” (pg. 1).
  • This story follows Princess Kiana, a young African-American girl, as she explores what is beyond just being a princess. She thinks about how she could be an astronaut, doctor, and other occupations. Her fairy god mother tells her that if she puts in the work, there isn't anything she cannot do. This is a very encouraging book for young women, specifically young African-American women, to show them that they can succeed in anything including male dominated fields such as being a doctor or astronaut.
    • ]]>     2021-04-16 19:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1426982142     If I Built A Car sarahmcgurk2012 https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1429888891 Van Dusen, Chris. (2005). If I Built A Car. Dutton Books for Young Readers.
    Children’s Fantasy

    - E.B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture Books (2006), Goldfinch Award (Iowa PreK-3rd Grade) (2009), Monarch Award (2008)

    - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1220282.If_I_Built_a_Car

    - “I’ll work through the night to create a design – constantly analyze, tweak, and refine. I’ll study jet rockets and look at old planes, contemplate buses and zeppelins and trains.”  (p.3)

    While this book is about a young White boy it shows a child looking at the world around him and thinking about ways to improve it. It takes a fun, silly look at how we can create new and better ways of living our life. The STEM field is all about taking the knowledge we have and building upon it, this book does that so perfectly! For young children to be able to look at a car and see potential for modifications is what we want them to do. I love reading this book with all my students and getting their views on what we can do with what we already have, what can we make better? Any book that makes engineering fun and exciting is perfect for young readers of all backgrounds.

    ]]>     2021-04-18 13:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1429888891     11 Experiments That Failed sarahmcgurk2012 https://padlet.com/wilfong35/vs1h7asc5j2lirgh/wish/1429920975 Offill, Jenny & Carpenter, Nancy. (2011) 11 Experiments That Failed. Schwartz and Wade. 

    - Children’s/Science/Humor

    - Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades K-3 (2014)

     - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10765595-11-experiments-that-failed

    - “Hypothesis: A live beaver can be ordered through the mail”. (p. 13)

    This book lists 11 experiments that will not work, but they’re conducted by a young girl. I love that this shows how easy science can be and how silly, too. Children can read this book and see themselves in the experiments. All experiments are done with everyday items and common animals. Most are unable to be done but they offer an opportunity to use words like “hypothesis” and begin the conversation about the scientific method. Girls and women are underrepresented in the STEM fields, so this book offers a chance for young children to see how girls can be involved in science and experiments. 

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