{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Outstanding Science Trade Books for Middle School Students - Part 1","description":"I was recently reading the January\/February 2024 issue of \u201cScience Scope,\u201d a publication of the National Science Teaching Association, for middle school science teachers. In this issue, I read the section on the \u201cOutstanding Science Trade Books for Students.&amp;nbsp; The selections are a collaboration of the National Science Teaching Association and the Children\u2019s Book Council. In this first of two podcasts, I share six of the twelve books that were selected for middle school students.&amp;nbsp; The books are: \u201cMy Indigo World\u201d by Rosa Chang \u201cBefore Colors: Where Do Pigments and Dyes Come From\u201d by Annette Bay Pimental \u201cGrizzly Bears: Guardians of the Wilderness\u201d by Frances Backhouse \u201cMission Arctic: A Scientific Adventure to a Changing North Pole\u201d by Katharina Weiss-Tuider \u201cWe Need to Talk About Vaginas\u201d by Dr. Allison K. Rodgers \u201cEvolution\u201d by Sarah Darwin and Eva-Maria Sadowski ","author_name":"K12Science","author_url":"http:\/\/k12science.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/30497468\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/169562538"}