Collection Analysis Report
for Science Nonfiction
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 10 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(10 of 10 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Science (10 books)
- Nonfiction (9 books)
- Picture Book (6 books)
- Biography (4 books)
- STEAM (4 books)
- English Language Arts (3 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- History (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
- Math (1 books)
- Social Studies (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 9 of 10 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 818 (Range: 510 - 1040)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
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2-3 | 420-820 | 2.75-5.14 | 42-54 | 1.98-5.34 | I-P | 3.53-613 | 0.05-2.48 |
4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 4 of 10 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values
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- Moderately
- Very
- Exceedingly
Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 11 Videos
- 8 Book Readings
- 29 Lesson Plans
- Total of 172 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on NYC Department of Education Library Services's "Science Nonfiction". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/QLOA642
The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon
by Jacqueline Davies and Melissa Sweet
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2004
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Picture Book Adaptation)
by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, and Elizabeth Zunon
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, STEAM
- Lexile: 850
- Year Published: 2012
A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder
by Walter Wick
- Grades Used: 4, 5
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 870
- Year Published: 1997
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
How Big is It?: A Big Book All about Bigness
by Ben Hillman
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Math, Science
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2007
Manfish: The Story of Jacques Cousteau
by Jennifer Berne and Éric Puybaret
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Slightly Complex
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
by Brian Floca
- Grades Used: 6
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 2009
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein
by Jennifer Berne and Vladimir Radunsky
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Science Verse
by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
- Genres: Humor, Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2004
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature
by Joyce Sidman and Beth Krommes
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 510
- Year Published: 2011
Wild Tracks!: A Guide to Nature's Footprints
by Jim Arnosky
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1040
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
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