Collection Analysis Report
for Giants of Science Series
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 7 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.
(7 of 7 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Biography (7 books)
- Nonfiction (7 books)
- STEAM (6 books)
- Science (6 books)
- History (3 books)
- English Language Arts (2 books)
- Art (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 7 of 7 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: 1062 (Range: 1000 - 1140)
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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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 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
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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.
- 7 Videos
- 2 Book Readings
- Total of 56 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on "Giants of Science Series". 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/QLX5OIE
Albert Einstein
by Kathleen Krull and Boris Kulikov
Part of the Giants of Science Series
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2009
Benjamin Franklin
by Kathleen Krull and Boris Kulikov
Part of the Giants of Science Series
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1140
- Year Published: 2013
Charles Darwin
by Kathleen Krull and Boris Kulikov
Part of the Giants of Science Series
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1110
- Year Published: 2010
Isaac Newton
by Kathleen Krull and Boris Kulikov
Part of the Giants of Science Series
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1000
- Year Published: 2006
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Isaac NewtonLeonardo Da Vinci
by Kathleen Krull and Boris Kulikov
Part of the Giants of Science Series
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, STEAM
- Lexile: 1010
- Year Published: 2005
Marie Curie
by Kathleen Krull and Boris Kulikov
Part of the Giants of Science Series
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2007
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Marie CurieSigmund Freud
by Kathleen Krull and Boris Kulikov
Part of the Giants of Science Series
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 1080
- Year Published: 2006
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