Year 7 Scientists Judge New Children’s Science Books

A team of twelve Year 7 Scientists enjoyed working together to read, discuss and judge 6 short listed children’s science books for the Royal Society.

On Monday 7th November, we spent our science lesson in the library reading, discussing and judging 6 books that have been short listed by the Royal Society as part of their Young People’s book prize (https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/book-prizes/young-peoples-book-prize/) We looked at each book in pairs and then came together as a group to make our final judgements. The books were: Beetles for Breakfast, Women Scientists and their stories, Fourteen wolves, How was that built?, If the world were 100 people and Microbe Wars. We judged each book on the ease or reading, quality of the cover and pages, interest and how inspiring they were. We all agreed that Women Scientists and their stories was the best in all categories. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed reading and discussing each book.

Shakti P