Reading List: KS3-KS4
Upper School reading lists - all available to buy on Amazon
KS3:
- Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter - Simon Mayo
- Tesla's Attic - Neal Shusterman & Eric Elfman
- What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World - Henry Clark
- High Voltage Danger Lab: A mystery with electromagnets, burglar alarms, and other gadgets you can build yourself - B. Pflugfelder & S. Hockensmith
- Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor - Jon Scieszka
- How to outrun a crocodile when your shoes are untied - Jess Keating
- Wing Nut - Mary Jane Auch
- The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker - Cynthia DeFelice
- Judy Moody Saves the World - Megan McDonald
- Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars - Sheri Holman
- A Gebra Named Al - Wendy Isdell
- Leon and the Champion Chip - Allen Kurtzveil
- A World after Super Plague - Anne Rooney
- Why is Milk White? And 200 Other Curious Chemistry Questions - Alex Cohelo
- 100 Things to Know About Science - Alex Frith
- You Wouldn't Want to Live Without... Antibiotics! - Anne Rooney
- Science Experiments You Can Eat - Vicky Cobb
- Rollercoaster Science - Jim Wiese
- The Totally Irresponsible Science Kit - Sean Connolly
Online Reading:
- Popsci.com
- Bad science series
- BBC Operation Ouch
- BBC Bitesize
- sciencemag.org
- discovermagazine.com
- newscientists.com
- sciencefocus.com
- Richard Hammond blast lab
KS4:
- Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
- The Periodic Table - Primo Levi
- Do No Harm - Henry Marsh
- Why Don't Penguins Feet Freeze? - Mick O'Hare
- The Secret Science of Superheroes - Mark Lorch and Andy Miah
- The Mould in Dr Florey's Coat: The Remarkable True Story of the Penicillin Miracle - Eric Lax
- Saturday - Ian McEwan
- Before the World was Ready: Stories of Daring Genius in Science - Claire Eamer
- Why Does Asparagus Make Your Pee Smell? - Andy Brunning
- Women in Science: 50 fearless pioneers who changed the world - Rachel Ignotofsky
- Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly
- The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
- The Science Bokk - DK
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
Online reading:
- Catalyst Magazine - www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/catalyst
- discovermagazine.com
- popsci.com
- BBC Operation Ouch
- GCSE BBC Bitesize#
- sciencefocus.com
- newscientists.com