By linking science more closely with society, World Science Day for Peace and Development aims to ensure that citizens are kept informed of developments in science. It also underscores the role scientists play in broadening our understanding of the remarkable, fragile planet we call home and in making our societies more sustainable.
The International Science Council is encouraging its members to explore how scientific cooperation builds bridges across borders and addresses shared global challenges like climate change, health, and emerging technologies.
Currently, a group of Year 2 students and I are reading picture book biographies and one of them read the book about Alfred Nobel and was very surprised to read that he had invented dynamite and that it in turn had been used for purposes that Nobel had not intended it be used for. She also realised he was the same man that the Nobel Peace Prize was named for and this started quite a discussion about inventions and scientists intentions. That made me think of other biographies where science and peace went together.
Alfred Nobel: the Man Behind the Peace Prize by Kathy-Jo Wargin
A quick and curious mind, combined with a love of science and chemistry, drove Nobel to invent numerous technological devices throughout his long life. But he is perhaps most well known for his invention of dynamite. Intending it to help safely advance road and bridge construction, Nobel saw his most famous invention used in the development of military weaponry.
Scientists who are zooming through space, protecting the planet, singing with whales... and even learning to travel through time. Get ready to meet more than 20 inspiring, real-life scientists, and discover how they started asking questions... just like YOU!
Peace and Me by Ali Winter
This illustrated collection of inspirational ideas about peace is based on the lives of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates of the 20th and 21st centuries, among them Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Theresa and Malala Yousafzai.
Discover some of the inspirational men and women who have received Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine from 1901 to the present day, among them Marie Curie, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin and Donna Strickland. A glimpse into the often surprising lives and sometimes accidental discoveries of a group of extraordinary scientists, this fascinating collection shows that the science you learn at school really can change the world.
The true story of Wangari Maathai, an environmental and political activist in Kenya and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees will be destroyed. So Wangari decides to do something - and starts by planting nine seedlings in her own backyard. And as they grow, so do her plans . . .
Not a biography, but an excellent provocation for this topic.
Before It Was Called Science by Corey Tott
Across these vast lands and skies, the First Peoples have walked with Country for thousands of years. They read the land and waters like a book. They knew the winds, watched the stars and listened deeply to the environment around them. They understood that to take care of Country is to take care of yourself, your family, and the generations yet to come.This is the perfect book to get kids excited about science and sustainability.
And a book like this can initiate all sorts of science questions.
Science All Around Us by Mei Liu and Chris Nixon
This stunningly illustrated book draws on the scientific knowledge of Scienceworks experts, and will inspire readers to see the many ways that science is always all around us.
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