Science Fiction in the Science Classroom

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Science Fictionin theScience Classroom

• with
• Robert J. Sawyer

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Professionally SpeakingScience Fiction in the
Classroomby Robert J. SawyerDecember 2003

• tinyurl.com/professionally-speaking-sawyer

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Scientific Literacy
No Limits Developing Scientific Literacy Using
Science Fiction (Workbook for teachers and
students)
Grades 9-12
Packing Fraction Other Tales of Science
Imagination (The stories from No Limits)
Edited by Julie E. Czerneda
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Stream of Consciousnessby Robert J. Sawyer(from
Packing Fraction)

• sfwriter.com/stindex.htm

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Science Fiction
for ages 9 and up
The Wonder Zone series edited by Julie E. Czerneda
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Astronomy and Space

• Spin
• by Robert Charles Wilson

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Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy
Physics

• astrosociety.org/education/resources/scifi.html
• tinyurl.com/good-sf-stories

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Physics

• Gregory Benford
• Greg Egan
• Larry Niven
• John Cramer
• The Physics of Star Trek, etc.

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Chemistry

• Hal Clement
• H. Beam Pipers Omnilingual

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Biology

• Blindsight
• by Peter Watts

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Genetics

• Frameshift
• by Robert J. Sawyer

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Genetics

• Beggars in Spain
• by Nancy Kress

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Evolution

• Evolution
• by Stephen Baxter

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Evolution

• Darwins Radio
• by Greg Bear

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Evolution
Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
Letters From the Flesh by Marcos Donnelly
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Science and Society

• The Last Theorem
• by Arthur C. Clarke
• and Frederik Pohl

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Ecology
Trilogy of near-future eco-thrillers by Kim
Stanley Robinson
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Ecology

• Rogue Harvest
• by Danita Maslan

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Short-Short Stories

• Futures From Nature
• 100 speculative fictions
• edited by Henry Gee

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Hard SF Stories

• The Hard SF Renaissance
• Edited by
• David G. Hartwell
• Kathryn Cramer

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Analog Science Fiction and Fact

• See web site for The Science Behind the Story
  essays from Stephen Baxter, Karl Schroeder, and
  others
• AnalogSF.com

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Fiction ? Non-Fiction

• Im Working on That
• by William Shatner

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Science in SF Movies

• Planet of the Apes Five ways that any astronaut
  could tell it was Earth all along
• Star Wars Parsecs / Light Speed

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ROBERT J. SAWYERThis PowerPointsfwriter.com/s
tao2008.ppt

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