Thread by @DNLee5

I offered students 10 popular science books to read, review & connect back to course content.
3 of of the titles were authored by Native American Environmental/Ecology Scientists. Most students read Dr D Wildcat's book followed by Dr. RW Kimmerer

I'm pretty sure the motivation for reading those tomes had a lot to do with page length, but I'll take this as a win.
Offer students DecolonizeSTEM & BIPOC authored readings and if they are shorter in length...it's like moths to the flame y'all.

Long reading titles for my Intro General Biology II class

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
By Ed Yong, Harper Collins Publishers

Red Alert! Saving the Planet with Indigenous Knowledge
By Daniel Wildcat, Fulcrum Publishing

#STEMreading
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
By Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
By Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press

#STEMreading
Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats
By Mary McKenna
National Geog Society Pub.

The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary
By Caspar Henderson, Granta Books Publisher

#STEMreading
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World
by Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books Publishers

Where the Sky Began: Land of the Tallgrass Prairie
By John Madson, Houghton Mifflin Publishers

#STEMreading
Reading the Roots: American Nature Writing before Walden
by Michael P Branch, University of Georgia Press

Curious Naturalist: Nature's Everyday Mysteries
By Sy Montgomery, Down East Books Publisher