Science and literacy are always connections I am looking for.  This last week I was able to attend The Literacy Promise Conference at the Salt Palace and I was able to walk away with some great literacy connections to bring into any classroom:
Marcia Tate: Science Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites (Marcia's session was FANTASTIC! If you are looking for ways to get your students up and moving and learning then this is a book you will want to refer to)
Need a quick and productive way to start or end class?  Try these:
Biggest Riddle Book In The World- Joseph Rosenbloom
Quick To Solve Brainteasers- JJ Mendoza
The Kid Who Invented The Popsicle- Don Wulffson
Even More Children's Miscellany- Guy MacDonald
And lastly Lifetimes by David Rice- this is a fascinating book all about Nature- so many amazing science connections to how organisms live a lifetime.