Finding the Critical Shapes. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1990. From Egg to Adult. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1992. These excellent articles are suitable for advanced students as well as general students.
Illustrations are useful for bulletin board displays.
W.H. Freeman, 1978. Includes the 1975 article by Stanley Cohen describing how recombinant molecules were first produced. Among the World's Cultures. Facts on File, 1982. This very comprehensive history of science demonstrates how science both shaped and was shaped by the culture of the prevailing times.