Read and Understand Science presents stories that range from beginning first to beginning third in readability. The stories for grade 1 are comprised of four half-pages. Students cut the pages and staple them together to create four-page minibooks.
Topics presented in Read and Understand Science, Grades 1/2 include: Life Science -- leaves, baby/parent resemblance, growth needs of plants, animal tracks, the sea otter, tadpole to frog, the five senses, skeleton Physical Science -- sink and float, light, propertiesof materials, combining materials, states of matter, water vapor, water freezing, surface tension Earth & Space Science -- the sun, air, erosion, gravity, Earth's rotation, composting Science & Technology -- measuring temperature and machines, improving the function of a design.
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