Read and Understand Science, Grades 2-3 presents stories that range from low-second grade to high-third grade in readability.

Topics presented include:

Life Science—flowering plant life cycle, seed dispersal, parts of a tree, metamorphosis, honeybees, invertebrates, the platypus, digestion

Physical Science—magnets, sound vibrations (hearing), hot air rises, friction, simple machines, heat transference

Earth & Space Science—why stars seem to twinkle, rainbows, movements of Earth, thunder and lightning, the moon, soil, fossils

Science & Technology—using tools to measure, invention of Velcro®, microscopes, telescopes, recycling, manufactured products (plastics)

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