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Science Readers: Stars
Stars is an expository text that explains ancient and modern stargazing and navigating, galaxies, telescopes, and the formation and classification of stars. An experiment invites students to explore comparing light from different stars...
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Science Readers: Tell Me About It
Tell Me About It is an informational text about using opposites, such as hot/cold, to describe objects . The book concludes with an activity written in procedural language. All the sentences are simple in...
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Science Readers: The Four Spheres of Earth
The Four Spheres of Earth is an expository text that describes the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. An experiment invites students to explore how Earth’s atmosphere affects the other spheres...
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Science Readers: The Milky Way: A River of Stars
The Milky Way: A River of Stars is an expository text that explains Earth’s place in space and describes the Milky Way. The text also covers the role of telescopes and mathematics in the study of the Milky Way...
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Science Readers: The Nature of Matter
The Nature of Matter is an informational text that explores the three states of matter and the ways in which the states change. The book concludes with an experiment investigating the different states of matter. The book is divided in chapters and...
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Science Readers: The Nutrient Cycle
The Nutrient Cycle is an expository text that explains the cycles of water, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus and how they are all essential for the planet to thrive. An experiment invites students to explore how chemicals enter...
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Science Readers: The Powerful Ocean
The Powerful Ocean is an expository text that explores the five oceans on Earth, ocean zones and landscape, ocean life, the motions of oceans, and how to protect the ocean. An experiment invites students to explore how the atmosphere...
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Science Readers: The Quest for Personal Best: Individual Sports
The Quest for Personal Best Individual Sports is an expository nonfiction text that explains team versus individual sports, the science of sports, velocity and acceleration, and pushing the limits. The back of the book includes a section on Scientists...
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Science Readers: The Quest for Speed: Vehicles
The Quest for Speed Vehicles is an expository nonfiction text that explains Newton’s Laws of Motion, force, measuring motion, and being safe at any speed. The back of the book includes a section on Scientists Then and Now. Readers gain information...
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Science Readers: The Right Environment
The Right Environment is an informational text that explains climate and ecosystems and describes land and water biomes. A two-page activity invites students to explore if lima beans prefer a sunny or shady habitat. The...
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Science Readers: The Rock Cycle
The Rock Cycle is an expository text that describes the three types of rock, the processes of weathering and erosion, and the rock cycle. An experiment invites students to explore how a rock changes through the rock cycle using...
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Science Readers: The Seasons
The Seasons is an informational text that explains how plants, animals, and weather change with the seasons. A two-page activity invites readers to create seasonal pictures with craft materials. The book is divided into sections. ...