Science Readers: Light and Its Effects

Light and Its Effects is an expository text that explores the concept of light including the light spectrum, the way light travels, how mirrors can distort images, and particles of light. The book concludes with an experiment exploring refraction using a jar, water, a magazine, and a magnifying glass.

The book is divided in chapters and contains a table of contents, glossary, and index.   Sentences vary in length and structure.  Information is presented by the main text, sidebars, labeled photographs, and illustrations highlighting definitions and interesting facts.

Content-specific terminology such as matter, white light, visible spectrum, ultraviolet, infrared, and scattering, is defined in context and in the glossary. 

This title is from the Science Readers: Content and Literacy in Science series from Teacher Created Materials. Build literacy skills and science content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately levelled information texts.