properties

"In this easy-to-follow text, readers are introduced to physical changes in matter. Simple explanations cover forms of matter, properties, and changes. Real-life examples illustrate important concepts."--Provided by publisher.

"Introduces basic concepts about the property of hardness of matter. Readers learn how to identify hardness through senses and tests, as well as how hardness may change"--Provided by publisher.

"Readers are introduced to the property of flexibility and how it relates to the different forms of matter . . . images accompany real-life examples that explain what is flexible and how flexibility changes with heat, cold, and wetness"--Provided by publisher.

". . . . introduces readers to basic forms and properties of color, including kinds of colors, how color changes, and what those changes might mean"--Provided by publisher.

"In this accessible text, readers are introduced to the basics of chemical changes. Easy-to-follow explanations cover matter, forms, properties, and changes. Further detail introduces how to make chemical changes and how to recognize them"--Publisher.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text pay tribute to cats and their resemblance to a liquid. Includes facts about states of matter and directions for making oobleck.

[Discusses] how human-made and natural materials can be shaped to serve different uses and purposes, and how the properties of materials are suited to their purpose, [includes tips and hints on how to work as a team]"--Back cover.

"Two children learn about four different states of matter (solid, liquid, gas, and plasma) and what happens when matter changes form"--Provided by publisher.

"Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to gravity. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.

Examines how things change in nature.