Dugan, Christine

Describes the equipment and techniques of surfing, and highlights popular surfing locations, surfing in popular culture, and common dangers of surfing. Includes color photographs, maps, a timeline, a glossary of terms, and further resources.

Provides information about muscles and how they work in the human body, looks at different types of muscles, and includes tips on how to take care of muscles.

Discusses the importance of bones in the human body, and looks at what bones are made of, how they help people move, and how to take care of them.

Learn about different cycles and rotations of Earth including its orbit around the sun, which creates different seasons. Also explored are the moons rotations, which dictate the tides and the different phases of the water cycle. Aside from providing a science connection, this reader provides a language arts connection with the rich vocabulary related to the nature of the earths movements and its subsequent effects of this movement.

Introduces averaging use mean, median, and mode by looking at data on tornadoes that scientists collect and study.

Introduces averaging use mean, median, and mode by looking at data on hurricanes that scientists collect and study.

Explores the sport of go-kart racing for children, the equipment needed to keep a go-kart in shape, and how races are planned.

Discusses the importance of bones in the human body, and looks at the composition of bones, how they help people move, and how to take care of them.

Provides information about muscles and how they work in the human body, looks at different types of muscles, and includes tips on how to take care of muscles.

Uses landscape design to help children learn about perimeter and area.