Reading essentials. Exploring science

Photographs, diagrams, and simple text describe how diamonds are mined, the various colors, hardness, and weight of diamonds, and how some diamonds are used in industry.

Describes the scientific method and uses a color mixing experiment to illustrate each step of the process. Includes color photographs and a basic glossary.

Describes inventions that have made modern life easier, including refrigerators, cars, and television.

Examines types of roller coasters and how they work, discussing gravity, friction, and potential and kinetic energy.

Photographs and simple text describe ways to change the shape of a square.

Photographs, diagrams, illustrations, and simple text describe how to collect and organize data through bar graphs, line graphs, circle graphs, and pictographs.

Photographs, diagrams, and simple text describes icebergs, ice-breakers, and the "Titanic" disaster in 1912.

Describes different kinds of soil, their components, and ways that animals and people use mud, and includes four educational hands-on activities.

Photographs, diagrams, and simple text describes icebergs, ice-breakers, and the Titanic disaster in 1912.

Photographs, diagrams, and simple text describes various types of rocks and minerals.