My science library

Introduces electricity; describes how it is made, transferred from the power plant through power lines into the home, and used; and explains how batteries work.

Introduces habitats and how they provide everything the creatures living in them need, and describes how different parts of the food chain, including producers, consumers--herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores--and decomposers contribute.

Explains how plants adapt over many years and looks at the ways in which various plants have changed to survive in different environments.

Photographs and simple text help students learn how plants make their own food, describing what plants need to make their own food, why plants are important to life on Earth, and how animals and plants benefit each other.

Simple text and illustrations introduce natural resources, and explores what items come from man-made materials and what come from natural resources.