Reading essentials. Discovering science

Photographs and text guide young children through a simple science experiment to determine what everyday objects will sink or float in a bowl of water.

Color illustrations and simple text introduce the parts of a plant for young readers.

Full color photographs and brief text introduce young children to defenses animals have that protect them in their natural environments.

Helps children understand the concept of speed by comparing the things they do, like walk, run, swim, and throw, with the speeds of other animals.

Examines the reasons for the results of scientific experiments that remove a specific element, such as preventing sunlight from reaching a leaf of a plant, a car on ice, and more.

Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to how plants grow.

Discusses the uses of measurement, and looks at various ways to measure weight, height, speed, volume, and temperature.

Simple text and photographs describe how the senses are used to make observations.

Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to how plants grow.