Read & Understand Science Grades 1-2

Read and Understand Science, Grades 1-2 presents stories that range from beginning first to beginning third in readability.

The stories for grades 1-2 are comprised of four half pages.

Students cut the pages and staple them together to create four-page minibooks. Topics presented include: • Life Science-leaves, baby/parent resemblance, growth needs of plants, animal tracks, the sea otter, tadpole to frog, the five senses, skeleton • Physical Science-sink and float, light, properties of materials, combining materials, states of matter, water vapor, water freezing, surface tension • Earth & Space Science-the sun, air, erosion, gravity, Earth’s rotation, composting • Science & Technology-measuring temperature, machines, improving the function of a design