Read and Understand Science: Grades 2-3 (Read & Understand)

By Jo Ellen Moore

Book Overview

Read and Understand, Science, Grades 2-3 presents stories that range from low-second grade to high-third grade in readability.

Topics presented include:

Life Science: flowering plant life cycle, seed dispersal, parts of a tree, metamorphosis, honeybees, invertebrates, the platypus, digestion Physical Science: magnets, sound vibrations (hearing), hot air rises, friction, simple machines, heat transference Earth and Space Science: why stars seem to twinkle, rainbows, movements of Earth, thunder and lightning, the moon, soil, fossils Science and Technology: using tools to measure, invention of Velcro(R), microscopes, telescopes, recycling, manufactured products (plastics)

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.

About Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Igniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557998558
• ISBN13: 9781557998552
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 7 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 3

Customer Reviews

Great Teaching Tool

I homeschool my 7 year old son,and this is a great book for him learning science. I have been using it for the last month and my son has learned alot. I would recommend this to anyone that wants there child to learn about science. It teaches everything they need to know for 2nd and 3rd grade.

The do-it-all book!

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Science to Grow By!

I love the way this book combines SIMPLE experiments with great information! One of the best science books I've found for the younger elementary grades. Covers many areas with simple to understand language and end-of-section content reviews. Also, the way the book is arranged, it's easy to skip around to different sections depending on what you may be doing in other areas of homeschool at the time. Great supplement to...