Into the Soil introduces the topic of soil through a series of fun riddles. The book invites students to wonder about the ubiquitous substance that covers the Earth and to consider soil's functions. The book shows how soil helps all living things survive and introduces the ideas that: soil is all around us, many organisms live in the soil, and plants, animals, and people need the nutrients in soil in order to survive. Into the Soil provides an invitation to the Soil Habitats unit and depicts the important role of soil in our lives.
Guided Reading Level J

In Walk in the Woods students "accompany" a soil scientist named Asmeret as she walks through the woods. Students see the world through a soil scientist's eyes as Asmeret searches for evidence of decomposition. As Asmeret guides students through the forest, several important ideas emerge: soil is made of living and non-living things; small organisms help decompose dead plants and animals; and through decomposition, soil is made. It shows how scientists look for evidence to help answer questions about the world. Walk in the Woods provides a real-world context for the study of decomposition and soil habitats.
Guided Reading Level L

What Are Roots? describes how roots help plants survive, using a series of descriptive metaphors. The book describes important structures and functions of a variety of root types. Important ideas include: roots are adaptations that plants have to help them survive, roots take in water and nutrients, roots hold plants in place, and that there are two main types of roots--taproots and fibrous roots. What Are Roots? enables students to learn more about roots than is directly observable. Students use this book to help identify structures on the roots they observe firsthand.
Guided Reading Level M

Talking with a Habitat Scientist uses the story of one scientist to introduce students to the concept of a habitat and to the work of a habitat scientist. John Harte is a scientist who investigates what happens when the elements of a habitat change. The book describes how a habitat is a place where a plant or an animal gets everything it needs to survive, that a habitat isn't just a place but includes a collection of things that all together meet the basic needs of an organism. The book communicates John's love of nature and passion for science and provides examples of how sometimes habitats change and the organisms can no longer survive there, that these changes are sometimes caused by humans, and that scientists help us understand and protect habitats. Talking with a Habitat Scientist extends students' growing understanding of habitats and shows how scientists work to understand and ultimately protect habitats.
Guided Reading Level O

Earthworms Underground describes earthworm structures and behaviors with a focus on adaptations that enable earthworms to survive underground. These adaptations include being able to breathe through their skin, and use hair-like structures to move through the soil, and survive even if part of their tails breaks off. The book shows how earthworms eat soil and small living and dead things in the soil, and how this makes the soil better for all plants and animals. It tells how they reproduce and that the greatest dangers to earthworms are moles, birds, and sunlight that can dry out earthworm's skin. Earthworms Underground provides a view of the earthworm in its natural habitat and depicts earthworm structures and behaviors that are not directly observable.
Guided Reading Level N

The Handbook of Forest Floor Animals is a reference book that describes some of the small organisms that live in, on, or near the forest floor, in the way that a field guide might. The book describes six types of organisms that live in or on soil: beetles, centipedes and millipedes, crickets, earthworms, pill bugs and sow bugs, and snails and slugs. For each type of organism, information is provided about the organism's body structures, behavior, habitat, and life cycle. Students use information they find in this handbook to help them identify and label body structures of the organisms they observe firsthand and to answer questions they have about forest floor organisms.
Guided Reading Level O

My Nature Notebook shows how a small spot on the forest floor, where things grow, die, and decompose, changes over several months, and what a child's notebook recording those changes looks like. This book demonstrates the importance of careful and repeated observations, and of measurements, drawings, and detailed notes, in making good inferences about the nature and cause of changes. My Nature Notebook models careful observation and note taking, and also provides students with experience reading tables, and making inferences.
Guided Reading Level K

Without Soil reviews the key themes of the Soil Habitats unit by asking students to imagine a world without soil. Through this device, the following ideas are reviewed: living things depend on one another, soil helps all living things survive by providing the nutrients necessary for the plants that animals (including humans) depend upon for food and other needs, that the roots of plants help soil stay in place, and that soil is a habitat for a great number and complexity of interdependent organisms. The book goes on to explain how soil loss is an important environmental problem. In addition to providing a review of many of the important ideas in the unit, Without Soil communicates the interdependence of plants, animals, humans and soil.
Guided Reading Level L

Snail Investigations is a fictional account of a class who sets out to figure out what makes a good snail habitat, so they can keep snails in their classroom. This book describes the investigations these students conduct and what they learn about how snails, like other organisms, need food, water, shelter, and air to survive. The book highlights the cycle of scientific inquiry and depicts the triumphs and missteps of a group of classroom scientists. It shows how it is possible to investigate to find answers to questions. Snail Investigations models the process of conducting a scientific investigation and provides an opportunity for students to practice interpreting data.
Guided Reading Level L

Beach Postcards provides an account of a girl named Jo who visits beaches around the world with her family and sends postcards back to her friend Linn. Linn writes a report about what she learned about beaches and shorelines from Jo's postcards. This book serves as an invitation to the unit and introduces students to some basic concepts about beaches and shorelines. It is also designed to help students who may have limited knowledge of shorelines to imagine the experience of being at various beaches.
Guided Reading Level L

What Belongs on a Beach? introduces the concept that some things belong on a beach and other things do not. It describes the different ways that trash can end up on a beach and its consequences to marine organisms. The book demonstrates how the kind of marine litter found on a beach is evidence about where it comes from. This book provides a real world context for the sorting and classifying that students do in class and provides an opportunity for students to practice making inferences about the source of marine litter.
Guided Reading Level K

Gary's Sand Journal begins with Gary Griggs, a shoreline scientist, sharing how he uses the properties of sand as evidence to determine the sand's origin and composition. The second half of the book consists of pages of a notebook like the one Gary uses to record his observations of sand, including notes about inferences he has made about the sand samples. The book ends with a picture of mystery sand and a challenge for the reader to use the evidence in the picture to make inferences about the mystery sand's origin and composition. This book models how specific observable properties can be used to make inferences about the origin and composition of sand and provides students with opportunities to make inferences based on these observable characteristics.
Guided Reading Level P

What's Stronger? The Forces that Cause Erosion The Forces that Cause Erosion illustrates the power of wind, water, waves, and glaciers to wear away things as hard as rocks and as big as mountains, through a process called erosion. Students see how erosion washes soil down hillsides and rivers carry sand to the beach. This book enables students to see the effects of natural phenomena that are not directly observable in the classroom.
Guided Reading Level O

My Sea Otter Report is a humorous, fictional account of a boy writing a science report, guided by his sister's advice. This book models the process of writing a report, complete with commentary on the common missteps. It provides students with a framework for writing their organism reports.
Guided Reading Level J

Handbook of Sandy Beach Organisms is a reference book about sandy beach organisms. A different animal is described in detail on each page. The book is organized by type of organism, so there is a page of information about organisms that share something in common. For example, pages of information about sanderlings, herring gulls, and peregrine falcons follow the page titled Birds. This book provides students with a second source of information for their organism reports.
Guided Reading Level P

What Lives on a Sandy Beach? provides a virtual walk along a sandy beach--with a peek at the multitude of organisms that live there--most hidden from view. This book is designed to stimulate curiosity and provide a rare look at these sandy beach organisms in their habitat. Students are challenged to answer questions posed in the text about the organisms--all of which can be answered through inference based on evidence in the illustrations. Students use information they find in this book to write reports about sandy beach organisms.
Guided Reading Level N

The Black Tide provides a newspaper-style account of an actual oil spill that occurred off the coast of Spain in 2002. A series of articles provides a blow-by-blow description of the initial stormy seas, the oil tanker that broke apart, how the oil moved towards shore, efforts to contain and clean up the spill, and finally the immediate and year-after effects of the spill on shoreline organisms in the region. This book provides a real world context for the simulations students conduct in class and an opportunity for students to make predictions about the effects of a real oil spill.
Guided Reading Level M

Shoreline Scientist is about the life and work of one scientist, Gary Griggs. Students first encountered Gary when they read Gary's Sand Journal earlier in the unit. Shoreline Scientist describes how Gary became interested in science, his education, and the questions and problems that Gary works on today. This book provides students with a view of the role scientists play in solving problems in the world.
Guided Reading Level N

What If Rain Boots Were Made of Paper? asks students to imagine a series of unusual objects, such as rain boots made of paper and frying pans made of rubber, in order to get them thinking about the relationship between objects, the materials used to make those objects, and the properties of those materials. This book provides an invitation to the Designing Mixtures unit and a real-world context for the importance of understanding about the properties of materials.
Guided Reading Level J

Solving Dissolving introduces and explains the concept of dissolving. Taking off from the familiar experience of dissolving sugar in water, the book provides evidence that the sugar is still there and describes what the remaining sugar might look like if we could see the tiny sugar particles. Students learn about the role of temperature in solubility; that some substances are more soluble in water than others while other substances are not soluble in water at all; the difference between melting and dissolving; and how dissolving is useful to cooks, scientists, and inventors. This book enables students to learn about more dissolving than is directly observable.
Guided Reading Level K

The Handbook of Interesting Ingredients is a reference book that provides information about most of the ingredients students use in the Designing Mixtures unit. For each ingredient there is a two-page spread with illustrations and information, some of which is directly observable and some of which is not, in sections titled: how it looks, substance or mixture?, where it comes from, important properties, what it's used for, and cause and effect. Ingredients in the handbook include baking soda, cinnamon, citric acid, corn syrup, cornstarch, egg white, flour, gelatin, oil, salt, sugar, vinegar, and water. Students use information they find in this book to support their firsthand investigations.
Guided Reading Level O

Jess Makes Hair Gel provides an account of a boy who sets out to make his own hair gel. In the book, Jess identifies the properties of a good hair gel and then tests different ingredients to see which have these properties. While conducting tests on each ingredient, Jess realizes that he needs to expand the list of properties of good hair gel to include several more. With this realization he is able to solve problems he encounters and end up with a great hair gel. This book models the steps of the design process that students use in the unit.
Guided Reading Level K

Jelly Bean Scientist shows how food scientists use science to design new kinds of food. In the book, readers meet Ambrose Lee, a food scientist who invents new jelly bean flavors. Students see examples of scientists who use their senses, try to design mixtures that have certain properties, and work in teams. They learn about the effect of ingredients in creating the texture of jelly beans and get a glimpse of the hard work and the serendipity of invention. This book provides a real-world context for the work students are doing as they design mixtures in the classroom.
Guided Reading Level K

Forces introduces students to several foundational concepts about forces, including: 1) a force is a push or a pull; 2) forces act between two objects; 3) forces can change the way things move; 4) you can feel evidence of forces; and 5) there are some forces that act at a distance?between objects that aren?t touching. By analyzing various playground scenarios with a focus on the forces at work, the book helps students view the world through a scientific lens. It also helps students see how forces are at work around them every day, all the time. In addition to providing students with an introduction to concepts about forces and an everyday context for what they are learning, Forces provides students with a book from which they can gather clear examples of both pictorial and textual evidence.
Guided Reading Level K

What My Sister Taught Me About Magnets is a realistic, fictional account of a girl who loves to investigate magnets. She investigates the similarities and differences among magnets of different shapes, sizes, and strengths. Through a series of ?speeches,? the girl explains to her older sister what she has learned by investigating, and the ways in which she compared different magnets. The sisters learn about the similarities and differences between magnets of a variety of shapes and sizes, including: like poles repel, and opposite poles attract; some magnets have more magnetic force than others; and magnets attract only some kinds of metal. The book also provides data about what materials are attracted to magnets. What My Sister Taught Me About Magnets models ways of investigating magnets, recording data, making explanations, and the use of comparative language.
Guided Reading Level N

In Gravity Is Everywhere, students learn that gravity is a pulling force. The force of gravity exerted by Earth holds us and objects around us on the surface of Earth. Illustrations and informative tables help explain that Earth isn?t the only thing that exerts gravity. Gravity is pulling between everything, though we can only notice the force of gravity on us from large objects like Earth. The book explains the relationship between weight and gravity, and students learn that objects would have different weights on different places in space, such as on the Sun, Moon, and various planets in our Solar System. Gravity Is Everywhere provides evidence about the force of gravity through multiple examples. The book provides students with additional evidence about gravity that is not directly observable in everyday experience.
Guided Reading Level M

Mystery Forces  A train floats in the air. A tree shrinks instead of growing. A spoon seems to move by itself. What's going on? Students grapple with these "mysteries" as they read Mystery Forces. Students are provided with a mysterious scenario and are asked to figure out which force (gravity, electrostatic force, or magnetic force) is involved. They use descriptions of different pulls or pushes to determine which force is at work. Students think carefully about the effects that each force has in order to make an explanation and solve the mystery. The book also helps students connect what they?ve been learning about forces to the world outside the classroom.
Guided Reading Level L

Systems  develops the concept of systems through an analysis of parts that interact to create a whole. Photographs, diagrams, and tables convey the structure and function of a bicycle wheel and a bicycle. The book illustrates how parts work together?a bicycle is a collection of interacting parts including a seat, handlebars, a frame, a chain, pedals, and wheels. It shows how you can change a bicycle system so it works differently and you can change a bicycle system in ways that cause it not to work. The book goes on to discuss systems more broadly?the human body, a dishwasher, the Solar System. Triangle diagrams are used to show how different systems work together to form larger systems. This book helps students understand an important scientific concept and apply it in a variety of situations.
Guided Reading Level N

Secrets of the Stomach  describes the work of three scientists who investigated how the stomach digests food. It outlines how each of them found evidence that added to the scientific community’s understanding of digestion. By reading this book, students learn that scientists base their explanations on evidence and that the best explanations are those that take into account all of the evidence. After looking at several explanations, students learn that acid juices in the stomach aid in the digestion of food. This book models how to make explanations based on evidence and how to revise explanations when new evidence is discovered.
Guided Reading Level P

Voyage of a Cracker  follows the path a cracker takes as it is eaten and travels through the digestive system. Each page spread includes a real photograph that was taken inside the body, as well as a diagram indicating the part’s position in the body. As the students read the description of where the cracker has traveled, they are prompted to make inferences about which digestive organ is being described. This book provides images and context to deepen students’ understanding of a system that is largely unseen and helps to summarize what they have learned.
Guided Reading Level P

Handbook of Body Systems  is a reference book with a section about each of the six most important systems in the body: the circulatory, digestive, musculo-skeletal, nervous, renal, and respiratory systems. Each section tells about the function and main parts of the system and briefly describes how the system works. Common problems that can occur within or between each system’s organs are also mentioned. Students use the book to learn basic information about several body systems.
Guided Reading Level P-Q

What’s the Diagnosis?  tells about Elaine Davenport, a real doctor who specializes in pediatric medicine. The book’s introduction describes how an important part of Dr. Davenport’s job is making diagnoses when patients are sick. The book presents two fictional accounts that are based on Dr. Davenport’s real experiences. In the first scenario, Dr. Davenport makes a diagnosis of the cause of a boy’s sore throat. As Dr. Davenport gathers evidence for the diagnosis, students learn the process involved in making a diagnosis. The second scenario introduces a patient who has an upset stomach. Students learn how to use the evidence collected by Dr. Davenport to make their own diagnosis of this patient.
Guided Reading Level O

Blue Whales and Buttercups  invites students to consider the diversity of life on Earth. The photographs and informative captions in the book show many examples of ways in which organisms are different; the text explains that living things can differ in size, how they move, and how they protect themselves. At the same time, living things also share many characteristics, and these similarities help scientists classify organisms into groups. The book provides context for the unit through a virtual tour of some of the amazing living things on Earth. It provides many examples of characteristics for students to draw upon in order to understand that living things are different in many ways and the same in others.
Guided Reading Level N

The Code  introduces students to the science of genetics in an accessible way. The book explains that individual characteristics are the result of the combined DNA “code” that people get from their birth parents. The book discusses the difference between inherited and acquired characteristics, providing several familiar examples. One example is that of identical twins who have the same genetic code but are distinguishable because of their different life experiences.

The theme of variation and relatedness is extended throughout this book as students consider what characteristics all humans have and which characteristics make each of us unique. This book provides students with important science information about cells and genes that is hard to observe firsthand in the classroom.
Guided Reading Level O

Mystery Mouths  introduces students to the concept of adaptations by providing them with the opportunity to examine the characteristics of various animal mouths. First the students are shown a mouth and asked to examine it. They then turn the page and learn what kind of animal has such a mouth, and what these mouth adaptations allow the animal to do. The students also examine skulls and animals with similar mouth structures and compare how they are similar and different. The structure of this book makes it an ideal text for students to practice and use the science and comprehension skills they’ve been learning thus far—examining the visual evidence offered by the skulls in the book and making inferences based on this evidence.
Guided Reading Level N

Evidence from the Past  introduces students to the work of the Argentinean paleontologist Rodolfo Coria. By reading about Professor Coria and his work, students get a glimpse of what an actual paleontologist does and how paleontologists use evidence to make inferences that help to explain how species lived long ago. The book follows Coria as he makes a series of discoveries about two important dinosaurs found in Argentina. It focuses on Coria’s evidence collecting through his fossil discoveries and the scientific explanations he constructs along the way as he reviews his evidence and revises his explanations based on new fossil evidence he finds. This book models both the nature and practices of science through following Professor Coria and his work.
Guided Reading Level P

Can You See in the Dark? follows a narrator’s search for a completely dark place, inviting readers to wonder aboutwhether or not people need light to see. This book introduces the idea that all light comes from a source and shows many different examples of light sources.
Guided Reading Level N

The Speed of Light  compares the speed of light to other fast things through descriptive examples and data tables. By reflecting on the data, readers are better able to understand that light travels much faster than anything else in the universe.
Guided Reading Level P

Why Do Scientists Disagree?   helps readers learn about the ways scientists use evidence, make claims, and debate their explanations to move science forward. They see these ideas exemplified in the story of the scientist Galileo and how his observations of the Moon changed people’s ideas about light.
Guided Reading Level Q

I See What You Mean   explains the relationship between reflection and vision, as two girls try to figure out how light is involved when they see a peach. Students learn that light comes from a source, reflects off objects, (even objects that are not shiny), and travels to our eyes.
Guided Reading Level O

Handbook of Light Interactions   presents quantitative data on how much light various materials reflect, transmit, and absorb. The book is organized by type of material with the data presented in tables, allowing readers to draw conclusions about how light interacts with different materials.
Guided Reading Level Q

Light Strikes!   invites readers to look at ordinary scenes and observe how light is interacting with materials, sometimes in unexpected ways. Readers discover how reflection, transmission, and absorption operate in real-life situations.
Guided Reading Level O

Cameras, Eyes and Glasses   explains what lenses are and what they do, then describes the lenses in cameras, the human eye, and eyeglasses. Photographs and ray diagrams help students understand the refraction of light.
Guided Reading Level R

It’s All Energy  is about energy and its various forms, including electrical, motion, sound, thermal, light, and chemical energy. Students read about situations and processes they experience in their everyday lives that involve these forms of energy, and learn that energy can be transformed from one form into another.
Guided Reading Level P

Sunlight and Showers  introduces Dr. Ashok Gadgil, a scientist working to address real-world problems. Dr. Gadgil’s students work together to design a solar water heater for use in Guatemala, demonstrating how useful solar energy can be.
Guided Reading Level P

Tornado! A Meteorologist and Her Prediction  profiles Lynn Burse, a forecaster for the National Weather Service. In this dramatic true story of predicting a tornado, readers learn how meteorologists take measurements, collect data, and make predictions to help society.
Guided Reading Level O

Falling Through the Atmosphere  introduces students to test pilot Joseph Kittinger, who made a historic jump for research purposes from a balloon 20miles high. Readers follow Kittinger?s ascent and descent, learning about conditions at different heights in the atmosphere.
Guided Reading Level O

Weather Encyclopedia  is an encyclopedia of interesting information about weather topics. Contains 27 major topics, describing types of weather and related subjects such as meteorology, the water cycle, humidity, condensation, evaporation, weathermaps, and more.
Guided Reading Level R

Water in the Desert  is a beautifully illustrated look at weather and phase change in the context of a real-world ecosystem: the Great Basin Desert in North America. Readers learn how water changes phases throughout a typical day in the desert, and how organisms manage to survive in this environment.
Guided Reading Level O

Drinking Cleopatra's Tears  is a book about the water cycle, using humorous and interesting examples of how Earth?s water is recycled. It emphasizes that water is continuously moving and changing, highlighting phase changes (evaporation, melting, condensation, freezing) that help move water through the water cycle.
Guided Reading Level O

Go With the Flow: Making Models of Streams  is about Chris Cianfrani, a hydrologist who uses computer and physical models to understand streams. The book introduces the important concept that models are useful for making predictions and representing things in the real world, but they cannot show everything.
Guided Reading Level P

Sky Notebook  features an amateur meteorologist who takes measurements and keeps detailed notes about the weather in the Colorado mountains. Weather maps and data tables give readers the chance to make inferences and weather predictions of their own.
Guided Reading Level N

Wet Weather Handbook  provides fascinating, in-depth information on eight weather types, including rain, snow, hail, fog, and hurricanes. Each chapter includes basic information on a type of weather and how it forms, historical examples, and color-coded weather data on a United States map.
Guided Reading Level Q

What's Going On With the Weather?  is a fictional story about a girl who moves from Boston to San Francisco and notices that the foggy weather in her new home is quite different from the summer weather she left behind. She uses data to investigate weather patterns in both places, demonstrating that kids can do their own investigations.
Guided Reading Level N

Made of Matter  introduces students to several important concepts about matter. Students learn that everything around them is made of tiny particles called atoms, and that atoms joined together are called molecules. By comparing different amounts of everyday materials, students get a sense of just how tiny atoms and molecules are. They are introduced to models as representations of atoms and molecules and learn that all molecules of one kind are exactly the same. Students also learn that molecules can have different properties, and that most matter is a mixture of substances.
Guided Reading Level Q

Break It Down: How Scientists Separate Mixtures  discusses mixtures and the importance in science of being able to separate them into component substances. Break It Down shows students three contexts in which separating a mixture is important. Students learn about the separation of pure water from salty ocean water, plasma from blood, and the ingredients of a meal found in an ancient tomb. Each example features a different separation technique. The book emphasizes that each technique uses the individual properties of the substances in the mixture in order to separate them.
Guided Reading Level R

Phase Change at Extremes  allows students to expand their conceptions of phase change beyond water and other substances that change phase at moderate temperatures. The first sections of the book provide basic information about the phases of matter, phase change, and energy. The sections that follow describe phase change in four materials that melt at very high temperatures or freeze at very low temperatures. By learning about phase change in gold, diamond, alcohol, and carbon dioxide, students see that many kinds of matter change phase, but that they do so at very different temperatures.
Guided Reading Level R

Science You Can't See  introduces students to the work of three scientists, each of whom studies a phenomenon that cannot be observed directly. Karen Chin studies dinosaurs, Edward Saade investigates the ocean floor, and Farid El Gabaly uses an electron microscope to make images of magnetic atoms. In order to answer their questions, these scientists must make inferences based on evidence. The book also highlights the ways that using models can help scientists make accurate inferences. Science You Can?t See models an important aspect of the nature of science for students— making sound inferences based on evidence.
Guided Reading Level S

Chemical Reactions Everywhere  shows that chemical reactions happen not just in science labs, but everywhere around us. The book explains that everything in the world is made of chemical substances, and these substances change to produce new substances with new properties during chemical reactions. Twelve familiar chemical reactions are featured, and evidence of each chemical reaction—taste change; color change; temperature change; or the production of gas, light, or electricity—is identified. By connecting science information to familiar examples, students will see things around them in a new way.
Guided Reading Level R

Handbook of Chemical Investigations  is a reference book that students use to help plan, conduct, and understand their investigations. It includes sections on safety, materials, common and safe substances to investigate, evidence to observe, variables to change, and hints for choosing questions to investigate. Reference sections include information on atoms and molecules, chemical formulas, and a periodic table of elements. Students use this reference book throughout the unit to generate ideas for their own investigations as well as to look up information to make sense of the chemical reactions they observe.
Guided Reading Level T

What Happens to the Atoms?  explains how atoms and molecules rearrange as a result of chemical reactions. The book begins with an introduction in which students are reminded of basic concepts about atoms and molecules. Then, three simple investigations are described; two are chemical reactions (mixing baking soda and vinegar and letting steel wool rust), and one is not (mixing sugar and water). A detailed explanation of what happens to the atoms, in both words and diagrams, is provided for each investigation. At the end, readers are invited to consider what happens to the atoms in an exciting reaction—sodium and chlorine combining to make ordinary table salt. What Happens to the Atoms? helps students understand what is happening on a molecular level during their own investigations.
Guided Reading Level S

Bursting Bubbles: The Story of an Improved Investigation  is a realistic fictional account of two kids designing an investigation. As Daisy and Pablo investigate yeast, sugar, and different temperatures of water, they make a series of mistakes. Each time they notice a mistake, they make their investigation a little better. This book models how to plan, carry out, and communicate about an investigation. It highlights common points of difficulty in the investigation process, such as controlling variables, making comparisons, taking measurements, and making explanations.
Guided Reading Level R

Communicating Chemistry  follows chemist Michael Grass as he prepares to present his investigation to the scientific community. Grass studies ways of creating nanoparticles—tiny shapes made of groups of atoms—used to make chemical reactions happen more quickly. Communicating Chemistry describes how Grass creates a poster and prepares for a scientific conference, highlighting why conferences are important for scientists. Students may use the included tips for presenting posters as they prepare for their own classroom scientific conference. This book models the process of communicating the results of an investigation.
Guided Reading Level S

Communicating Chemistry test
Guided Reading Level S