Read and Understand Science, Grades 3-4

Read and Understand Science, Grades 3-4 presents stories that range from low-third grade to high-fourth grade in readability. Topics presented include: Life Sciencerole of sleep, the five senses, role of play in animals, bird habitats, importance of fire in an ecosystem, animal classification, wild animal adaptation to living near humans, Physical Sciencehow sound is produced, physical and chemical properties, states of matter, magnetism and compasses, heat and insulation, natural and artificial light, Earth & Space Sciencesoil, kinds of rocks, fossil fuels, the solar system, solar eclipse, hail, types of mountains, fossils and petrification, and Science & Technologybiography of an engineer, sustainable agriculture, research into animal brain function, recycling, CT scans, use of Earths material resources.