READ AND UNDERSTAND SCIENCE GR 4-6

Read and Understand Science, Grades 4—6 presents stories that range from high-third grade to high-sixth grade in readability. Topics presented in Read and Understand Science, Grades 4—6 include: Life Science—the common cold, tide pool life, yeast, diversity in animal eyes, conflict of conservation and tourism, cell structure and diversity, sickle-cell anemia Physical Science--potential and kinetic energy, types of solar radiation, light reflection and refraction, chemical compounds, flight and rocketry, the periodic table of elements Earth and Space Science-- gravity, comets, types of rocks, tornadoes, tectonic plates and earthquakes, total solar eclipse Science and Technology--the process of invention, alternative fuel sources, invention of the microwave, improving airplane wing design, global warming, telescopes, communications devices through the years