Theodore Buchanan

Teach fourth and fifth grade students space science, Earth science, and STEM topics with this 10-book set. These nonfiction books feature intriguing images, challenging diagrams, sidebars, a glossary, and an index to keep students engaged in reading and connect them back to the text. Students will learn important scientific topics and vocabulary terms including thermodynamics, the periodic table of elements, the composition of matter, the conservation of energy, and more. Each 32-page book includes an in-depth science activity that meets Next Generation Science Standards and helps students apply what they've learned to a real-world setting. Titles in this set include: Electricity; Circuits; Transferring Energy; Sound Waves and Communication; Light and Its Effects; Composition of Matter; Mixtures and Solutions; Conservation of Mass; Conservation of Energy; Chemical Reactions.

This high-interest informational text will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and nonfiction reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled nonfiction science reader features hands-on, simple science experiments and full-color images and graphics. Fourth grade students will learn all about the importance of circuits through this engaging text that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and supports STEM education.