Read and Understand Science,Grades 1–2 presents stories that range from beginning first to beginning third in readability. The stories for grades 1-2 are comprised of four half pages. Students cut the pages and staple them together to create four-page minibooks.
Topics presented include:
Life Science-leaves, baby/parent resemblance, growth needs of plants, animal tracks, the sea otter, tadpole to frog, the five senses, skeleton
Physical Science-sink and float, light, properties of materials, combining materials, states of matter, water vapor, water freezing, surface tension
