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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! The earth is round, so why don't some people hang upside down? The answer is gravity! With age-appropriate critical thinking questions and carefully leveled text, young readers will learn all about the concept of gravity while building nonfiction reading skills.
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Did you know that light has energy? It helps us see in the dark, it brings color to our world, and it moves through the air faster than sound! With age-appropriate critical thinking questions and carefully leveled text, young readers will learn all about light while building nonfiction reading skills.
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Over the years, people have looked for ways to improve our imperfect sight. This has led us to the world of optics, which is the study of light and how it travels. What are some of these innovations that have changed how we see the world, and how do they work? Find the answers to these questions with this Smithsonian Informational Text! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this text builds students' reading skills while engaging...
8) Motion
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Introduce students to the concept of motion with this science reader that features easy-to-read text. This book teaches important scientific topics and vocabulary including Newton's Laws of Motion, force, drag, and friction. Nonfiction text features include a glossary, index, and detailed images to facilitate close reading and help students connect back to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the book also includes a fun and engaging...
9) Forces
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A force is a push, a pull, or a turn. Every force has an equal and opposite force. Forces are always with you! They are all around us. Learn about forces with this science reader that features easy-to-read text. Nonfiction text features include a glossary, index, and detailed images to facilitate close reading and help students connect back to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the book also includes a fun and engaging science experiment...
10) Friction
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Introduce students to the different types of friction with this science reader that features easy-to-read text. Nonfiction text features include a glossary, index, and detailed images to facilitate close reading and help students connect back to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the book also includes a fun and engaging science experiment to develop critical thinking and help students practice what they have learned.
11) Energy in Action
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There are many types of energy. From potential energy to kinetic energy, electrical energy to mechanical energy, energy is constantly changing from one form to another. Learn how energy powers our world in this exciting physical science book. Colorful images and fun facts paired with age-appropriate text will keep third-grade students engaged from cover to cover! Featuring a hands-on "Think Like a Scientist" lab activity that is aligned to the Next...
12) Gravity
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What goes up must come down! How often have you heard this saying? This typically refers to the effects that gravity has on objects. Without gravity our lives and surroundings would be very strange! Let this physical science book pull you into learning about the power of gravity both on Earth and out of this world. Teach third-grade students about mass, weight, inertia, gravity, and more with the colorful images and fun facts in this high-interest...
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We can find levers all around us. Baseball bats, crowbars, seesaws, and wheelbarrows are all examples of levers. The three classes of levers make difficult lifting jobs easier with the help of leverage. Each class of lever is set up differently, but has all the same parts. Levers are made up of a plank that pivots at a fulcrum. Readers will learn about the difference between each class of lever, where levers can be found, and how levers make many...
14) Temperature
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Snow falls and icicles freeze on the windows. When spring comes, they'll melt into water, or even evaporate into the air! This fact-filled book introduces readers to changing states of matter, body temperature, and thermometers.
16) Energy
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Energy makes our world move! Heat, motion, electricity, and food are just a few ways kinetic and potential energy impact our daily lives. In this fact-filled book, students will learn the basics of what energy is and how it works.
17) Will It Float?
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After reading "Will it Float," Small children will be able to understand that some objects with air pockets will float and will be able to compare them to other objects that will sink.
18) Mass and Weight
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How can two things that are about the same size, such as a bowling ball and a teddy bear, have such different weights? How can something smaller weigh more than something larger, such as a marble and a cotton ball? This book explains how mass and weight are separate properties by clearly introducing the concepts of gravity and atoms.
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Pushing the roundabout makes it spin. Pulling the roundabout makes it stop. Learn more about what is pushed and pulled at the playground in At the Playground. This title is part of the Pushes and Pulls series, which has been developed for children ages 5 to 7.
20) Magnetism
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Magnets are all around us – including the Earth under our feet! That's why compass needles are attracted to the north pole. Doorbells, refrigerators, and computers are just a few of the other places we use magnets in our daily lives. Readers will get the inside scoop on magnetism in this book!