Extreme Weather is an informational text that explains tornadoes, hurricanes, dust storms, and blizzards, as well as how to prepare for wild weather. A two-page experiment  invites students to explore how a tornado moves. 

The book is divided into sections.  Sentences vary in length and structure. Captioned and labelled photographs, illustrations, maps, diagrams, and charts support the text. Fact boxes add interest.  A table of contents, glossary, and index are provided.

Content-specific terminology is bold faced and included in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1480746479

ISBN-13: 9781480746473

Balanced and Unbalanced Forces is an informational text that explores various forces such as contact forces, distant forces, and combined forces as well as the three laws of motion. The book concludes with an experiment exploring lift, gravity, and air resistance with a hair dryer, a golf ball, and tennis balls.   

The book is divided in chapters and contains a table of contents, glossary, and index.   Sentences vary in length and structure.  Information is presented by the main text, captions, labeled photographs, diagrams, and illustrations highlighting definitions and interesting facts.

Content-specific terminology such as force, magnitude, inertia, friction, air resistance, matter, atoms, and balance, is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1480746460

ISBN-13: 9781480746466

Changing Matter is an informational text that explores the four states of matter (solid, liquid, gas, and plasma) and the ways in which the states change. The book concludes with an experiment investigating the state of gas using a bottle, water, an antacid table, and a balloon.  

The book is divided in chapters and contains a table of contents, glossary, and index.  Sentences vary in length and structure.  Information is presented by the main text, captions, labeled photographs, diagrams, and illustrations highlighting definitions and interesting facts.

Content-specific terminology such as properties, compressed, physical change, and chemical change, is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1480746428

ISBN-13: 9781480746428

Climate is an informational text that explains the difference between climate and weather and describes climates around the world, including tropical rainforests, deserts, deciduous forests, and tundra. The book concludes with an activity written in procedural language.

The book has a contents and is divided into sections with headings.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Captioned and labelled photographs, fact boxes, a map, a graph, and a diagram support the text and add meaning.  Phonetic pronunciation guides are provided for specialized vocabulary.  Boldface is used for glossary words.  An index is provided.

Unfamiliar words and specialized vocabulary are defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1480746495

ISBN-13: 9781480746497

Earth’s Moon is an informational text that explains the phases of the moon and tides and describes the moon's surface and atmosphere and the exploration of the early astronauts.  An experiment invites students to explore how craters form on the moon. 

The book is divided into sections. Sentences vary in length and structure.  Labelled and captioned photographs, illustrations, and diagrams support the text.  Fact boxes add interest.   The book has a table of contents, glossary, and index.

Terminology is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1480746517

ISBN-13: 9781480746510

Electromagnetism is an informational text that explores the concepts of electromagnetism, currents, circuits, and electricity. The book concludes with an experiment that involves building an electromagnet using a battery, copper wire, paper clips, and a pencil.

The book is divided in chapters and contains a table of contents, glossary, and index.  Sentences vary in length and structure.  Information is presented by the main text, captions, labeled photographs, and illustrations highlighting definitions and interesting facts.

Content-specific terminology such as magnetism, static electricity, electrons, protons, orbit, neutrons, and current is defined in context and in the glossary.  

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ISBN-10: 1480746452

ISBN-13: 9781480746459

Energy in Action is an informational text that explores potential energy, kinetic energy, chemical energy, nuclear energy, electrical energy, and transferring energy through heat, light, and work. The book concludes with an activity involving exploring the potential energy of a homemade sling-shot.

The book is divided in chapters and contains a table of contents, glossary, and index.  Sentences vary in length and structure.  Information is presented by the main text, captions, labeled photographs, diagrams, and illustrations highlighting definitions and interesting facts.

Content-specific terminology such as potential energy, kinetic energy, protons, electrons, neutrons, molecules, fusion, fission, wavelength, and vibrations, is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1480746436

ISBN-13: 9781480746435

Food Webs is an informational text that explains how producers, consumers, and decomposers interact in a web that allows food energy to fuel life on earth.   A two-page activity invites students to explore how a change in one part of the food web affects the entire web. 

The book is divided into sections with some subsections.  Sentences vary in length and structure.  Illustrations, labeled photographs, and diagrams support the text.  Fact boxes add interest. Italics are used for emphasis. A table of contents, a glossary, and an index support the reader.

Glossary words are bold faced throughout the text.

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ISBN-10: 148074638X

ISBN-13: 9781480746381

Gravity is an informational text that explores the concept of gravity, including the difference between weight and mass, inertia, and the effects of gravity on the earth and space. The book concludes with an experiment exploring the relationship between gravity and weight using hand weights and a ruler.    

The book is divided in chapters and contains a table of contents, glossary, and index.  Sentences vary in length and structure.  Information is presented by the main text, captions, labeled photographs, diagrams, and illustrations highlighting definitions and interesting facts.

Content-specific terminology such as force, matter, inertia, evaporates, celestial, reaction, satellites, and orbiting, is defined in context and in the glossary.

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Invoice Title: Gravity

ISBN-10: 1480746444

ISBN-13: 9781480746442

Life Cycles is an informational text that explains the concept of a life cycle and provides examples of the life cycles of animals, plants, and humans.  A two-page activity invites students to explore how insect and mammal life cycles are similar. 

The book is divided into sections with some subsections.  Sentences vary in length and structure.  Illustrations, labeled photosgraphs, and diagrams support the text.  Dashes are used to expand on an idea, and italics are used for emphasis. Fact boxes add interest. A table of contents, a glossary, and an index support the reader.

Glossary words are bold faced throughout the text.

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ISBN-10: 1480746371

ISBN-13: 9781480746374

People and the Planet is an informational text that explains how Earth is ever-changing due to pollution, desertification, deforestation, and terracing. Readers are given tips on how to protect the planet. An experiment invites students to explore how trees prevent soil erosion. 

The book is divided into sections.  Sentences vary in length and structure.  Labeled and captioned photographs, diagrams, and maps support the text. Fact boxes add interest. A table of contents, glossary, and index are provided.

Glossary words are bold faced throughout the text.

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ISBN-10: 1480746509

ISBN-13: 9781480746503

Photosynthesis is an informational text that explains how plants use solar energy to produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis, as well as the importance of this process to the planet as a whole.  A two-page activity invites students to learn what plants need for photosynthesis. 

The book is divided into sections with some subsections.  Sentences vary in type.  Illustrations, labeled photographs, and diagrams support the text. Dashes are used to expand on an idea. Fact boxes add interest. A table of contents, a glossary, and an index support the reader.

Glossary words are bold faced throughout the text.

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ISBN-10: 1480746401

ISBN-13: 9781480746404

Predict It! is an informational text that explains the scientific method including observation and research, hypothesis, prediction, experimentation, analysis, and report.  An experiment invites students to explore how to formulate a good scientific prediction. 

The book is divided into sections, some with subsections.  Sentences vary in length and structure.  Labeled and captioned photographs, drawings, diagrams, graphs, maps, and scales support the text. Quotation marks and ellipses are used. Fact boxes add interest. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Glossary words are bold faced throughout the text.

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ISBN-10: 1480746525

ISBN-13: 9781480746527

The Right Environment is an informational text that explains climate and ecosystems and describes land and water biomes.  A two-page activity invites students to explore if lima beans prefer a sunny or shady habitat. 

The book is divided into sections with some subsections.  Sentences vary in length and structure.   Illustrations, labeled photographs, maps, and diagrams support the text.  Fact boxes add interest. A table of contents, a glossary, and an index support the reader.

Glossary words are bold faced throughout the text.

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ISBN-10: 148074641X

ISBN-13: 9781480746411

Tracking the Weather is an informational text that introduces readers to what meteorologists do, including using instruments to measure temperature, rain, air pressure, and wind.  Mini-activities, such as Make Your Own Thermometer, enliven the text.  The book concludes with a Think Like a Scientist feature that prompts students to explore what happens when a cold front meets a warm front.  The style is informative and conversational.

The book has a table of contents and is divided into eight sections.  Captioned and labeled photographs, including historical photographs, labeled diagrams, and bar graphs support and extend the text.  Sidebars and fun facts add interest.  Most of the sentences are simple in structure.  Bold face is used for specialized vocabulary.  A glossary and index are provided.

Unfamiliar words and specialized vocabulary are defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1480746487

ISBN-13: 9781480746480

Traits for Survival is an informational text that explains the concepts of inherited traits and adaptations.  The survival strategies and behaviours of many creatures are described.  The book concludes with an activity written in procedural language.

The book has a contents and is divided into sections with headings.  Most sentences are simple in structure.  Captioned and labelled photographs, sidebars, diagrams and a map support the text and add meaning.  Boldface is used for glossary words.  An index is provided.

Unfamiliar words and specialized vocabulary are defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1480746398

ISBN-13: 9781480746398