Author Description

- High-interest topics encourage independent reading - Includes four real-life stories - All stories relate to one theme - Full-color photographs - Meets Science Standards Grades K-4 National Science Standards - Life Science: III - The characteristics of organisms - Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. For example, humans have distinct body structures for walking, holding, seeing, and talking. - Science and Technology: V - Understanding about science and technology - Tools help scientists make better observations, measurements, and equipment for investigations. They help scientists see, measure, and do things that they could not otherwise see, measure, and do.