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- High-interest topics encourage independent reading - Three or four real-life stories - All stories relate to one theme - Full-color photographs - Meets Science Standards Grades K-4 National Science Standards - Science As Inquiry: I - Scientists develop explanations using observations (evidence) and what they already know about the world (scientific knowledge). Good explanations are based on evidence from investigations. - Science and Technology: V - Understanding about science and technology - People have always had problems and invented tools and techniques (ways of doing something) to solve problems. Trying to determine the effects of solutions helps people avoid some new problems.