Read and Understand, Science, Grades 1-2 presents stories that range from beginning first to beginning third in readability. The stories for grade 1 are comprised of four half pages. Students cut the pages and staple them together to create four-page minibooks. Topics presented in Read and Understand, Science, Grades 1-2 include: Life Science-leaves, baby/parent resemblance, growth needs of plants, animal tracks, the sea otter, tadpole to frog, the five senses, skeletonPhysical Science-sink and float, light, properties of materials, combining materials, states of matter, water vapor, water freezing, surface tension. Earth and Space Science- the sun, air, erosion, gravity, Earth's rotation, composting. Science and Technology - measuring temperature, machines, improving the function of a design.