In this "O-"fish"-ial" research project, third-grade students use multiple resources to research several fish species, write a research paper and develop a PowerPoint presentation to communicate their findings. In addition, students actually examine these species up close with samples from the local market, and then conclude the project with a…

The No Child Left Behind Act (2001) placed pressure on elementary teachers to raise standardized test scores in reading and mathematics. Unfortunately, the focus on reading and math has led to reduced time for science instruction. Mandatory standardized testing in science began in elementary schools across the United States in 2007. Instructing…

This first book in the series of elementary science readers deals with plants, insects, birds, and higher animals. It is intended both to give the essential facts of science that children of the third and fourth grades should know and to serve as a school reader. It is then a content reader, furnishing additional reading material for increasing…

This second book in the series of elementary science readers is a continuation of the subject matter of the first book (ED623220), dealing with plants, insects, birds, and higher animals, and the same principles underlie its construction. The purpose is to provide a body of reading material that will not only give increased power in reading, but…

The type of subject matter included in this book has been changed from that presented in the first (ED623220) and second (ED623221) books. While the first two books dealt with the elementary facts of biology, this third book is devoted to the facts of chemistry and bacteriology in their simple form. The purpose of this book, moreover, is not…

This fourth book in the series of elementary science readers is a continuation of the previous first book (ED623220), second book (ED623221), and third book (ED623222), with a different emphasis. The central theme of this book is man in his struggle for adjustment to the earth as his home with emphasis upon organized effort and social adjustment.…

This textbook has been organized on a seasonal basis. Subject matter has been arranged throughout so it will be suitable for the season of the year in which it normally will be studied. To test reading ability, different forms of new-type tests have been included at the end of every chapter under the heading, "Some Things to Think…

This textbook is second in a series of science readers. Each volume of the series is organized on the basis of seasons and contains the material for a year of instruction. Throughout the series the authors have kept in mind the psychology of the child rather than the orderly scientific arrangement of the subject matter. The vocabulary of each book…

This textbook is third in a series of science readers. Each volume of the series is organized on the basis of seasons and contains the material for a year of instruction. Throughout the series the authors have kept in mind the psychology of the child rather than the orderly scientific arrangement of the subject matter. The vocabulary of each book…

This textbook is fourth in a series of science readers. Each volume of the series is organized on the basis of seasons and contains the material for a year of instruction. Throughout the series the authors have kept in mind the psychology of the child rather than the orderly scientific arrangement of the subject matter. The vocabulary of each book…

This textbook is fifth in a series of science readers. Each volume of the series is organized on the basis of seasons and contains the material for a year of instruction. Throughout the series the authors have kept in mind the psychology of the child rather than the orderly scientific arrangement of the subject matter. The vocabulary of each book…

This textbook is sixth in a series of science readers. Each volume of the series is organized on the basis of seasons and contains the material for a year of instruction. Throughout the series the authors have kept in mind the psychology of the child rather than the orderly scientific arrangement of the subject matter. The vocabulary of each book…

This textbook is fourth in a series of science readers with reading a subject matter suitable for Grammar Grades. The lessons themselves are sufficiently full and definite to enable the teacher to find out for herself both the matter and method for the preliminary lessons, whenever such are needed. [For Book III, see ED623472.]

Science experiments that can be done at home are described and illustrated. (DB)