Books in Reading Essentials in Science: Life Science Investigations series

Explains the purpose of classification and how plants and animals are classified today.

Electricity is often something we take for granted until we are without it. Learn how circuits work and see how shocking static electricity truly is.

Explore the food chains and webs in different environments. Find examples of producers, consumers, and decomposers. The balance of nature is what this book is all about.

Earth is changing every day as a result of erosion, and weather plays a major part.

Explore the life cycles of plants and animals. Learn how plants and animals are similar as well as different. Discover the importance of symbiotic relationships in nature.

Explore the world of sound - how it's created, measured, and used in everyday life.

Warm up to the concept of heat energy with this discussion of its sources, effects, properties, and applications.

Examine the properties of light energy, and learn about various sources of light, tools that use this form of energy, and how light helps us to see.

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Learn the "shocking" truth about electricity and magnetism and the relationship between these two powerful energy sources.

An introduction to potential and kinetic energy, gravity, centripetal and centrifugal force, friction, speed, acceleration, and the laws of motion builds an understanding of how this important form of energy keeps us moving.

Learn how the microscope has evolved. Travel into the world of the many living things that can only be seen with the power of a microscope.