Books in Science Action Books series

Introduces primary school children to the amazing systems and organs that make up the human body. This classic resource for teachers and parents includes detailed illustrations and easy-to-understand descriptions of each body part's purpose and function. Use the included instructions and templates to create a life-sized, multilayered model of the human body and its systems. Young learners will love coloring the illustrations and placing each part in the correct location within a full-size tracing of their own body, all while learning the jobs each organ performs and the way the body systems work together as a whole. This resource is 40 pages in all.

Connect students with science using Scientific Method Investigation: A Step-by-Step Guide for Middle-School Students. This 80-page book promotes scientific literacy by teaching the scientific method and enables students to become problem solvers in everyday life. This helpful classroom supplement includes laboratory investigations in physical, life, earth, and space science. It also includes a section on creating, exhibiting, and presenting a science fair project. The book allows for differentiated instruction and supports National Science Education Standards and NCTM standards.

Teach students in grades 5 and up what things are made of using Elements and the Periodic Table! This 128-page book includes topics such as discovering what elements are, the uses of elements, element symbols, and periodic table organization. This informative classroom supplement is a great introduction to the periodic table, explored in sequential form. The book includes activities, transparency masters, a teacher’s guide, an element game, quizzes, tests, rubrics, and answer keys.

In this engaging title, young readers learn about different forms of energy! Different forms of energy such a potential and kinetic are explained, as are gravity, acceleration, velocity, g-forces, and centripetal force. These properties are illustrated by the design and operation of roller coasters. Colorful infographics make joules and shifting energy easily accessible, and prominent contributors such as LaMarcus Thompson are featured. A fun experiment with potential and kinetic energy brings the science of energy to life! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.