Books in Spyglass Books: Earth Science series

Describes how light and shadows are related. Provides information on electric light coming from the lightbulb, light coming from the stars and sun, and interesting shapes and shadows resulting from an object blocking the light.

Describes how to recycle common household goods and how the material is reused. Includes activity.

Text and photographs describe how several different crops, including pumpkins, corn, potatoes, and cranberries are picked and gathered by humans and by machine.

Provides a description of a variety of different winter weather sport activities including sledding, snowshoeing, ice skating, skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, and bobsledding.

Provides an explanation of the spring weather season, including how it affects human, plant, and animal life.

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Provides a description of activities to do in the summer weather season, including swimming at a pool or at the beach, attending fairs, festivals, water and amusement parks, and watching fireworks.

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Introduces the concept of safety, providing examples of how to be safe at home, in school, while traveling, and on the playground.

Includes an introduction to facts and information on space and how to watch things in the sky, in addition a timeline provides dates of events related to space exploration.

Explains the cycle of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation that provides fresh water to the earth.

Describes how to predict the weather using traditional expressions and sayings.