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41) Electricity
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 890L
Language
English
Description
Introduces electricity and circuits, as well as some of the electrical devices that are found in the home, such as refrigerators, CD players, and hair dryers. Includes related activities.
42) I face the wind
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the characteristics and actions of the wind through simple hands-on activities.
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
"Invites middle school kids on a journey of a lifetime to explore the comets, meteors, asteroids, sun, planets, and moons that make up the solar system. Kids learn about the history of space exploration and discovery, along with the tools of astronomy that have made it possible to study celestial objects even outside our own solar system." -- back cover.
51) Sound
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Uses brief text, illustrations, quizzes, games, and experiments to explain all about sound, which sounds animals and humans can hear, how sound can smash matter, and how it can heal.
52) Color and light
Author
Language
English
Description
Explains the properties of light which make variations in color possible and suggests projects and experiments to demonstrate such principles.
Publisher
U-X-L
Pub. Date
c2000-c2004
Language
English
Description
Demonstrates scientific concepts by means of experiments, including step-by-step instructions, lists of materials, troubleshooter's guide, and interpretation and explanation of the results.
Provides examples of science projects and experiments that can be replicated for science fairs and other purposes, as well as suggestions on ways to design projects that investigate specific scientific topics and includes step-by-step descriptions of projects.
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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
The Golden Compass forms the first part of a story in three volumes. The first volume is set in a world like ours, but different in many ways. The second volume is set partly in the world we know. The third moves between many worlds. In The Golden Compass, readers meet for the first time 11-year-old Lyra Belacqua, a precocious orphan growing up within the precincts of Jordan College in Oxford, England. It quickly becomes clear that Lyra's Oxford is...
58) Photosynthesis
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Explains photosynthesis, the process responsible for providing the material and energy for all living things, and discusses such related issues as respiration, the carbon cycle, acid rain, and the greenhouse effect.
60) Turnabout
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
"It isn't natural for you to be younger than your great-grandchildren. We messed around with nature, and we shouldn't have. Melly and Anny Beth both lived normal lives throughout the 20th century. But in 2000, when they are old and ready to die, they are selected to participate in Project Turnabout and are given an injection to make them grow younger..."