- Includes very basic science facts for early elementary readers. - Simple language patterns help emergent readers master the text. - Format includes large color photographs, easy-to-read font, and simple interior design. - Photographs are directly related to the text. - Includes index and a word list. Grades K-4 National Science Standards - Science as Inquiry: I - Form questions about objects, organisms, and events in the environment - Conduct investigations - Physical Science: II - Objects have many observable properties, including size, weight, shape, color, temperature, and the ability to react with other substances. - Objects can be described by the properties of the materials from which they are made. - Materials can exist in different states--solid, liquid, and gas. Some common materials can be changed from one state to another by heating and cooling. - The position of an object can be described by locating it relative to another object or the background.