New Releases by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Learning centers are a motivating way for students to practice important skills. The activities in Take It to Your Seat Literacy Centers reinforce literacy skills with full-color centers that contain directions, task cards, and record forms.

Read and Understand, Science, Grades 4-6+ presents stories that range from high-third grade to high-sixth grade in readability. Topics presented include: - Life Science--the common cold, tide pool life, yeast, diversity of animal eyes, conflict of conservation and tourism, cell structure and diversity, sickle-cell anemia. - Physical Science--potential and kinetic energy, types of solar radiation, light reflection and refraction, chemical compounds, flight and rocketry, the periodic table of elements. - Earth & Space Science--gravity, comets, types of rocks, total solar eclipse, tornadoes, tectonic plates and earthquakes, global warming. - Science & Technology--the process of invention, alternative fuel sources, invention of the microwave, improving airplane wing design, global warming, telescopes, communications devices through the years. As reviewed in the NSTA''s Science Scope Journal, "Read and Understand Science, Grades 4-6 is a practical tool for introducing and explaining scientific vocabulary through developmentally appropriate nonfiction stories. It effectively integrates science with language arts and aligns with the standards." Jennifer Mariano K-3 science teacher

The books in ScienceWorks for Kids, Grades 1-3, connect science with real life. Each book covers 8 science concepts that are supported by hands-on activities and ready-to-go resources. Each lesson relates to the National Science Education Standards.

Exploring Space covers these concepts: - Earth is part of a solar system in the Milky Way galaxy - stars are huge balls of hot, glowing gases - our sun is a star - groups of stars seen together are called constellations - each planet in our solar system has unique characteristics - Earth has one satellite called the moon - Earth''s movements through space cause day and night and the seasons - scientists study space in many ways A variety of engaging activities present the concepts in ways that students can understand. Each concept presented includes: - teacher directions for lessons - reproducible resource pages such as sets of picture cards, minibooks, and lab sheets to record the results of hands-on investigations

How Your Body Works covers these concepts: - bodies change as they grow older - the body has external and internal parts - the brain controls the body and is the center of thinking - we use five senses to find out about our world - the body has lungs for breathing - the body digests food for energy - the heart pumps blood throughout the body - bones support and help move the body, muscles help the body move. A variety of engaging activities present the concepts in ways that students can understand. Each concept presented includes: - teacher directions for lessons - reproducible resource pages such as sets of picture cards, minibooks, and lab sheets to record the results of hands-on investigations

Read, Think, Cut & Paste contains wonderful illustrations and simple stories for children to cut and paste into the correct sequence. The activities in this book practice skills such as: - Reading for meaning - Using picture and context clues - Sequencing events in a story