Read and Understand Science, Grades 1—2 presents stories that range from beginning first to beginning third in readability. The stories for grade 1 are comprised of four half-pages. Students cut the pages and staple them together to create four-page minibooks. Topics presented in Read and Understand Science, Grade 1—2 include: Life Science—leaves, baby/parent resemblance, growth needs of plants, animal tracks, the sea otter, tadpole to frog, the five senses, skeleton Physical Science--sink and float, light, properties of materials, combining materials, states of matter, water vapor, water freezing, surface tension Earth & Space Science--the sun, air, erosion, gravity, Earth's rotation, composting Science & Technology--measuring temperature, machines, improving the function of a design and more.