The 27 stories in Read and Understand Science address objectives drawn from the National Science Education Standards. 

Read and Understand, Science, Grades 2-3 presents stories that range from low-second grade to high-third grade in readability.

Topics presented include:

• Life Science—flowering plant life cycle, seed dispersal, parts of a tree, metamorphosis, honeybees, invertebrates, the platypus, digestion
• Physical Science—magnets, sound vibrations (hearing), hot air rises, friction, simple machines, heat transference
• Earth & Space Science—why stars seem to twinkle, rainbows, movements of Earth, thunder and lightning, the moon, soil, fossils
• Science & Technology—using tools to measure, invention of Velcro®, microscopes, telescopes, recycling, manufactured products (plastics)

Contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages and an answer key.