Exploring STEM Complete Set: Science Content for Grades 2-5

Build mathematics and science content-area literacy and support STEM education with this 40-Book Set! Second to fifth grade students will develop their literacy skills while engaged in reading high-interest content on subjects such as lasers, tiny houses, landmarks around the world, the London Eye, rocks and minerals, and more!

The maths readers use real-world examples of problem solving to teach students essential math concepts, and the detailed problem-solving section provides additional learning opportunities.

The science readers include a hands-on "Think Like a Scientist" lab activity.

Each nonfiction book contains dynamic images, fascinating sidebars, challenging practice problems, and informational text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and index that will build academic vocabulary and increase understanding.

This complete set contains 10 readers at each grade readability level from grade 2 to grade 5. Sample pages from books at each level are available under the Components tab.

Table of Contents

Exploring STEM Grade 2 10-Book Set Titles

• STEM: Lasers: Measuring Length
• STEM: Building Tiny Houses: Compose and Decompose Shapes
• Engineering Marvels: Landmarks Around the World: Addition and Subtraction
• Engineering Marvels: The London Eye: Odd and Even Numbers
• Water Cycle
• Rocks and Minerals
• Analyze It!
• Energy
• Friction
• Motion

Exploring STEM Grade 3 10-Book Set

• STEM: The Science of Travel: Multiplication
• STEM: Mission to Mars: Problem Solving
• Engineering Marvels: Stand-Out Skyscrapers: Area
• On the Job: Contractors: Perimeter and Area
• How Amusement Parks Work
• Photosynthesis
• Changing Matter
• Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
• Predict It!
• Tracking the Weather

Exploring STEM Grade 4 10-Book Set

• STEM: 3-D Printing: Adding and Subtracting Fractions
• Engineering Marvels: The Eiffel Tower: Measurement
• Fun and Games: Mazes: Perimeter and Area
• Fun and Games: Extreme Parks: Angles
• How Toys Work
• Sound Waves and Communication
• The Story of Fossil Fuels
• Transferring Energy
• What a Scientist Sees
• Circuits

Exploring STEM Grade 5 10-Book Set

• Engineering Marvels: Bridges Around the World: Understanding Fractions
• STEM: The Science of Fitness: Multiplying Fractions
• The Hidden World of Bacteria: Multiplying Mixed Numbers
• Engineering Marvels: Roller Coasters: Dividing Fractions
• Global Warming
• The Milky Way: A River of Stars
• Stars
• Conservation of Energy
• Conservation of Mass
• What the Evidence Shows