Welcome to the world of science! Let’s explore some amazing things together.
Everything around us is made of tiny building blocks called atoms. Imagine atoms as tiny Lego pieces that make up your hands, the air, trees, and even giraffes! To make an atom, you need protons, neutrons, and electrons. Protons and neutrons stick together in the center, called the nucleus, while electrons zoom around it. Atoms are mostly empty space, which is pretty cool!
When atoms join together, they share or take electrons, forming bonds. These bonds create molecules. If atoms are the same, we call them an element. Elements have names like hydrogen, helium, and silver. You can find all the elements on the periodic table, which is like a big chart of all the different kinds of atoms.
Energy is what makes things move, light up, and heat up. We use energy every day, but where does it come from? Some energy comes from deep underground, like oil, gas, coal, and uranium. Coal is a black rock that can burn, and uranium is a metal that gets hot as it changes. We use these to make electricity in power plants.
We also get energy from the sun. Solar panels soak up sunlight to make electricity. Wind turbines use the wind to spin big fans and create power. Water can store energy too. We build dams to hold water, and when it flows out, it spins turbines to make electricity.
All this electricity travels through power lines to our homes, helping us light up cities and power our gadgets.
As the seasons change, the forest turns beautiful colors like amber and orange. Little Red the fox loves playing in the leaves with Hazel the dormouse. But winter is coming, and Hazel will soon hibernate, leaving Little Red a bit lonely. They dream of ways to make winter warmer and full of food.
Before Hazel sleeps, Little Red tells a story, and they both fall asleep happily together.
Meet Pierre, a penguin at a museum. He lost his feathers and was too cold to swim. Pam, an aquatic biologist, tried to help him. She made a special wetsuit for Pierre, and soon he was swimming happily again. Eventually, Pierre grew new feathers and didn’t need the wetsuit anymore. Thanks to Pam, Pierre was happy and healthy!
Let’s play a fun game! Can you guess the animal?
Let’s meet Dr. Kate, a veterinarian who takes care of animals. She helps keep animals like Henry, our class guinea pig, healthy. Vets are animal doctors, and they promise to be kind to all animals. Dr. Kate shows us how to care for Henry, including feeding him right and giving him exercise. Most importantly, she teaches us to love him!
If you love stories, books are your best friends! You can read them anywhere—on a train, in a car, or at home. Ask your grown-ups to get you some books, and you’ll have endless adventures waiting for you!
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Welcome to my first science textbook!
Say hello to the atoms that build everything you see: your hands, this book, the air, giraffes, and every single tree. If you want to make an atom, the recipe starts with protons and neutrons. Squish them together, use high heat, and sprinkle in electrons. The strong force holds the nucleus tight while electrons get to race. They fly so far from the nucleus that atoms are mostly empty space.
When atoms get together, electrons are for sharing and taking. Covalent and ionic bonds are molecules in the making. There is a special word for when atoms look and act the same—it’s called an element, and each element has a name: hydrogen, chlorine, helium, lithium, calcium, silver, fluorine, and more. Elements go in increasing order on the periodic table, which includes atomic number, mass, and chemical symbol.
These universal particles are the same on Earth as they are on Mars. Atoms compose each tiny speck from here to distant stars, containing galaxies of atoms. You live in the universe, and a universe lives in you.
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Energy is all around us. It makes things move, heats things up, and gives us light. All the gadgets we depend on need energy to work, but where does that energy come from? Some forms of energy come from deep within the ground. We pump oil and gas out of deep holes that we drill, and we find coal and uranium.
Coal is a black rock that can be used to make fire, while uranium is a radioactive metal that gets very hot as it decays. We process these materials and bring them to a power plant. Both coal and uranium can be used as fuel to heat water and create steam. The steam goes through a fan called a turbine to generate electricity.
We can also get energy from the sun. The light from the sun is warm and bright. We can use mirrors to focus the heat onto a single point to create steam. We can also use solar panels to absorb the light and generate electricity, although this only works during the day.
Wind energy is another source. The wind blows through big fans called wind turbines that generate electricity. When wind blows over the ocean, it makes waves, and we can capture that energy too. Water can store energy; we make large dams to hold the water in big lakes. When we let the water out through a turbine, we generate more electricity.
All of the electricity from these sources gets collected at power stations, and long power lines bring the electricity to your house. We’re always thinking of new ways to get energy. Thanks to energy from deep in the earth, high in the sky, and around us in water and air, we can light up large cities and power planes, cars, and boats.
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As the seasons turn, the forest is dressed in new colors of rich amber, burnt orange, and chestnut brown. Little Red the fox is happy because now it would be much easier to hide among the dried brown leaves, burgundy bushes, and coppery grasses.
Little Red and Hazel the dormouse spend hours playing hide and seek together, jumping and rolling in the crisp dried leaves. During these moments of happiness, the cold air hints at the coming winter. Little Red feels a tinge of sadness because winter means loneliness; soon, Hazel will settle down in a warm burrow to hibernate.
Little Red hopes to keep Hazel awake, thinking of ways to make winter less cold. Perhaps if the sun could stay high, winter wouldn’t be so cold. What if the forest could hold its fruit, so there would be food all winter long?
Before Hazel sleeps, Little Red asks to tell a story. As the story unfolds, both friends fall fast asleep together.
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This is the true story of Pierre, a little penguin in a big museum, and the people at the California Academy of Sciences who help him through a hard time. Down at the end of African Hall, there’s an aquarium with real live penguins. African penguins don’t like ice; they prefer a warmer place.
One day, aquatic biologist Pam notices one penguin in a jam. Pierre’s feathers are gone, and he’s afraid to swim because he might get too cold. Pam tries several ideas to help him, but nothing works. The other penguins grow afraid of Pierre because he looks so strange.
Then Pam has a new idea: could Pierre wear a wetsuit? After working day and night, they create a wetsuit that fits Pierre. Now warm, Pierre dives right in and swims proudly.
Weeks later, Pierre no longer needs his wetsuit; he has grown new feathers. Pierre’s story continues, thanks to Pam.
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Who am I? I have soft fur and stripes. I can purr and meow. I am a cat.
Who am I? I walk on all fours, my paws are padded for protection, and I can bark. I am a dog.
Who am I? I can gallop on my four legs and have a mane. I am a horse.
Who am I? I have feathers and can coo. I am a pigeon.
Who am I? I eat leaves, seeds, and nuts. I am a mouse.
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Let’s meet a veterinarian! Dr. Kate helps us take care of Henry, our class guinea pig. Veterinarians are doctors for animals, and they help keep animals healthy. Dr. Kate gives Henry a checkup, checking his eyes and ears.
Small animal vets work in an office, while vets for farm or zoo animals go to their patients. They study how to care for animals and make a promise to be kind to them.
Dr. Kate shows us how to take care of Henry, including the right foods and exercise. Most importantly, she teaches us to give him lots of love.
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If you don’t have books, what are you waiting for? Books are full of stories and laughter. You can read them anywhere—on the go, in the car, or even on a train. Ask your grown-ups to download books now; you’ll be glad you did!
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