Nonfiction Reading Practice Grade 6+

Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 6+ contains 20 content-specific topics in the following areas: social studies-the Parthenon, U.S. court system, Queen Hatshepsut, Ancient Olympics, and Erik Weihenmayer, science-ultrasound, manatees, Apollo 13, International Space Station, and Rachel Carson , health & safety-dangers of smoking, Internet safety, and Joseph Pilates , mathematics-the euro, investing for the future, and time zones , the arts-jazz, special effects, Drum and Bugle Corps, and Frank Lloyd Wright

Presents information and investigations on 6 concepts Concepts focus on weather. Addresses: weather changes from day to day and over the seasons, describing weather conditions in measurable quantities, water circulates through earth's atmosphere, clouds directly affect weather, climate is affected by earth's features, local weather conditions can be used to forecast weather.