Properties Matter

Bobby and Carmen are at summer engineering camp. They have been challenged to design and build a useful project for their fellow campers. Time is short, and most of the materials have been used! Will Bobby and Carmen succeed in using science and engineering to build something useful before their afternoon hike?

Readers will engage in identifying, describing, classifying, and measuring objects by their physical properties, such as flexibility, texture, and dimensions. The interactive nature of this e-book allows students to learn that physical properties can be observable and measurable. While learning about physical properties, students along with Bobby and Carmen, will use engineering design process steps to solve the problem. In Properties Matter, Bobby and Carmen learn from their setbacks as they redesign, rebuild, and make improvements to their project. They persevere through the design steps and find success and feel pride at the building of their project.

These e-books are highly interactive, self-directed learning experiences designed to augment understanding of science content. These e-books include high-resolution images, animations, videos, and interactive simulations.

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Jessica Findlay
Jessica Findlay

Properties of Matter

This interactive e-book was an amazing resource for my second grade lesson on properties of matter. As a university student in their first field placement, finding quality resources that I ... See More

Emily Jones
Emily Jones

PROPERTIES MATTER

The concept of this interactive book is great. Unfortunately, it fall short of quality because the voice over is robotic and mispronounced several words. Wondering if I can do a voice over... See More

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