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K-3Simple Science series.
This book describes characteristics of temperature. Easy-to-read sentences using simple vocabulary and occasional small boxed photographs appear on left-hand pages. Information is selective; it would be better to know what a thermometer does than who made the first one and that mercury is a component. Each facing page contains a large, bright photograph that reinforces the text. An activity is included. Glos., ind.