Description

Delta Explore Readers are nonfiction student books that build informational literacy skills through science content area reading and engaging photographs while promoting scientific inquiry at the primary grades.

• Covers key standards-based science content
• Contains the same key science content, vocabulary, and photographs
• Highlights a career related to the topic
• Is available in three Lexile levels

In Delta Explore Soil, students explore the composition and characteristics of different types of soil. They learn about the effects of weathering and erosion and that soil is a vital natural resource. Students also read about what soil scientists do.

• What Is Soil?
• Soil Layers
• How Does Soil Form?
• How Are Soils Different?
• Erosion
• Soil Is a Resource
• Soil Scientists
• Glossary