STC™ Program - Science and Technology Concepts STC BOOKS™ are colorful 64-page readers with research-based science content, giving teachers an ideal way to integrate science instruction during guided, independent, or take-home reading. Teachers use STC™ science curriculum materials to enhance elementary classrooms, increase student test scores, and meet national and state educational standards.

Grades 4–5. Electric Circuits gives students an overview of electricity-how it was discovered, how people put it to work, how it works in living organisms, and what scientists are still learning about it. The book opens with the time-honored story of Benjamin Franklin and his experiments that proved lightning is a form of electricity. Another story tells of American inventor Thomas Edison, whose practical application of electricity has helped shape the modern world. A section of the book outlines the path that electricity takes from power plant to living room. Finally, the book looks at electricity in nature, from electric eels in the water to lightning in the skies.