Grade 4. 2025. 52 pages. Lexile range: 730-840L. Rock Stories reader serves as an informational text resource that is incorporated into many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ 2nd Edition module How Can We Stay Safe on a Changing Earth? Topics include: Earth's Extremes; Disaster Zones; Earthquake Engineering; Crumble and Tumble; Mudslide Managers; Clues to the Past; and Discovering the Burgess Shale. Soft cover.

Grade 4. 2025. 52 pages. Lexile range: 730-840L. Rock Stories literacy reader serves as an informational text resource that is incorporated into the main activities of many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ 2nd Edition module How Can We Stay Safe on a Changing Earth?

Topics include:

• Earth's Extremes: Exploring Earth's most extreme environments and events (730L)
• Disaster Zones: Hazards of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes (820L)
• Earthquake Engineering: Characteristics of earthquake-resistant structures (800L)
• Crumble and Tumble: Changes in the natural world caused by weathering and erosion (820L)
• Mudslide Managers: Methods of preventing hazards from mudslides (840L)
• Clues to the Past: How we know Earth's landscape was different in the past (830L)
• Discovering the Burgess Shale: Charles D. Walcott's discovery of unique fossils (770L)

The reader connects student literacy to science in the real world. Soft cover.