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Grade 4. 2025. 52 pages. Speed Bumps reader serves as an informational text resource that is incorporated into many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ 2nd Edition module How Does Energy Move from One Object to Another? Topics include: Nature's Noisemakers; Record Breakers; The Need for Speed; Energy in the Air; Parts that Protect; Brain Games; and Let It Slide. Available in English and Spanish. Soft cover.

Grade 4. 2025. 52 pages. Speed Bumps 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 Does Energy Move from One Object to Another?

Topics include:

• Nature's Noisemakers: How animals make sounds with their bodies
• Record Breakers: What it takes for athletes to win foot races in record time
• The Need for Speed: Body structures animals have that give them speed
• Energy in the Air: How motion energy causes air to heat up
• Parts that Protect: How the parts of the black walnut protect it
• Brain Games: How helmets prevent head injuries
• Let It Slide: Reducing friction to make objects slide