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Grade 4. 2019. 50 pages. Lexile range: 750-940L. Sending Signals reader serves as an informational text resource that is incorporated into many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ module How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate? Topics include: Let In the Light; Sensible Structures; Seeing with Sound; Animals with Something to Say; Life as an Animal Behavior Scientist; Seeking the Sun; Faster than a Flying Pigeon; and Living Light Bulbs. Soft cover.

Grade 4. 2019. 50 pages. Lexile range: 750-940L. Sending Signals reader serves as an informational text resource that is incorporated into the main activities of many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ module How Can Animals Use Their Senses to Communicate?

Topics include:

• Let In the Light: How eyes let in light for sight
• Sensible Structures: The structures organisms use for their senses
• Seeing with Sound: How elephants "see" faraway objects using sound
• Animals with Something to Say: Signals animals use to send messages
• Life as an Animal Behavior Scientist: Dr. Rachel Page's work focusing on animal behavior
• Seeking the Sun: How plants sense and react to the world around them
• Faster than a Flying Pigeon: Finding better ways to communicate over distances
• Living Light Bulbs: How some organisms have the ability to produce light

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