An introduction to the properties that different plants and animals have in common and how they form patterns covers the need for food, water, and sunlight and how animals have young.
"Why do the sun, moon, and stars move across the sky? Why is the sun the only star we see during the day? A class of curious first-graders makes observations and looks for patterns in the sky"--
An introductuon to rain and the weather suggests some of the ways that discovering pattern in the weather makes it possible for people to make predictions.
