Visit a pumpkin patch to observe field preparation, planting, and irrigation. Then see a pumpkin grow from a seed and all the way to a jack-o'-lantern!.
Readers are introduced to proteins, vitamins, starches, sugars, calcium, and iron, and learn about the food pyramid and how good nutrition helps us grow.
Learn the characteristics and uses of magnets from a compass to a giant industrial magnet. Poles and magnetic fields are also introduced and explained.