Holt Science and Technology: Introduction to Matter Short Course K

by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.

HARDCOVER

192 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2003

Reviews

[Zach N · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an educational book obviously and we read it in science class. I learned a lot about

[Tessa H · Rating 3 out of 5]

During the first trimester of our 8th-grade year, we were assigned this book to read and comprehend. We answered questions in the book and annotated many of the chapters. Along with reading the book, we performed experiments that greatly increased my knowledge of the book and information. This built my knowledge of electricity and magnetism, and I now have a clear enough understanding to move onto harder books and information on this topic. The book was clear and easy to understand.

[Kameron · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was a very boring book. I had no interest in it at all. Matter is boring.

[Kaylee D · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was awful. I do not recommend this science book to anyone the only good thing about it was that it had a periodic table in the back. This book talked about elements and all that boring science stuff. It's not that long of a read but is very boring for a science book.

[Nolan Mitchell · Rating 3 out of 5]

While reading this book throughout our science class, I learned a lot about matter and how it works. I will say that is was boring to get through and wasn't the most appealing, but what I learned will be useful to know later on in life. And will help me learn about other things that involve matter. Overall I thought it was an ok book and I recommend it to anyone who likes science and matter.

[Avery · Rating 2 out of 5]

In this book, we (my classmates and I) went through and talked about Matter, Atoms, and different people that came up with theories of matter. Throughout the first trimester, we read and annotated this book through its entirety. If I'm going, to be honest, I'll say that this book wasn't interesting one bit. But, if there is one spot in the book that stood out to me it would be when we were going over parts of an atom. This topic was quite interesting to me because I already knew the three parts in an atom. This section in the book went by quite quick. I honestly don't know who to recommend this book to, considering that we read it as a class and that doesn't tell me who would actually pick the book up on its own. I rated this book two out of five stars because this was one of the least interesting books that I've read.

[Rowan V. · Rating 1 out of 5]

This long and informational science book was not a very fun book to read. We read it in science class and did many work sheets on it. I did not like the book because it was very boring and took a long time to read. This book had lots of information in it, seeing that it is a text book.

[Jonathon P. · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was a terrible book that bored me like tomorrow. I don't recommend this book to anybody who is reading about science. It talked about elements and stuff but it wasn't very engaging. But hey, it got me one more book closer to 40.

[Cole · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was the worst book ever. We used it for the first trimester of the school year in science.

[Chris Meads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Introduction to Matter teaches middle grade students about matter, their properties (physical and chemical) and states such as solids, gases, and liquids. The book then talks about the elements, compounds and mixtures, the beginnings of the periodic table.

To talk about the elements, kids are taught the breakdown of the atom and the atomic theory. It talks of the history behind each discovery.

Last is more about the Periodic Table and what number in each square means, and how how each element is grouped--metals, non metals, and metalloids.

This book is written for middle grade students and I am an adult and have learned things that I have either forgotten or didn't know.

[Alyssa F. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although this book was quite boring and I didn’t find much interest in it, it gave a lot of information on the topic. We had to read this book during science class and the book, for me at least, gave a great understanding of whatever topic was happening in the chapter we were reading. Even though this book wasn’t very interesting to me, it still taught me a lot about matter. It will help me in future years in high school. I would recommend this book to a pure science lover, who wouldn’t mind reading a nonfiction text book.

[Aaron.W · Rating 3 out of 5]

pretty good and full of interesting facts. it isn't very engaging but is filled with fun things to do

[Evan N. · Rating 2 out of 5]

We read this in science class. A very informational book. I recommend it to anyone who likes science. I wasn't a huge fan of the book, wasn't very interesting to me.

[Logan D · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to read this for my science class, annotations and all and it's very educational and teaches you a lot about what is matter and what it has to do with us.

[Celia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three Stars because I disagree that matter makes up everything therefore meaning that science is everything. I mean, what's wrong with fictional novels- especially about vampires...

[Evan C]

This book was not that hard to read. we got to read parts of the book but it was not my choice to read. but this book was ok not great.