What Your First Grader Needs to Know (Revised and Updated): Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education by E.D. Hirsch, Jr. 512 Pages, Published 2014 by Bantam ISBN-13: 978-0-553-39239-5, ISBN: 0-553-39239-5
"Editor-in-Chief of the Core Knowledge Series: E. D. Hirsch, Jr. Text Editor: John
Holdren Art Editor and Project Manager: Alice K. Wiggins Writers: Curriculum
Concepts, Inc. (Mathematics); Diane Darst (Visual Arts); Matt Davis (History and
Geography, Visual Arts); John Holdren (Language and Literature, History and
Geography, Music, Mathematics, Science); Susan Tyler Hitchcock (Science,
Music); Mary Beth Klee (History and Geography) ..."
"The following resourcescomplement the topics in this sectionandmany include
hands-on activities you may find useful: The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Key to
the Universe by Frank M. Branley (Crowell, 1979). Experimentingwitha
Microscope by Maurice Bleifeld(Putnam, 1988). Lenses! TakeaCloser Lookby
Siegfried Aust (Lerner,1991). Light andColor: 35 Science Activities (Educational
Insights, 1988). Educational Insights sells other hands-on ..."