Book excerpt: Write About Physical Science provides students with many opportunities to communicate about physical science topics through writing. As an increasing number of standardized tests include science as a testing component, providing students with ample practice become important. Write About Physical Science offers a wide variety of writing experiences including summarizing, describing, synthesizing, predicting, organizing, and interpreting charts, graphs, and results of experiments. Reading selections included are meant to supplement any science curriculum as well as serve as the focus for writing activities. Included within the selections are significant science facts, charts, graphs, experiments, and other useful information. A sample test covering all of the topics presented is a part of the book, drawing on the individual quizzes and the different writing types.