Building Roads walks readers through the steps needed to build a road. The book explores how technology and machines help make smooth, level roads.
Big Machines, Small Machines shows how machines can come in all sizes and help with simple and complex tasks. Dishwashers, hammers, tractors, scissors, and school buses are given as examples of different-sized machines.
Baking a Cake explores the chemical changes that take place when you bake. A cake recipe is provided for readers and they are walked through each step from mixing ingredients to baking.
Caves explores what a cave is, including the different sections of a cave. Readers also learn about the different ways caves can form and common structural elements, such as stalactites and stalagmites.
Careers shows readers how technology makes many jobs easier. Readers learn how tools help dentists, musicians, police officers, and pilots do their jobs safely.
In Can You See the Wind?, readers learn about what wind is and how scientists measure it to predict the weather. The book explores the properties of air, how moving air is wind, and how wind socks, wind vanes, and anemometers are used to measure the
A Butterfly's Life teaches readers about monarch butterflies. Readers learn about the life cycle of a monarch, from egg to caterpillar to pupa to butterfly, and why monarchs migrate.
In Wheels, students learn about different objects that have wheels and why they are useful. In addition to transportation like buses, cars, and trucks, the book introduces students to gears, which are wheels that help things like clocks work.
Skeletons teaches readers about the anatomy of a human skeleton. Diagrams, x-ray images, and photos show readers the different bones and joints in the body.
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is a revolutionary work that proposes the theory of evolution by natural selection.
From scuba diving to submersibles, this book explains how humans explore ocean depths.
White-water adventure stories offer an introduction to the sport of kayaking.
This book contains photographs, diagrams, and text describing the various types of shorelines, including sandy and rocky shores, barrier islands, and coral reefs. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book discusses the major roles water plays in all living things, including how it affects the weather, shapes the land, and nourishes plants and animals. Reading Essentials in Science.
Explore the green customs of ancient Egypt. This title is a part of a six-book series perfect for struggling readers. Features unique design of nonfiction text paired with graphic novel style insets. Engaging, humorous full-color illustrations. Green Lessons are at the end of the book.
Ancient civilizations are a rich source of environmental wisdom. This unique series explores the past and brings out the green lessons hidden in ancient life. This volume explores the green practices of Ancient Rome.
Explore the green customs of ancient civilizations, reflected in different aspects of their life. Nonfiction text is paired with graphic novel style fiction insets--perfect for reluctant readers. This volume explores the green practices of the ancient civilizations found in the Indus Valley.
Explore the green customs of ancient civilizations, reflected in different aspects of their life. Nonfiction text is paired with graphic novel style fiction insets--perfect for reluctant readers. This volume focuses on Ancient China and its green practices.
While on detention for disrupting a science lesson, Kenneth and Aleesa are transported to 1939 where they try to protect the privacy and even the life of Albert Einstein as he struggles to decide whether he should help build an atomic bomb to stop Hitler. Can they stop the Nazis from getting the atom bomb first?
In the early 1900s, a skull was found in England that many believed to be the "missing link." The strange prehistoric human skull "discovered" in England in 1911 was ultimately proven to be a hoax. The perpetrator's identity and motives, however, remain mysteries, which this book examines.
This book tells the story behind the developments for people to communicate with one another from across the street to across the country.
Describes the deepest part of the ocean, called the abyss, and explains how, with new equipment and technology, humans are beginning to learn more about the abyss and the creatures who live there.
Explains what early civilizations believed about natural disasters; highlights notable eruptions, earthquakes, fires, floods, droughts, famines, and diseases, as well as two noted military failures; and recounts the end of the ancient world.
Explores the world of a river otter as she goes from total dependence on a loving mother to becoming a playful member of the community.
Tops have been spinning for thousands of years. Learn about tops, yo-yos, and other fascinating spinning toys as well as how to make them.
