Examine the author's purpose that is always present in media - how to spot it, and how to use it intentionally to inform, persuade, and entertain. This series gives readers a crash course in basic media literacy skills: understanding audience, perspective, persuasive appeals, author's purpose, tracing sources, and creating media content.
Examine point-of-view and perspective. This book takes a deep look at how varying perspectives are influenced by values, and how these values can create both conscious and unconscious bias. This series gives readers a crash course in basic media literacy skills: understanding audience, perspective, persuasive appeals, author's purpose, tracing sources, and creating media content.
Learn to look critically at media to understand its audience, and how to tailor your own media creations to specific audiences. This series gives readers a crash course in basic media literacy skills: understanding audience, perspective, persuasive appeals, author's purpose, tracing sources, and creating media content.
Can sound make things move? Explore sound and vibrations in this decodable science book for beginning readers. A combination of domain-specific sight words and sequenced phonics skills builds confidence in content area reading.
Learn to measure length with this decodable math book for beginning readers. A combination of domain-specific sight words and sequenced phonics skills builds confidence in content area reading.
What makes its own light? What needs light shined on it? Welcome to the strange and wonderful world of light in this decodable science book for beginning readers. A combination of domain-specific sight words and sequenced phonics skills builds confidence in content area reading.
Part of our Take a Look! Modern Media Literacy series, Identifying the Source takes readers through the process of analyzing media in order to tell fact from fiction. Includes explanation of how misinformation, disinformation, biases, and stereotypes play into the credibility of a source. Gives readers the information they need to start practicing looking critically at the media they consume. This series gives readers a crash course in basic media literacy skills: understanding audience, perspective, persuasive appeals, author's purpose, tracing sources, and creating media content.
Creating Content takes readers through the process of creating and sharing content in a responsible, inclusive way. This series gives readers a crash course in basic media literacy skills: understanding audience, perspective, persuasive appeals, author's purpose, tracing sources, and creating media content.
Which materials cast shadows? Which let light pass through? Find out in this decodable science book for beginning readers. A combination of domain-specific sight words and sequenced phonics skills builds confidence in content area reading.
Look out! Your computer data is not safe. There are hackers who will steal it. Sell it. Or destroy it. The hackers are getting smarter. They leave little trace as to their identities. And there are dangerous consequences for individuals, corporations, and governments.
Web developers help people connect around the world by designing the web pages we look at every day on the Internet. They must be good at logic and have an understanding of computer language to write code that tells a website how to function. If this sounds like the career for you, this book lays out the skills you will need to learn to become a web developer.
Earth was a lot different when dinosaurs were alive. Scientists study important clues that were left behind to learn what kinds of dinosaurs lived where, what they ate, and how fast they could run. Even though there have been incredible changes on Earth, there are still dinosaur relatives living today!
I Read! You Read! books are designed for shared reading between a young reader and an adult. Rocks and minerals are all around us, but they're not all the same. Discover fossils and find out how they form, what makes them unique, and what they tell us about the past. Learn about some fabulous fossils found around the world, such as Sue, the Tyrannosaurus rex.
Solids are a state of matter with a fixed shape and volume, where particles are closely packed together in a structured arrangement. Articles are a unique way for readers to learn about the world around them. In addition to building reading comprehension skills and increasing vocabulary, articles can be used for writing and research.
Liquids are a state of matter with a definite volume but no fixed shape, taking the shape of their container while allowing particles to flow freely. Articles are a unique way for readers to learn about the world around them. In addition to building reading comprehension skills and increasing vocabulary, articles can be used for writing and research.
Gases are a state of matter in which particles move freely and spread out to fill any container, characterized by no fixed shape or volume. Articles are a unique way for readers to learn about the world around them. In addition to building reading comprehension skills and increasing vocabulary, articles can be used for writing and research.
Magnets are objects that produce a magnetic field, attracting certain materials like iron and steel, and having two poles: north and south Articles are a unique way for readers to learn about the world around them. In addition to building reading comprehension skills and increasing vocabulary, articles can be used for writing and research.
Energy is the capacity to do work or produce change, existing in various forms such as kinetic, potential, thermal, chemical, and electrical. Articles are a unique way for readers to learn about the world around them. In addition to building reading comprehension skills and increasing vocabulary, articles can be used for writing and research.
Forces are pushes or pulls that can cause an object to move, change direction, speed up, slow down, or alter its shape, acting through contact or at a distance. Articles are a unique way for readers to learn about the world around them. In addition to building reading comprehension skills and increasing vocabulary, articles can be used for writing and research.
Electricity is the flow of electric charge, typically through conductors like wires, and is used as a source of power for a wide range of applications. Articles are a unique way for readers to learn about the world around them. In addition to building reading comprehension skills and increasing vocabulary, articles can be used for writing and research.
An electrical circuit is a closed loop through which electric current flows, typically consisting of a power source, conductive path, and components like resistors or switches. Articles are a unique way for readers to learn about the world around them. In addition to building reading comprehension skills and increasing vocabulary, articles can be used for writing and research.
Simple machines are basic mechanical devices that make work easier by altering the magnitude or direction of a force, including the lever, pulley, wheel and axle, inclined plane, wedge, and screw. Articles are a unique way for readers to learn about the world around them. In addition to building reading comprehension skills and increasing vocabulary, articles can be used for writing and research.
Weather refers to the short-term atmospheric conditions, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, and cloud cover, in a specific place at a specific time. Articles are a unique way for readers to learn about the world around them. In addition to building reading comprehension skills and increasing vocabulary, articles can be used for writing and research.
Rocks are naturally occurring solid aggregates of minerals or mineraloids, classified into three main types: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic, based on their formation processes. Articles are a unique way for readers to learn about the world around them. In addition to building reading comprehension skills and increasing vocabulary, articles can be used for writing and research.
Volcanoes are geological formations where molten rock, ash, and gases from beneath the Earth's crust are expelled through openings in the surface, often forming mountains over time. Articles are a unique way for readers to learn about the world around them. In addition to building reading comprehension skills and increasing vocabulary, articles can be used for writing and research.
