In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Austria. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the key details of the country, including geography, climate, culture, and resources. Compelling questions encourage further inquiry. Includes reading tips for teachers and parents, a map, quick facts, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Algeria. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the key details of the country, including geography, climate, culture, and resources. Compelling questions encourage further inquiry. Includes reading tips for teachers and parents, a map, quick facts, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Finland. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the key details of the country, including geography, climate, culture, and resources. Compelling questions encourage further inquiry. Includes reading tips for teachers and parents, a map, quick facts, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
In this book, readers will learn about impatience in themselves and others, how and why they feel it, how to best respond to it, and how to communicate these feelings. Social and emotional learning (SEL) concepts support growth mindset throughout, while Try This! and Grow with Goals activities at the end of the book further reinforce the content. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn more about states of mind, moods, and emotions. Also includes sidebars, a table of contents, glossary, index, and tips for educators and caregivers.
In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Jamaica. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the key details of the country, including geography, climate, culture, and resources. Compelling questions encourage further inquiry. Includes reading tips for teachers and parents, a map, quick facts, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
In Superfast Rockets, early fluent readers will learn about the mechanics, design, engines, and aerodynamics that make rockets superfast. Infographics and sidebars present interesting, supplementary information, and an activity offers readers an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can learn more about STEM and rockets using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Superfast Rockets also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
In this book, early fluent readers will learn how beluga whales live and survive in the ocean. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the mammal's appearance, diet, life cycle, and behaviors. Take a Look! infographics highlight and label the mammal's range and habitat as well as its anatomy. Sidebars present interesting, supplementary information, and an activity offers readers an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can learn more about beluga whales using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Beluga Whales also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
In Electricity, early fluent readers will learn how electricity and the physics behind it impacts our universe every day. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the laws, history, and applications of this foundational STEM concept. Infographics and sidebars present interesting, supplementary information, and an activity offers readers an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can learn more about electricity using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Electricity also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
In this title, early fluent readers follow Benito, a lesser long-nosed bat, as he embarks on his nightly pollination journey with his colony in the desert. Read along as Benito flies around searching for flowers that bloom at night, drinks nectar, and returns to his cave as the sun rises. Vibrant illustrations and carefully leveled text will engage young readers in a supportive educational fiction reading experience. Children can learn more about bats using Fact Surfer, our safe online search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. This book also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a glossary, a range map, an index, and a table of contents.
In Force and Motion, early fluent readers will learn how force and motion and the physics behind them impact our universe every day. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the laws, history, and applications of these foundational STEM concepts.
In this book, readers will learn what it means to advocate for oneself, how to identify individual strengths and weaknesses, and how to take ownership of one's own tasks and responsibilities within a group setting or project.
Scientists want to know more about comets. They decide to catch one. A spacecraft travels for ten years to reach the comet. What will scientists learn from the mission?
Nine high school students in Little Rock, Arkansas were at the heart of the battle to integrate schools in the late 1950s. Many places in the south were slow to change, but things got especially heated in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The new neighbors are instantly suspicious because they come and go at odd hours. Stranger still are the weird noises and bright lights coming from their backyard in the middle of the night. WhatÍs going on? Marlon and his buddies set out to investigate and end up in a heap of trouble when they walk through the unlocked front door.
Learn about the history, potential, and dangers of cloning, from the first cloned salamander to Dolly the sheep and beyond.
Only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world the pyramids of Giza remain relatively intact, but through ancient texts and legends, the other six wonders come to life.
Tracy decides to enter the Little Miss Miss pageant when she hears the winner will get a free trip to Washington, D.C. Her best friend, Liza, decides to keep her company. And their new camp counselor, beauty queen and college student Ashley, will be their coach. They are in it to win it. Then they meet pageant pro Jordi and her super mean mom.
Luke Lawson is raising two couch potatoes, and that does not sit well with him. So he decides he's going to toughed up his two boys, Winston and Nelson, with an adventure in the great outdoors. At first, the boys are grumpy and upset, but as they explore nature, they become more curious and interested in the world around them. And Winston experiences a life-changing event when he meets the ghost of a Native American teen and takes a mellow midnight ride on horseback.
Kemba feels like the lamest kid in school. If only he could be cool like the computer game superhero Underdog. But he can’t even save himself from the biggest bully in the sixth grade, let alone protect the weakest of the weak like Underdog does. He has zero friends. Or so he thinks. Kemba hasn’t even had the courage to try until one act of cruelty pushes him over the edge.
Marlon has said something without thinking. Again. He is such a bigmouth. But this time he's in trouble. He dissed Kevin Detroit's mother. Who does that? It doesn't matter that Kevin does it first. The guys were just kidding around like they always do. But now the new kid wants to beat Marlon up after school. What can Marlon do? 1. Reason with Kevin. 2. Hide out in the nurse's office. 3. Get sent to the principal's office. 4. Pick a fake fight and get sent home. But none of those plans work out. Marlon is terrified. He is in no shape to fight. Fighting is wrong. Kevin is a big kid! What's going to happen? Marlon is resigned. He's ready for the after school fight when something strange happens.
¿Te gustan las búsquedas del tesoro? ¿Cómo sabes si el agua de un arroyo está limpia y saludable? Acompaña a Lucas y a su hermana mientras hacen de científicos en búsqueda de ciertos tipos de insectos de arroyo (macroinvertebrados acuáticos) que necesitan agua limpia y libre de contaminación para sobrevivir. ¿Qué encontrarán al voltear piedras, levantar hojas y buscar entre el lodo? Sigue leyendo para saber si su arroyo recibe una calificación de aprobación.
Desde los erizos de mar en el océano Atlántico hasta los bandicuts en la savana Australiana, los animales reciclan en todo el mundo. Explora cómo diferentes animales en diferentes habitats utilizan material reciclable para construir casas, protegerse a sí mismos, y obtener comida. Esta colección fascinante de hechos de animals enseñará a los lectores sobre la importancia de reciclar y los inspirará a participar en la protección y la conservación del medio ambiente reciclando a su manera.
Do you like scavenger hunts? How do you tell if creek water is clean and healthy? Join Lucas and his sister as they act like scientists looking for certain kinds of stream bugs (aquatic macroinvertebrates) that need clean, unpolluted water to survive. What will they find as they turn over rocks, pick up leaves and sort through the mud? Read along to find out if their creek gets a passing grade.
Every day more of the world’s forests disappear. Trees are cleared for agriculture, lost in wildfires and harvested for the valuable products they supply. Called the lungs of the planet, forests play a critical role in climate moderation. What happens when they’re gone? Are replanting and afforestation efforts helping? In If A Tree Falls: The Global Impact of Deforestation, author Nikki Tate gives an accessible and balanced look at forest practices throughout history, the growth of industry and the fight for preservation. Global deforestation affects us all. Find out what you can do to protect forests today and keep them healthy for future generations.
Chemical World: Science in Our Daily Lives explores some of the materials—all of which are made of basic chemical elements—that humans use or come into contact with in their day-to-day lives. Some of these chemicals are naturally occurring—clay, mercury, lead. Others have been synthesized by chemists during the past 150 years and used in a bewildering array of products ranging from roof shingles to toothpaste. Many chemical inventions, as well as naturally produced chemicals, have had profound effects on food supply, developing medicines and creating hosts of useful items for modern life. Despite people using both natural and synthetic chemicals with (mainly) good intentions, some chemicals have had unintended negative consequences. Chemical residues have contaminated ecosystems the world over and are compromising the health of many ecosystems, animals and humans. The goal of Chemical World: Science in our Daily Lives is to introduce readers to basic chemistry and chemical history, and to show how chemicals are used for particular reasons but sometimes turn out to be harmful to environmental and human health. It invites readers to take a look at the world around them and ask questions about what’s in their environment and how the things they use and eat every day can affect their own health and the planet’s health.
