Dónde vive la gente

Earthquakes can leave people and property in bad shape. At times, they can be deadly. Find out about the science of studying earthquakes and the men and women who track the movements of the ground below us. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process and is perfect for makerspace activities. It makes STEAM career...

Have you ever thought about how a soccer field is different from a football field? Or how a tennis court is different from a basketball court? Each sport has a surface with a purpose! Explore partitioned shapes with this Spanish math book that seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math concepts. Text features include images, a glossary, an index, captions, and a table of contents to build students' vocabulary and reading comprehension skills as they interact with the text. The rigorous practice problems, sidebars, and math diagrams...

Los terremotos pueden dejar en malas condiciones a las personas y las propiedades. A veces, pueden ser mortales. Descubra la ciencia del estudio de los terremotos y los hombres y mujeres que rastrean los movimientos del suelo debajo de nosotros. Creado en colaboración con la Institución Smithsonian, este libro en español despierta la curiosidad sobre los temas de STEAM a través de ejemplos del mundo real. Cuenta con un desafío STEAM práctico que guía a los estudiantes de inglés a través de cada paso del proceso de diseño de ingeniería. Inspire a los estudiantes a seguir una carrera ...

Earthquakes can leave people and property in bad shape. At times, they can be deadly. Find out about the science of studying earthquakes and the men and women who track the movements of the ground below us. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Spanish book ignites a curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides English language learners through every step of the engineering design process. Inspire students to pursue a STEAM career with career advice from a real person working in a STEAM field. Discover...

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

Beginning readers explore the steps to make plants grow! Readers will learn about various parts of the plant including seeds, roots, and leaves in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Featuring vivid, clear photos and simple, informational text, even the most reluctant reader will be captivated! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Which things move slowly? Read this book to find out about how and why things move slowly. Books in this series introduce children to simple forces. Each book uses simple, repetitive text to teach children basic vocabulary, and includes stunning photographs that show how different forces are at work in the world around us. In Slow, children learn about things that commonly move slowly, how pushes and pulls can make something move slowly, and how some things are slower than others.

Magnitud imaginaria, piedra de toque de la famosa «Biblioteca del Siglo XXI» y heredera de la aclamada «Vacío perfecto», es otro ejemplo delirante del genio de Stanis&ław Lem. Artistas que realizan pornografía mediante el uso de rayos X, científicos que cultivan bacterias que se comunican en código Morse y son capaces de predecir el futuro, vendedores de enciclopedias «de cuarenta y cuatro magnetomos» en las cuales está escrita la historia que aún no ha acontecido, inteligencias artificiales que crean obras de autores tan intocables como Dostoievski y que ni ellos mismos se...