Cómo funcionan los parques de diversiones (How Amusement Parks Work) 6-Pack

Readers won't have to disassemble their favorite toys to discover what makes them work. This book explores electric, magnetic, and motion-powered toys from design to function. It introduces readers to the six simple machines and explains how they use force and motion to do work. Not every toy is a technological marvel. Readers learn about time-honored favorites including the rocking horse, Slinky, and rattles.

Learn the secrets to artful cupcakes, oven-fresh bread, and other delicious baked goods in this delightful nonfiction title. Readers will learn how mathematics helps bakers measure their ingredients to make tasteful treats. Featuring vibrant images and charts, informative text, and fun, intriguing facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book will leave children fascinated by all the details that go into baking their favorite treats--like doughnuts and cookies! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging, Spanish book. Readers learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They learn and discover the factors that influence motion for all types of vehicles: land, air, and water alike. They also learn different ways to measure speed and read about energy uses for different vehicles. With greater speed comes greater risk. Readers learn how engineers are always seeking new and better ways to keep people safe as they travel faster and go farther. This 6-Pack includes six...

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source book focuses on the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to know at their grade level. Packed with information and primary source maps, images, and...

In this biographical book, young readers will learn about the brave life of Harriet Tubman. Readers will discover how Tubman bravely escaped from her life as a slave to cross the Mason-Dixon line into freedom and how she helped hundreds of other slaves into freedom through the Underground Railroad with the help of abolitionists. The vivid images, stunning facts, and supportive text work in conjunction with the helpful glossary, index, and timeline of Tubman's life to give readers an engaging experience as they move from cover to cover. This book has been translated into Spanish.

La mayoría de los padres se han preguntado alguna vez qué significan aquellos dibujos que sus pequeños han trazado sobre una hoja. Quizás la mayoría no le ha prestado atención pensando que son normales a esa edad. Sin embargo, en este libro se nos indica que las rayas y garabatos que los niños han llevado al cuaderno o papel son los indicios de sus temores, miedos, alegrías y penas. Cada color, disposición o dibujo en general esconden signos que si se estudian con detenimiento tienen un significado único que nos ayudará a entender mejor las necesidades de nuestros hijos sólo hay...

¿Qué es una forma en música? ¿Es indispensable que una obra musical tenga una forma y una estructura? ¿Qué son el aire cortesano, el anthem, el aria, la balada, el ballet, la canción polifónca, el coro o el concierto? Esta guía cubre la ausencia que ha habido durante varias décadas del siglo XX de una síntesis de las formas de la música. Permite adquirir un conocimiento básico sobre una forma y su evolución, sin necesidad de dedicarse a la compilación de obras muy dispares, historias de la música, tratados sobre composición, etc. Asimismo, el autor analiza de forma...

¿Quién soy? ¿Adónde voy? ¿Y con quién? Enfrentarse a cada uno de esos interrogantes supone el enorme desafío de recorrer intrincados caminos que nos conduzcan hasta las tan ansiadas respuestas. El punto de llegada no será único, las vías que se sigan pueden ser distintas, pero es imprescindible responder a esas cuestiones en el orden planteado por el autor. Porque solo sabiendo quiénes somos podremos descubrir hacia dónde nos dirigimos y únicamente entonces estaremos en condiciones de decidir junto a quién elegimos completar ese recorrido. Convencido de que no existen fórmulas...