Louis Pasteur

A simple biography of the naturalist who founded the Sierra Club and was influential in establishing the national park system.

The Uses Of Wind Energy Is The Topic Of This Book. Explains The Positive And Negative Impact This Form Of Energy Can Have On Our World.

Esta excelente biografía del célebre químico francés está dirigida especialmente a los lectores jóvenes y presenta los logros más significativos de este importante científico. Él realizó investigaciones decisivas sobre la fermentación y las bacterias, sostuvo que los gérmenes eran los responsables de las infecciones y desarrolló el proceso de la pasteurización, de enorme importancia para la economía y la salud pública. Además, descubrió las vacunas contra el ántrax y la rabia. También fue el primer director del Instituto Pasteur, fundado en 1888 para investigar los virus y ...

La joven Zahr, nacida y educada en Francia, donde quedó huérfana de madre al poco tiempo de nacer, viaja a la India tras descubrir la identidad de su verdadero padre: Amir, rajá de Badalpur. Tras un esfuerzo por integrarse en una comunidad musulmana estricta, que le exige sumisión y la renuncia de su libertad, termina por rebelarse contra su padre como hizo años antes su madre, la princesa Selma.Veinte años después, con el rajá en su lecho de muerte, Zahr vuelve a encontrarse con él. Su legado, uno de los jardines del palacio, le costará el enfrentamiento con el resto de su...

Learn about the Victorian era while building your knowledge of equivalent fractions! Students will learn fractions while engaged in reading about the innovations of the Victorian era. This Spanish book combines mathematics and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples of problem solving to teach math and language arts content. The glossary, index, and table of contents will further understanding of reading and math concepts, and the full-color images, practice problems, and math graphs and charts make learning math easy, practical, and fun. The Explore Math sidebars and Math...

A family is a type of community, in fact, it's our first community experience. Like other types of communities, families have rules in order to function smoothly. A defined set of rules is good for all family members, regardless of their age. This book helps children understand why it's important for their family to have rules. Close picture-to-text correlation encourages readers to make connections with the text. Civics concepts from the C3 Framework for Social Studies are introduced at a level appropriate for early elementary students.

Trabajadores que me cuidan (Workers Who Take Care of Me) builds critical literacy skills with this exciting Spanish-translated nonfiction reader. Engage students with fascinating content that will keep them enthralled from the first page to the last. Focusing on different types of workers, children will be introduced to all the people who work hard to take care of us. This informational text features simple phrases, exact text-to-image relationships, vivid photographs, and large font to encourage students to examine different professions, including doctors, police officers, and firefighters....