Pintar Con Las Manos

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 what life was like during Westward Expansion. Students will learn about the reasons people headed west, the gold rush, the Homestead Act, Manifest Destiny, the Oregon Trail, and more. 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...

If we could take a trip to the center of the Earth, what would we find? In this amazing book readers can do just that with the help of a special ship that can handle the extreme heat and pressure deep beneath Earth’s crust. Digging through a few miles of the crust is just the start of the nearly 4,000-mile journey to Earth’s core. Readers might be surprised to find that not all of the trip is through solid rock, as the intense heat does strange and amazing things to the material that makes up our planet!

Kids often play with magnets, yet they don't learn how these playthings work for many years. Practical knowledge from their play can help them learn more about magnetism, and so can this book. Specially written for those with reading challenges or readers looking for a review, the main text covers important vocabulary, magnetic fields, and a discussion of why metals and magnets come together. Diagrams and succinct fact boxes offer additional ways to learn each concept and explain some ideas in greater detail.

En un futuro próximo, los recursos energéticos de la Tierra han sufrido una radical transformación. Los suministros tradicionales casi se han agotado y el hombre se ha establecido en la Luna para extraer un combustible alternativo. Éste es el punto de partida de Límite, una novela dinámica, trepidante y cargada de suspense. Fruto de una rigurosa investigación científica, y con un marcado acento ecológico, Frank Schätzing invita al lector a derribar sus barreras mentales y a disfrutar sin límites de este thriller de rabiosa actualidad que no dejará a nadie indiferente.