Los sólidos (Solids)

How do architects and contractors use math and geometry to help build a house? Readers will find out in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction book that features bright images and charts, informational text, and intriguing facts that will familiarize children with construction, construction equipment and materials, and blueprints. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Mysterious events occur all over the world. It rains fish every year in Honduras, rocks in Pennsylvania make music, and large drawings can be found on the desert floors in Peru! In this Spanish-translated nonfiction book, readers will learn about these strange phenomena and more curiosities like ESP and crop circles in this baffling and fascinating nonfiction title. Vibrant images and intriguing facts in conjunction with a glossary of terms, informational text, and an index keep readers captivated from cover to cover!

Readers may never expect that they might free fall to Earth, but if they have ever dived into a pool, that's exactly what they've done. This book shows readers how Newton's three laws of motion affect divers, skydivers, and mountain climbers' movements. Readers discover who uses gravity, and who works against it, and all other forces that contribute to a successful dive or climb. After reading this book, readers can decide if they will ever be interested in engaging in one of these extreme sports.

Readers will be amazed to discover that every time they climb onto bicycles and ride like the wind, they are defying gravity! This book explains the physics and history behind bicycles, skateboards, and surfboards. Readers learn what happens from the simplest movement of rolling forward to more complex tricks and stunts of jumping and spinning. Readers will never look at bikes, skateboards or surfboards the same way again.

¿Qué es lo que hace que hombres y mujeres se transformen en héroes y heroínas? ¿Sus naves espaciales? ¿Las últimas tecnologías? Si queréis conocer a superhombres y supermujeres de verdad, buscadlos entre estas páginas. Los protagonistas de las más inimaginables aventuras son los héroes y las heroínas de la antigua Grecia. A partir de mitos de la tradición clásica, se repasan algunas de las figuras y tópicos más representativos de nuestro tiempo.

Desde su estreno, en 1897 en París, el éxito de "Cyrano de Bergerac" no ha hecho sino crecer, y se ha convertido en una de las obras de teatro más populares de todos los tiempos. Capaz de hacernos pasar en pocos segundos de la risa a las lágrimas, no deja a nadie indiferente. Edmond Rostand supo crear un personaje inolvidable lleno de contrastes, hábil con la espada y con la palabra, y capaz del sacrificio más grande: quedarse en la sombra mientras regala sus palabras y su ingenio a su rival, el tan apuesto como poco ingenioso Christian, que es quien consigue el amor de la bella Roxana. ...

¿Qué hizo que una familia latinoamericana abandonara su tierra natal para partir con sus tres hijos, de diez, trece y quince años, a tierras del continente africano? Siga las peripecias y aventuras de la familia Jacobi Mangold durante quince años de servicio misionero en el Hospital de Leprosos de Masanga, Sierra Leona; el Hospital Scheer Memorial en Nepal, al norte de la India; y el Hospital Misionero de Yuka, Zambia. Comparta su período de adaptación a una vida sin electricidad, televisión ni otras comodidades básicas, y su angustia al sufrir un ataque al hospital por fuerzas...

What do solar panels, waterproof clothing, and window coverings have in common? They are technologies that have been adapted based on studying butterflies! Learn what scientists have learned from butterflies with this Spanish book that will ignite a curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this STEAM book features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for makerspaces and that guides students step-by-step through the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual...