Different problems need different solutions, but engineers follow the same steps to solve them. Discover the path engineers take to find new solutions or improve old ones.
Read about the kinds of jobs that people do as engineers, and how they use math, science, and creative thinking to solve problems.
Art you can look at and enjoy, such as a painting, is made by combining five basic parts: line, color, shape, space, and texture. Read about how the parts work together to create a great variety of interesting art!
Different art forms require different kinds of tools. Read about the tools different artists use, such as brushes for painting, computers for digital art, and instruments for music. connect core arts concepts to other STEAM topics.
From painting murals to playing in orchestras, artists around the world often combine their ideas and talents together to make art in many different forms. Read about how working together helps create beautiful and unique art!
Do you have a favorite comic-strip character? Read about how art combines with a story or joke to create a comic strip, as well as what steps artists follow to make a comic.
Read about the ways painters, musicians, and dancers are able to tell stories in art and make the viewer feel a certain way.
Earth was a lot different when dinosaurs were alive. They lived alongside many ancient mammals that can no longer be found. Incredible changes on Earth have left us with fossils that scientists use to learn more about the ancestors of today's mammals.
Wind and water move sand and soil and carve rock. Enormous plates of land push against each other and create mountains. Find out how these incredible changes on Earth have happened over time.
Earth was a lot different when dinosaurs were alive. Lush, deep forests once grew where we now have frozen oceans and glaciers. Even though there have been incredible changes on Earth, there are some ancient plants that are still living today!
Earth was a lot different when dinosaurs were alive. Scientists study important clues that were left behind to learn what kinds of dinosaurs lived where, what they ate, and how fast they could run. Even though there have been incredible changes on Earth, there are still dinosaur relatives living today!
Earth was a lot different when dinosaurs were alive. Back then, the world's oceans were ruled by large sea monsters. Even though there have been incredible changes on Earth, there are still sea monster relatives living today!
Hurricanes form over warm ocean water. Liquid water becomes a gas or a solid, and then becomes a liquid again. Pollution and climate change affect water habitats. Incredible changes to water are happening all the time, yet the amount of water on Earth remains the same as it ever was!
Early readers are introduced to cows and life on a farm. Simple sentences accompany engaging pictures.
Early readers are introduced to goats and life on a farm. Simple sentences accompany engaging pictures.
Early readers are introduced to pigs and life on a farm. Simple sentences accompany engaging pictures.
Early readers are introduced to sheep and life on a farm. Simple sentences accompany engaging pictures.
Early readers are introduced to horses and life on a farm. Simple sentences accompany engaging pictures.
If you think you might like swimming, this book covers some basics skills and equipment for the beginner swimmer.
If you are a beginning reader AND a beginning angler, this book will have you hooked! Great photos and simple text describe fishing equipment, bait, and what happens when you feel a tug on the line!
If you think you might like extreme sports, this book covers the basics along with the beginner skills for riding BMX bikes.
If you think you might like gymnastics, this book describes the clothing, equipment, and some basic moves you might learn in gymnastics class.
Taekwondo may be the most popular martial arts practiced by very young kids. This book covers information on the uniforms, safety equipment, and what to expect in a taekwondo class.
If you think you might like yoga, this book describes and demonstrate some basic yoga poses.
If you and your family like the outdoors, you'll love reading about the cool things you can do when you eat and sleep outside under the stars. For beginning readers who need nonfiction reading skills.