Learn how to build birdhouses with these fun activities.
Whether you're looking for something to do on a rainy day or making a personalized gift for a friend, crafts are a great way to pass the time. They also provide an opportunity to learn how to draw meaning from technical texts. The activities in this book push readers to read for comprehension, use information gained from the text and illustrations to follow step-by-step directions, determine relationships among steps in a technical process, and build the skills they need to make crafts using recyclable materials.
Bugs and insects have always fascinated children. This book in the Creepy Crawly Critters series introduces young readers to grasshoppers. Readers can discover physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and more.
Bugs and insects have always fascinated children. This book in the Creepy Crawly Critters series introduces young readers to the praying mantis. Readers can discover physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and more.
Bugs and insects have always fascinated children. This book in the Creepy Crawly Critters series introduces young readers to walking sticks. Readers can discover physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and more.
Bugs and insects have always fascinated children. This book in the Creepy Crawly Critters series introduces young readers to honey bees. Readers can discover physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and more.
Bugs and insects have always fascinated children. This book in the Creepy Crawly Critters series introduces young readers to scorpions. Readers can discover physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and more.
Bugs and insects have always fascinated children. This book in the Creepy Crawly Critters series introduces young readers to cicadas. Readers can discover physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and more.
Bugs and insects have always fascinated children. This book in the Creepy Crawly Critters series introduces young readers to ants. Readers can discover physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and more.
Working at a Factory introduces young readers to many careers available in a factory. Colorful sidebars encourage young children to think, create, guess, and ask questions about a career working in a factory.
Describes the physical traits and behavior of chickens and the role that they play on the farm.
Describes the physical traits and behavior of dogs and the role that they play on the farm.
Describes the physical traits and behavior of horses and the role that they play on the farm.
Describes the physical traits and behavior of goats and the role that they play on the farm.
Describes the physical traits and behavior of duck and the role that they play on the farm.
Describes the physical traits and behavior of pigs and the role that they play on the farm.
Describes the physical traits and behavior of sheep and the role that they play on the farm.
Presents experiments demonstrating the basic scientific principles of water, including information on erosion, precipitation, and condensation.
Provides step-by-step instructions for performing experiments designed to answer such questions about the weather as what makes it rain, how do scientists measure air pressure, and how does temperature affect air movement.
This book provides young readers with an overview of what it is like to work at a computer store and then profiles several careers based at a computer store.
This book provides young readers with an overview of what it is like to work within an airport and then profiles several careers based at an airport.
Describes experiments that can be performed using solar energy in order to learn about its properties, including how different colors absorb sunlight, if it cleans dirty water, and whether it can cook food.
Describes the physical properties of solids and explains how matter can change to and from a solid into a liquid or gas.
Describes experiments that can be performed using rocks to demonstrate their properties, including how they are formed, how to test their hardness, and whether rock layers can be changed by events such as earthquakes.
