The Rock Band loves to play rock and roll. They go on tour for days. Each band member formed millions of years ago, all in different ways!
This book introduces early readers to screws and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!
This book introduces early readers to wedges and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!
This book introduces early readers to wheels and axles and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!
This book introduces early readers to pulleys and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!
This book introduces early readers to inclined planes and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!
This book introduces early readers to levers and how we use them every day. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading!
Find out how code monkeys build sets of instructions called algorithms using flow charts.
Find out how code monkeys must talk in a special code so that computers and smart devices will understand.
Find out how code monkeys find and fix bugs - the part of an algorithm, or set of instructions, that does not work as it should.
Computers cannot think for themselves. Find out how code monkeys must tell computers exactly what to do.
Bud-E is building a racecar out of a box to race in the Robot Racecar Rally. Join the students of Science Academy as they help build Bud-E's car and learn about the forces that make it go--and stop! Simple sentences and easy-to-understand examples make learning about forces understandable and fun.
It's Sports Week at Science Academy! Every year the other school wins the tug-of-war competition. But Katie is determined to win. Join Katie as she tries to learn everything there is to know about pulling forces to knock her opponent off balance. Simple sentences and easy-to-understand examples make learning about forces understandable and fun.
Help! The 3-D pizza printer is not working. Join the students at Science Academy as they solve their lunchtime problem while Professor Adams explains how electricity works and where it comes from. Simple sentences and easy-to-understand examples make learning about electricity understandable and fun.
The students of class 201 are locked out of their classroom. Professor Adams's car has broken down and they can't unlock the door without his nose print. Join the students of Science Academy as they learn how forces work and help Professor Adams get her car to move. Simple sentences and easy-to-understand examples make learning about forces understandable and fun.
There are many kinds of paper, from newsprint to cardboard to tissues. Trees to Paper takes a look at what paper is and how it made from trees. Useful images how how making paper is a multi-pronged process. A simple Save The Trees spread helps readers understand how important conservation, forest management, and recycling are for the future. Free downloadable Teacher's Guide available.
What is aluminum and how is it made? Using images and simple text, Rocks and Minerals to Aluminum helps young readers understand what a metal is, where it is found, and how humans process it to make things used in everyday life. Aluminum Facts features explain where on Earth the world's most common metal is located. Free downloadable Teacher's Guide available.
We use plastic items every day, but often don't examine what plastics are and how they got to us. Oil to Plastics helps young readers understand how a natural resource can be processed to become a toothbrush or a toy. Simple Plastic Facts boxes explain that plastics can be hard, soft, or in-between. Free downloadable Teacher's Guide available.
This dynamic book follows the fluffy fiber known as cotton, from plant to final product--clothing. Close-up images illustrate how cotton is grown, harvested, and processed for sale. Wonder Word features ask readers to think about and engage with concepts such as "environment" and "raw cotton." Free downloadable Teacher's Guide available.
Easy-to-read text and vivid photographs combine to introduce young readers to eco-friendly vehicles. This dynamic new book gives a close-up view of some of the worlds most innovative, eco-friendly rides, including three-wheeled cars, hydrogen fuel-cell busses, segway personal transporters, and electric bikes and scooters.
Young readers will dive right into this exciting new title! Deep-diving Submarines introduces readers to the different parts of a submarine and explains how these vehicles move through the water.
This entertaining book takes the problem out of understanding beginner word problems. Readers will learn how to develop a step-by-step plan or strategy to solve basic word problems. This title uses real-life situations to model the problem-solving process for readers to teach skills such as identifying key information to determine which math operation is required, using drawings and models to see the problem, and carrying out the plan and communicating answers.
Childrens' imaginations will soar as they learn about different kinds of airplanes including jumbo jets, seaplanes, and stunt planes. This dynamic new book also describes the basic parts and functions of various airplanes.
The human body is amazing, and at times, disgusting. Fun illustrations and entertaining text help give kids a clear understanding of bodily functions related to the digestive system, as well as useful facts about how the body works.
Have you ever wondered how your body sends you itchy signals? Fun illustrations and entertaining text help give kids a clear understanding of how insect bites, dry skin, and allergies cause itching sensations and how our brains are in on the action.
