Find the answers to all kinds of questions using mathematical equations! This title teaches readers that they can use their understanding of variables, expressions, and equations to answer questions about anything from food to space! Create an equation to calculate how much pizza two boys eat! Create an equation to calculate how many baby teeth a growing child has left! Mathematical equations can provide the answers to so many questions. This book shows readers how practical and useful their mathematical and STEM skills can be, encouraging them to look for math everywhere! With vibrant images, easy-to-read text, and simple practice problems, this title will make equations fun and easy!
Readers will enjoy making graphs about their favorite things! This charming title uses children's favorite things to make graphing and mathematical probability seem simple and fun! This book's vibrant images, practice problems, and mathematical diagrams help young readers understand graphing and early STEM themes. Encourage children to make their own bar graphs or pictographs about their favorite things!
Use information about the Main Street animal shelter to practice graphing! This title introduces young readers to bar graphs, pictographs, and related early STEM concepts. Vivid, familiar images, clear tallies, and simple mathematical diagrams help children understand graphs and encourage them to create their own!
Take a shopping trip in the city to learn about subtraction! This exciting title takes young readers on a journey through many different shops to teach them subtraction and early STEM themes through budgeting practice. Practical examples of subtraction, with the help of vivid images and charts, will make subtraction fun, easy, and relatable for children.
Practice addition and encourage young readers to be environmentally conscious in this engaging reader! Children will not only practice their addition skills through practice problems and mathematical charts and diagrams, but they will also learn more about where their trash goes and what sanitation workers do. Using early STEM themes, teach children all about addition while teaching them about other topics such as recycling.
There are all sorts of things to do before a birthday party! Make math practical and fun for young readers as they read the story of children planning a birthday. The children will have to consider the number of guests and count things to buy, like invitations, food, and confetti. Young readers will practice their counting skills with the help of engaging images, clear tally marks, and mathematical charts. This fun and practical book will keep children engaged as they learn early STEM themes and help them feel confident and ready to have more fun with math!
The students in this book are counting up to the 100th day of school! Readers are encouraged to practice counting to 100 through early STEM themes and basic numbers and operations, including counting in sets of five. The lively photos and engaging practice problems will leave readers feeling confident and ready to learn more!
A forest is unlike any other biome on Earth. There are many life cycles found within a forest. Learn about the energy pyramid that explains the numbers of forest plants and animals. Learn about threats to these lively forests and how they thrive and survive!
Deserts may seem like harsh, uninhabitable places, but actually they support a diverse quantity of plant and animal life. And, they aren't always hot! Deserts serve an important role in Earth's existence, too. Readers learn about hot and cold deserts alike, as well as semi-arid and coastal deserts. From the Horned Lizard to the Saguaro cactus rooted in rich soil, the desert biome will amaze readers.
Perhaps nothing is more frightening than seeing a forest fire rage out of control. Sometimes, however, fires are set intentionally to benefit the environment. Readers will learn what fire is, how it burns, and how fires can both help and harm the areas they affect.
Floods and blizzards may be very different, but they do have some things in common. In this book, readers will discover they have one vital ingredient in common: water. Readers will learn the powerful forces of water as it pertains to floods and blizzards. They also discover that although these two forces of nature can cause difficulties for people, they are nature's way of cleaning up and re-nourishing the land.
Images of an erupting volcano can be mesmerizing. Readers may be surprised to learn that volcanoes erupt every day. Some erupt constantly, while others lie dormant for years or even centuries. Through engaging text and brilliant photos, readers learn what happens beneath the Earth to cause a volcanic eruption and the different structures beneath the Earth that cause new land to form.
Most of the Earth's changes happen over millions of years, but earthquakes can force significant changes to the land in just a few moments. Readers will learn the science of plate tectonics and its role in the development of earthquakes around the globe. They will also learn that not all rocks are created equal. In fact, rocks are all different ages! This book concludes with images of the damage and destruction that earthquakes can cause.
This book will be a hit with both thrill seekers and with those who prefer to stay safely on the ground. After an introduction to Newton's three laws of motion, readers learn the mechanics of various amusement park rides including roller coasters, Ferris wheels, merry-go-rounds, and gravity rides. They learn how to measure motion, and how kinetic and potential energy apply to their favorite rides.
Learn about different animals that live in the city, collecting data and making predictions about each of them! This entertaining title teaches readers about many different kinds of animals and encourages analytical habits, engaging children with simple practice problems relating to ecology and mathematics. Predict where students can find ducks, sparrows, rabbits, dragonflies, and more animals! With STEM themes, clear mathematical charts and diagrams, easy-to-read text, an accessible glossary, and vivid images, this book will engage readers and encourage them to collect data and make predictions about animals and many other topics on their own!
This engaging title tells the story of two different ecosystems--the declining fish population in the Claymount Stream and the declining number of birds in the Mainsville Woods. These stories show prime examples of predicting causes, collecting data, and making conclusions and problem-solving solutions. Not only will children practice collecting data and making predictions, but they will also learn about ecology and STEM themes. The interesting stories, vivid images, easy-to-read text, clear mathematical charts and diagrams, and accessible glossary will keep readers engaged and confident that they can learn to analyze data to solve these problems and many others!
Explore estimation theory and geophysical predictions by learning about seismologists, volcanologists, and meteorologists! This exciting title showcases the importance of predicting and preparing for disasters in order to save lives. Volcanologists test gases on a volcano to predict eruptions! Meteorologists use Doppler radars to predict tornadoes! These data collectors use estimation in order to do this. Readers can use sample problems to practice estimation with the help of easy-to-read text, clear mathematical charts and diagrams, and an accessible glossary. This title encourages children to improve their problem solving and STEM skills.
Learn about estimating multidigit numbers by using data from newspapers! Newspapers are full of data, including graphs and tables pertaining to weather, lifestyle, currency, sports, and more! This title shows young readers different types of data relating to newspapers through clear mathematical diagrams and charts. Extensive examples and diagrams help simplify estimation, data collection, and various STEM themes, leaving readers ready to practice making their own estimations.
Learn how wildlife scientists use graphs, charts, and data analysis! It is important for wildlife scientists to assess probability and more when working with wild animals like polar bears and chimpanzees! This title uses mathematical diagrams and charts to improve readers' data analysis and STEM skills. Learn about Jane Goodall's work in chimpanzee conservation! Accurate data analysis is essential to her work and the work of many other scientists! These exciting examples will engage readers, while practice problems and clear diagrams will make them more confident in their own data analysis skills.
Find three-dimensional shapes all over New York City! This exciting title shows young readers where they can find cylinders, cones, prisms, spheres, and pyramids in the city. Vibrant images, simple practice problems, and clear mathematical charts and diagrams help make geometry and STEM themes seem simple and fun! These exercises will encourage children to practice their geometry skills by finding three-dimensional shapes in their own city!
Three-dimensional shapes are everywhere! Learn about the properties of three-dimensional shapes like cylinders, prisms, cubes, and cones with this vibrant book. This title encourages young readers to practice geometry and STEM skills, teaching them how to identify familiar three-dimensional shapes and find bases, faces, vertices, and more! Vibrant images, simple practice problems, and clear mathematical diagrams help readers while encouraging them to find three-dimensional shapes all around them!
Learn about two-dimensional shapes by identifying them in famous works of art! Young readers will practice and enhance their geometry and STEM skills, identifying shapes and familiarizing themselves with new concepts and vocabulary terms like angles, tangrams, and lines of symmetry. This book provides clear diagrams and vibrant examples that will teach children about geometry and art simultaneously, while making them feel more confident in their mathematical skills. Follow-up activities encourage children to use two-dimensional shapes to make their own geometric works of art!
Learn how to budget a vacation with this informative title! This book uses exciting images, practice problems, mathematical diagrams, STEM topics, and a helpful glossary to teach young readers how to calculate expenses and use the decimal system to create a budget for a family vacation that is eight weeks away! Children can practice their developing mathematical skills by using a budget to determine how much money the family should save each week before the trip. This book teaches readers very important principles of budgeting that they will be able to use in their daily lives.
Readers learn the importance of budgeting money and how the decimal system works in this informative title that features a variety of lively photos, easy-to-read text, STEM topics, and helpful mathematical charts. The familiar real-life examples of expenses, income, and saving will help readers learn how to create their own budget, while the challenging practice problems provide plenty of opportunities to practice their developing mathematical skills--from addition to decimals.
Readers will discover the way genetics makes people, animals, and plants look the way they do in this intriguing and stimulating book! DNA, recessive and dominant traits, chromosomes, alleles, and the steps of mitosis are just some of the captivating topics that are discussed. Featuring numerous vivid, colorful images, fascinating facts, supportive text, and an accessible glossary and index, readers will be delighted from beginning to end. A helpful and interesting lab activity encourages readers to explore genetics even further!
