Andemo in Mèrica

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

In this illustrated adventure, Hannah has a broken leg, and learns how her friends can be of great help. Books of the Neighborhood Readers Program build early literacy skills, introduce important content-area language, and help develop speaking and writing skills. They can be integrated into any existing language arts or core reading programs.

Dado el lugar preponderante que ha ido ganando el desarrollo y fortalecimiento de competencias en los estudiantes que se preparan como futuros profesionales, así como la manera de evidenciar el avance de dichas competencias, la evaluación de los aprendizajes en la educación superior constituye un tema que reviste cada vez mayor relevancia. En este sentido, las nuevas tendencias y teorías sobre evaluación de los aprendizajes, abordan el rol central que esta tiene, como elemento constitutivo fundamental para la mejora de los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje, resignificando importantes...

This work narrates the meeting of two young students who in a chance chat, begin to play with stars and numbers and learn about physics, chemistry and astronomy. They learn that science is in everyday life so that we imagine it is not a restricted area, only for the geniuses, but a tool, a way of life, a passion.