Ciclos de vida (Life Cycles)

This nonfiction Spanish book teaches students about the earth’s cycles, and introduces them to important scientific concepts and vocabulary terms like combustion, hydrosphere, biosphere, and fossil fuels. The intriguing images, detailed diagrams, and stimulating sidebars will keep students connected to the text. The fun lab activity provides a real-world learning experience that supports STEM instruction. Aligned to state and national standards, the leveled text supports differentiation. Keep students reading with this fascinating Spanish book.

This extraordinary book shows in a simple way how the Sun's light and warmth affect Earth. Children will be amazed to learn that the Sun is actually a star, and that its position and distance from Earth cause day and night as well as changing weather and the seasons. Simple, brief explanations also describe Earth's rotation and tilt, Earth's two poles and the equator, a solar eclipse, how plants make food from sunlight, and how sunlight colors our world.

Families can be big or small, but all resemble each other in one aspect: they have a past and a present that, is also part of a broader history, that of a culture or race, or that of the world. The reader will see that family trees are used both by historians and everyday people who trace generations of relatives. Although family trees imply blood relations, the ties of love and friendship are often just as important.

When we look up at the night sky you can see millions of stars, but what do you think we could see in space if we left Earth? If we could hop into a special ship and blast off, traveling billions of miles away from Earth, we’d see the Milky Way galaxy. In this book, readers take an incredible journey through that galaxy, exploring the universe and learning how it was formed and what will one day happen to these enormous groups of stars. From mysterious dark matter to the black holes at the center of galaxies, readers will also dive into the mysteries of the universe scientists have spent...

Mujeres, mujeres, mujeres. Apenas estamos descubriendo cuántas científicas, pintoras, escritoras, activistas, cocineras y tantas otras mujeres se han quedado sin entrar en la Historia con H mayúscula a pesar de su talento, valor y dedicación. Todavía hay muchas historias por descubrir. El colectivo Cúmulo de Tesla, conformado por mujeres (y un hombre) provenientes de muchas disciplinas, narra en este libro las andanzas de 21 mujeres y grupos de mujeres. Cada una, desde el lugar que le tocó o el que escogió —el aula, la política, la cultura o el convento— dejó huellas indelebles. ...