Hora de recreo (Recess Time)

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source book focuses on the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to know at their grade level. Packed with information and primary source maps, images, and...

This Spanish-translated 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. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging, Spanish book. Readers learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They learn and discover the factors that influence motion for all types of vehicles: land, air, and water alike. They also learn different ways to measure speed and read about energy uses for different vehicles. With greater speed comes greater risk. Readers learn how engineers are always seeking new and better ways to keep people safe as they travel faster and go farther.

Granpa has given Frederick a gift: a sealed box. It talks and contains all the knowledge of the world. This is the story of Frederick and his box, and many information about nature and ecology. For children 9 and up.

Al final de su vida, Alan Watts estudió profundamente las raíces del Tao y del Zen. Se instaló en una tranquila cabaña en las montañas y dedicó la mayor parte de su tiempo a meditar y escribir sobre su experiencia. Este libro recoge las charlas que ofreció durante ese periodo de su vida en su casa flotante en Sausolito y en el Instituto Esalen de Big Sur, en California. Sus conferencias reflejaron, primero, toda una vida de intenso aprendizaje y brillante erudición, además de muchos años de estudio de las artes taoístas, incluyendo la poesía o la caligrafía; también le...

Animals sing or talk to communicate. They make noise for different reasons. Find out why some animals make certain noises. Paired to the fiction title So Many Classes.

Todos somos humanos del mismo planeta en búsqueda de felicidad, de tranquilidad y de nuestros sueños. Y todos nos enfrentamos a las diferentes dualidades de la vida: ÉXITO/ FRACASO, SEGURIDAD/ INSEGURIDAD, HALAGO/ CRÍTICA, AMOR/ DESAMOR... Escribí este libro porque sentí que podía ayudarte de alguna forma con esto. Aquí encontrarás muchas anécdotas sobre cómo lidié con prejuicios y cómo logré cumplir esos sueños (que alguna vez me dijeron que eran imposibles), además de algunos consejos. Desde mi corazón espero que llegues a sentir mis experiencias como tuyas, porque bien...