Mujeres en la política (Women in Politics)

Advances in science have changed our world, all thanks to the scientists behind important discoveries. Some of the most important discoveries have come from female scientists, who were as unique for their work as they were for being trailblazers in a male-dominated industry. This text offers a biographical treatment of such important scientists as Marie Curie, Rachel Carson, and Jane Goodall, as well as others who have made it possible for women of the future to have a career in science. Age-appropriate text, fact boxes, historical and modern images, and a comprehensive timeline complete the...

Teach students about the life of Abigail Adams with this biography that has been translated into Spanish. Primary source documents and images will engage readers as they build their literacy skills and social studies content knowledge. This nonfiction book also encourages children to recognize someone who inspires them. Informational text features help students navigate the text.

The American Southeast stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, including the states of Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Alabama as well as parts of Virginia and Maryland. But before that region was divided into states, native groups lived there. From how they found food to what their spiritual beliefs were, the book’s main content presents the traditional lifestyles of the Seminole, Choctaw, and Creek peoples, and the other groups that lived in the southeast. Readers learn even more from fun fact boxes and the historical images and full-color photographs that show what...

La cultura medieval islámica ha dado figuras espléndidas. Omar Jayyam, poeta y filósofo, algebrista y astrónomo, es sin duda la más fascinante de todas. Su pensamiento fue heterodoxo, su saber inmenso, su obra variadísima. De lo que nos ha llegado de su poesía no siempre es fácil distinguir lo auténtico de lo apócrifo, y de lo que sabemos de su vida, la historia de la leyenda. Su más importante aportación algebraica, la resolución sistemática de las ecuaciones cúbicas cortando cónicas, se procurará poner al alcance de un lector moderno sin alterar las ideas de fondo.

Presenta una selección de experimentos y actividades diseñados para enseñar los principios de la aviación y de la ciencia del espacio, que incluye fabricar un planeador, construir los instrumentos del vuelo, y diseñar y construir un cohete simple.