¿Qué le pasa al microscopio?: Resolver el problema (What's Wrong with the Microscope?: Fixing the Problem)

Christopher Columbus most likely wasn’t the person to discover the Americas. He wasn’t even the first European to do so! Despite that, his three trips to the Western Hemisphere led to many more European explorers heading in that direction. In this volume, readers familiar with Columbus’s travels on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria can learn who Columbus was beyond his travels. Supported by full-color and historic images, interesting main content turns what readers think they know about the life of Columbus on its head while expounding on an important period in the history of the world.

The nineteenth century was a time of huge growth and prosperity for California. Although the Gold Rush lasted only seven years, California provided other opportunities for those who emigrated there in search of a better life. This Interactiv-eBook focuses on the history of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Fresno, and the people and events that influenced their transformations from small towns to booming cities. This nonfiction text builds literacy and social studies content knowledge through the use of intriguing primary source documents like maps, letters, images, articles, and...

Simple text and photographs introduce USDA's MyPlate tool and present healthy fruit options for children.

Introduce students to different parts of the United States with this nonfiction Spanish-translated book. Through various maps, including physical, political, and thematic, readers will learn the geography of the U.S., and be inspired to create a map of their own! Simple informational text features help students navigate the text, while primary source documents and images help build literacy skills and social studies content knowledge.