Las naciones indigenas de California (California's Indian Nations)

Learn how ornithologists are using modern technology to help migratory birds. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Spanish Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students' curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, this Spanish book features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for use in a makerspace and teaches students every step of the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Discover...

Imagine a city with no cars or streets and where people ride boats to get around. This place is Venice, Italy. Built on a lagoon, Venice is in trouble. The city is sinking, and engineers are racing to save it before it is too late. Learn about the efforts to save Venice from the sea. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Spanish STEAM book will ignite a curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for makerspaces and that guides students step-by-step through the engineering design process. Make STEAM ...

This nonfiction book explores the history, culture, customs, and beliefs of California's American Indian tribes including the Chumash, Tongva, Hupa, Yokuts, Quechan, and Coso tribes. Detailed primary source images in conjunction with Spanish text provide 3rd grade students with an inviting reading and learning experience as they build their social studies knowledge. This book includes basic informational text features including a glossary, an index, table of contents, and reader's guide. Students will be intrigued by Native American history with this fascinating nonfiction Spanish book.

Learn how engineers are racing to save the city of Venice from sinking and flooding. This Spanish STEAM reader features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to teach problem solving.

The reflection that is presented in this book is born of direct contact with schools that have a multicultural public, its dialogue with the faculty and pupils of these schools, and of the queries raised by its research in intercultural education.

Si analizamos con claridad y realismo lo más esencial de nuestra condición humana, sus luces y sus sombras, veremos que ella misma nos hace capaces de lo mejor y también de lo peor, de ser muy humanos o inhumanos. Y descubriremos que la felicidad o la desdicha en la vida dependen de la calidad de nuestras relaciones interpersonales, del amor o el desamor con que las vivamos. Y si después de esa exploración abrimos los evangelios y observamos cómo vivió Jesús nuestra condición humana, veremos qué tipo de hombre fue y contemplaremos en Él la humanización del amor de Dios. Jesús...

Todos los años, grandes y pequeños animales se ven obligados a migrar para sobrevivir. Tanto en el mar como en la tierra, estos animales enfrentan obstáculos y fuerzas naturales para poder reproducirse, alimentarse y mantener a su especie fuerte para futuras generaciones. Este libro es una introducción a las travesías peligrosas de la zebra, de la morsa y del cangrejo rojo de la Isla de Navidad, quienes luchan contra chitas hambrientas, locas hormigas amarillas y hasta contra su propia especie para poder completar la travesía de su vida. National Geographic apoya a los educadores K-12...

In this bilingual picture book, astronaut José M. Hernández recounts his childhood as the son of Mexican migrant workers and his life-long dream to travel to the stars.