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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.

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 history of California’s Native American tribes: the Tongva, Yokuts, Yana, and Yahi. 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...

Quizá los trilobites no sean tan espectaculares como los grandes dinosaurios. Sin embargo, estos pequeños seres prehistóricos –los cuales vivieron durante el periodo Cámbrico, es decir hace 542 millones de años–, tienen mucho que decirnos sobre el pasado remoto de la Tierra y sobre los seres vivos en general. Su fascinante anatomía, por ejemplo, guarda curiosas similitudes con otros animales y con un sinfín de objetos de uso común hoy en día. Este ameno libro toma a los trilobites como tema para hablarnos de la biología pero también de ingeniería. Los autores se refieren lo...

LA reflexión sobre la temporalidad y la memoria que caracteriza la poesía de Francisco Díaz de Castro sitúa a su personaje frente a una indagación del paso del tiempo como una dialéctica compleja entre la conciencia de la pérdida y la afirmación del instante. Como ha dicho Antonio Jiménez Millán, «a partir de una sensualidad que podríamos llamar materialista, la memoria personal, con sus asechanzas, se diluye en la memoria colectiva para dejar más nítido el perfil de un tiempo compartido». Los claroscuros del balance moral en presente y sin excusas recuperan signos, nombres,...

Dimensión emocional: abordajes analíticos y exploraciones empíricas so­cioantropológicas e historiográficas es el noveno volumen de la Colección Emociones e lnterdisciplina de la Red Nacional de Investigación en Estu­dios Socioculturales de las Emociones. El propósito de este proyecto edi­torial es colocar en el centro del análisis a las dimensiones emocional y afectiva para explicar los fenómenos sociales en contextos del presente y el pasado, para lo cual se requiere de abordajes que rebasen las fronteras disciplinares y pongan en diálogo distintos saberes. El estudio...

A trip to Comic-Con becomes an adventure in learning division! Join Zach as he travels to San Diego to attend his very first comic book convention. Along the way, learn about the history of comic books and comic book conventions, and meet the dedicated fans who make Comic-Con one of the most widely attended comic book conventions in the world. This book combines math and literacy skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, math charts and diagrams, sidebars, and practice problems make learning division relevant and fun. Text...