Many butterfly species are in decline. Fortunately, people can see butterflies up close at butterfly exhibits. What steps are required to plan and create a butterfly exhibit? Learn about the challenges that scientists overcome to create indoor ecosystems for these beautiful creatures.
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
Long ago, farmers used natural farming methods. Then, faster ways to grow food were invented. Some of these methods were not natural. Organic farming has changed that. Farmers are working again with nature to grow plants that are good for the environment--and good for you!
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
The Arctic ecosystem is changing. The temperature is getting warmer, and the polar ice is melting. Polar scientists from around the world study the Arctic because changes there affect the entire planet. What have they found? Discover why it's so important to save the Arctic!
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
Did you know that steam can be used to power engines? In fact, steam power drastically changed the manufacturing and transportation industries. Learn about the history of steam power and the engineers who made it possible, from its very first recorded use in the 1st century, to modern ways that steam is used to generate electricity.
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
Time has fascinated humans for thousands of years. We have struggled to find ways to keep track of time and predict patterns in nature. Ancient people watched the skies to study nature's cycles and mark them in time. From these, calendars were born. Though we may not be aware of it, we live by the time we keep.
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
The Horten Ho 229 was an experimental German airplane created by the Nazis. They believed its innovative design would help them win the war. Although this experimental aircraft never worked as planned, it's still a fascinating part of WWII history. Only one Horten Ho 229 survived the war, but the rare airplane was neglected. Discover how Smithsonian conservators saved it from rust, rot, and ruin.
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
The first prosthetic devices consisted of wooden legs and hooks for hands. Today, many prostheses and bionics can do everything a natural limb can do--and more! Learn about inventions from the past that have been used to rebuild the body and modern-day advancements including the use of 3D printers to create prosthetics!
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
The Wizard of Oz wasn't the first movie to use color. But it used color in a way that makes it hard to imagine the film without it. The Yellow Brick Road, the Emerald City, and Dorothy's iconic ruby slippers were made possible by a new technology called Technicolor. Learn about the history of Technicolor in film with this high-interest book!
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
How can you make ice cream creamier? What packaging keeps cookies fresh the longest? And how do you make potato chips that taste like a cheeseburger? These are some of the problems that a food scientist tries to solve! Learn about the science behind food technology, the history of snack food, and how all this snacking affects our health.
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
If you were traveling to outer space, what would you wear? Luckily, some of the best scientists have figured that out for astronauts. NASA scientists and engineers have designed the best gear to help astronauts travel to space and return home safely. Find out how space suits have changed over time--and what they might look like in the future!
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
How do you build a reusable spacecraft that is strong enough to hold up in outer space, but is light enough to fly? How do you design it to meet the needs of the astronauts it carries? In the 1970s, NASA scientists and engineers were tasked with creating something completely new: a rocket-airplane combination that could safely transport astronauts to and from outer space. What they came up with changed the world!
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
Electric vehicles, or EVs, have been around for over 100 years. The first EV that people could buy went on sale in 1894. The Electrobat" could go 25 miles on one battery charge. Today's EVs are light, speedy, affordable, and can travel far on a single charge. Learn why modern EVs are enticing drivers to "dump the pump" and how EVs have evolved over time!
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
Volcanoes can burn hotter than anything on the Earth's surface. But there is no doubt that nothing is cooler than a volcano! Volcanologists are scientists who study volcanoes. Learn about this fascinating STEAM career, the tools of their trade, the history of volcanoes, the different types of volcanoes, the Global Volcanism Project, volcano robots, and much more!
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
Modern meteorologists put science to work to predict what the future holds. These predictions tell people how to dress for the day, or whether to pack an umbrella. But that's not all they do! They also track hurricanes, tornadoes, and major storms. They help people plan for disasters--before they strike! Learn about this fascinating STEM career with this high-interest book!
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
Being a great surfer requires more than skill and instinct. It's a sport that relies on science! Without buoyancy, surfers would sink. Without acceleration, they could not travel the length of a wave. Science also plays a role in how surfboards are designed. The history of surfing is a lesson of progress in science. Dive in and find out more!
Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this book builds students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. This book features:
Real-world examples provide insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems
Content that highlights every component of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, art, and math
Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy
Count the elephants, giraffes, and zebras in the Serengeti! This book teaches beginning readers how to count by fives. Introduce young learners to cardinal numbers and early STEM themes with this exciting title!
Bright images and easy-to-read text help students build their math content knowledge and develop oral language skills as they describe what is happening in each image.
An engaging Problem Solving activity enhances the learning experience and promotes mathematical reasoning.
Math Talk features questions that develop students' speaking and listening skills.
This math reader will engage kindergarteners in reading as they learn basic math concepts.
Count the hockey sticks, helmets, pucks, skates, and players! This book teaches beginning readers how to count. Introduce young learners to cardinal numbers and early STEM themes with this exciting title!
Bright images and easy-to-read text help students build their math content knowledge and develop oral language skills as they describe what is happening in each image.
An engaging Problem Solving activity enhances the learning experience and promotes mathematical reasoning.
Math Talk features questions that develop students' speaking and listening skills.
This math reader will engage kindergarteners in reading as they learn basic math concepts.
Count the buzzing bees, jumping crickets, and glowing fireflies. How many are there? Introduce young learners to skip counting and early STEM themes with this exciting title!
Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text help students build their math content knowledge and develop oral language skills as they describe what is happening in each image.
An engaging Problem Solving activity enhances the learning experience and promotes mathematical reasoning.
Math Talk features questions that develop students' speaking and listening skills.
This math reader will engage kindergarten students in reading as they learn basic math concepts.
Introduce beginning readers to the concept of comparing groups with this beautifully illustrated book! Kindergartners will be engaged as they compare traditional dance costumes from countries such as New Zealand, Cuba, Ireland, Japan, and Nigeria.
Vivid photographs help students build their math content knowledge and develop oral language skills as they describe what is happening in each image.
An engaging Problem Solving activity enhances the learning experience and promotes mathematical reasoning.
Math Talk features questions that develop students' speaking and listening skills.
This exciting title will engage students in reading as they learn basic math concepts.
Count the dogs, cats, snakes, and guinea pigs! Introduce beginning readers to the concept of comparing groupswith this beautifully illustrated book. Kindergartners will be engaged as they compare groups of pets using inequalities.
Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text help students build their math content knowledge and develop oral language skills as they describe what is happening in each image.
An engaging Problem Solving activity enhances the learning experience and promotes mathematical reasoning.
Math Talk features questions that develop students' speaking and listening skills.
This math reader will engage kindergarteners in reading as they learn basic math concepts.
Count and sort the different types of shoes! Introduce beginning readers to classifying and sorting with this brightly illustrated book. Kindergartners will be engaged as they sort boots, sandals, and sneakers by color, size, and height.
Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text help students build their math content knowledge and develop oral language skills as they describe what is happening in each image.
An engaging Problem Solving activity enhances the learning experience and promotes mathematical reasoning.
Math Talk features questions that develop students' speaking and listening skills.
This fiction book will engage kindergarteners in reading as they learn basic math concepts.
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Lexile: 270L
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