Life in a Cube

How much life can fit in one cubic foot? Photographer David Liittschwager and zoologist Chris Meyer learned the answer is: quite a lot! Learn how studying life in just one cubic foot can teach us about life on the entire planet.

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, the arts, and math
• Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
• Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy

Saving Migratory Birds

Migration has huge benefits for birds, but the benefits of migration come at a cost. Learn how ornithologists are using modern technology to help these long-distance travelers. 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, the arts, and math
• Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
• Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy

Digging Up Dinosaurs

Many people go to museums to see dinosaur fossils. But visitors would never get to see these displays without the work of paleontologists. They locate fossils, dig them up, and send them to a lab to be cleaned and preserved. Museum curators decide how to best display huge dinosaur bones. Learn how scientists use technology to bring these ancient fossils into the modern 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, the arts, and math
• Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
• Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy

Inka Terraces

The Inka were master farmers, builders, and planners who lived in the Andes Mountains. This challenging environment required the Inka to develop innovative engineering solutions in order to farm, live, and thrive. Today, people still marvel at the awesome Inka. Learn how engineers are turning to the past for ideas on how to solve modern-day problems!

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, the arts, and math
• Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
• Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy

Designing National Parks

Visitors from across the country and around the world flock to U.S. national parks to explore their beauty. Little do they know that the National Park Service (NPS) has been guiding and enhancing their experience for more than 100 years. The NPS's mission is to protect and preserve important places. Learn how the NPS proves time and again that it is up to the job.

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, the arts, and math
• Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
• Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy

Living and Working in Space

What is it like to eat, sleep, and work in space? Find out as you read about life in a space station orbiting above Earth! Discover how astronauts function in a challenging environment that includes weightlessness, cramped quarters, and zero privacy.

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, the arts, and math
• Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
• Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy

Making Music with Magnets

Magnets are the sparks that bring electric guitars to life! Learn how the guitar has changed over time and how it has impacted music. You'll also learn how electromagnets work and what they're made of. Follow the current to learn more about the world of making music with magnets!

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, the arts, and math
• Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
• Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy

Color-Changing Cephalopods

Imagine changing the color of your skin or even your shape in an instant. If you were a cephalopod, you wouldn't have to imagine it--you could to it! Scientists are closely studying them to learn how to mimic their amazing changeability." Just don't blink! Things may change before your eyes.

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, the arts, and math
• Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
• Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy

Thomas Edison: Lighting a Revolution

Humans are dependent on electricity. Every day, we flip switches, tap screens, and reap the benefits of this technology. But how did it all start? Thomas Edison created an electric light bulb that changed how people lived. All it takes is one spark of inspiration to light up 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, the arts, 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 Science of Glass

The unique properties of glass make it the perfect material for science. It has been used in laboratories for centuries. Glass containers like test tubes and Petri dishes help scientists do important research. Learn how something as simple as glass has played a huge role in scientific exploration.

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, the arts, 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 Art and Science of Skateboarding

Leap back into history and see the first skateboards in action. Investigate the how and the why behind the modern skateboard's design. Then, watch science in action as we break down the ins and outs of popular skateboard tricks. The skateboarding world is full of dazzling tricks and dynamic science!

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, the arts, and math
• Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
• Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy

Guided by Stars

Ancient Polynesians were some of the best navigators in history. They sailed double-hulled outrigger canoes across great distances and settled in all the major islands in the Pacific Ocean hundreds of years before Europeans arrived. Learn how they did all of this using only the stars, sky, and ocean as their guides!

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, the arts, and math
• Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
• Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy

Plant Invaders

Little green aliens have invaded the planet! No, not space invaders from Mars. These are plant invaders. Sure, they look harmless. But invasive species can wreak havoc on ecosystems. Learn how people are working to slow the invasion and restore landscapes to their natural beauty--and what you can do to help!

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, the arts, and math
• Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
• Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy

Making an Ocean Ecosystem

Aquariums allow people to explore underwater environments while keeping their feet on dry land. Learn how aquariums are created and how both their tiniest and mightiest members play big roles in these underwater worlds!

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, the arts, and math
• Career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields
• Dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy

At the Bakery

Learn high-frequency words while reading about the delicious desserts found at a bakery! This book features six high-frequency words paired with simple images to form meaningful sentences, aiding in memorization and engagement. Through repetition and multiple exposures to each word, emerging readers will achieve mastery of these Fry words: she, would, like, to, make, and a. The bright images and clever text bring the words to life, capturing the attention of first grade students. Bring the joy of independent reading to children while introducing them to nonfiction content.

Fun with Blocks

Learn high-frequency words while reading about the things that can be created with building blocks! This book features six high-frequency words paired with simple images to form meaningful sentences, aiding in memorization and engagement. Through repetition and multiple exposures to each word, emerging readers will achieve mastery of these Fry words: she, would, like, to, make, and a. The bright images and clever text bring the words to life, capturing the attention of first grade students. Bring the joy of independent reading to children while introducing them to nonfiction content.

On a Hot Day

Learn high-frequency words while reading about the things that help us get through a hot summer day! This book features seven high-frequency words paired with simple images to form meaningful sentences, aiding in memorization and engagement. Through repetition and multiple exposures to each word, emerging readers will achieve mastery of these Fry words: can, some, use, day, who, on, and this. The bright images and clever text bring the words to life, capturing the attention of first grade students. Bring the joy of independent reading to children while introducing them to nonfiction content.

On a Cold Day

Learn high-frequency words while reading about the things that help us get through a cold winter day! This book features seven high-frequency words paired with simple images to form meaningful sentences, aiding in memorization and engagement. Through repetition and multiple exposures to each word, emerging readers will achieve mastery of these Fry words: can, some, use, day, who, on, and this. The bright images and clever text bring the words to life, capturing the attention of first grade students. Bring the joy of independent reading to children while introducing them to nonfiction content.

To the Beach

Learn high-frequency words while reading about the fun things you can do on a trip to the beach! This book features six high-frequency words paired with simple images to form meaningful sentences, aiding in memorization and engagement. Through repetition and multiple exposures to each word, emerging readers will achieve mastery of these Fry words: when, we, will, go, to and the. The bright images and clever text bring the words to life, capturing the attention of first grade students. Bring the joy of independent reading to children while introducing them to nonfiction content.

To the Park

Learn high-frequency words while reading about the fun things you can do at the park! This book features six high-frequency words paired with simple images to form meaningful sentences, aiding in memorization and engagement. Through repetition and multiple exposures to each word, emerging readers will achieve mastery of these Fry words: when, we, will, go, to and the. The bright images and clever text bring the words to life, capturing the attention of first grade students. Bring the joy of independent reading to children while introducing them to nonfiction content.

Bathtime!

Learn high-frequency words while reading about the things needed to take a bath! This book features seven high-frequency words paired with simple images to form meaningful sentences, aiding in memorization and engagement. Through repetition and multiple exposures to each word, emerging readers will achieve mastery of these Fry words: the, and, find, go, some, by, and water. The bright images and clever text bring the words to life, capturing the attention of first grade students. Bring the joy of independent reading to children while introducing them to nonfiction content.