Recuperar el arroyo Muddy (Restoring Muddy Creek)

Muddy Creek in Edgewater, Maryland is the site of a major makeover. The land around the stream has worn down. Find out what caused Muddy Creek to erode, and the many steps involved in saving it. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process and is perfect for makerspace activities. It makes STEAM career connections by...

Un libro con juegos de observación, de reflexión y actividades manuales que proponen una iniciación lúdica al arte. Juega con el arte es un libro-juego que inicia al niño en el mundo del arte. Sus objetivos son fomentar la curiosidad natural del niño, incrementar su confianza en sí mismo e iniciarlo en el mundo del arte

Este libro bilingüe (español/quechua) relata la vida y obra del maestro de arte tradicional Julio Gálvez, reconocido como personaje meritorio de la cultura peruana por su experticia en el tallado del alabastro o piedra de Huamanga, patrimonio cultural de la nación. "Julio era observador. Le gustaba admirar el lugar de trabajo de los artistas ayacuchanos y como ellos, con mucha paciencia y presión, iban tallando la piedra hasta formar hermosas esculturas. Nos lo cuenta la autora como lo haría su maestra de primaria o una amiguita de Julio, y, gracias a ella, conocemos los orígenes, la...

The underlying theme of Three Centuries of Greek Culture under the Roman Empire is the idea that, under Roman rule, Greek culture was still alive and dynamic and continued to exert a degree of cultural domination, either real or apparent. So, we hope to analyse the meanings of concepts such as “Greek” or “Greece” in the Empire. Are we right to assume that there was a clear opposition between Greek and Roman? Or would it be more accurate to speak of a “Graeco-Roman world”? It would certainly be possible to make a list of “elements of identity”, on both sides —Greek and...

Climb aboard for a journey into the world of trains! In this fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title, readers learn about the history of trains, the different uses for them, and the different types and parts including freight cars, box cars, passenger cars, and the caboose. With detailed photos, informative text, and intriguing facts, this book will have readers delighted from cover to cover!