At Home on the Ranch

Simple text and color photographs show what life is like on a ranch, covering cattle, corrals, roundups, and other topics.

"Provides clues about an owl's physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats in a guessing game format."--From source other than the Library of Congress

This starter volume uses everyday examples such as a baseball and a beach ball to demonstrate the contrast between hard and soft objects.

Let's explore the diverse biomes and geography that covers the vast expanse of Canada! This book also highlights the different animals that inhabit this country as well as Canada's most popular sports. Language arts connection is vocabulary related to Canada, its varied landforms, and inhabitants.

Who were the earliest Americans? When, how, and from where did they enter and spread across the continent? And what is their relationship to modern Native Americans? Anthropologists develop theories to answer these questions based on the evidence they discover. Their theories—and the discoveries that prove and disprove them—are highlighted in this fascinating volume, full of awe-inspiring facts and incredible breakthroughs. Readers will feel like anthropologists and archaeologists themselves as they read about bones and artifacts, and what they reveal about the ancient cultures that roamed...

Mathematics constitutes ideal material for exercising the art of learning and thinking. For this it is necessary that the classroom has a stimulating atmosphere which requires determined attitudes and beliefs. The book combines theory and practice and responds to questions such as these: to think in the mathematics class? on what does the knowledge of solving problems really consist of? what are the beliefs and which are the most common ones among the students? how to diagnose, evaluate and, in some cases to modify, the systems of beliefs of the pupil?).

"Tengo derecho a expresarme" examina el derecho de todos los niños a expresar su opinión y a tomar partida en aquello que afecte a sus vidas, dondequiera que vivan y ya sean pobres, no tengan hogar, sean discapacitados o deban trabajar para sobrevivir. Examina los obstáculos que a veces los niños tienen que superar para lograr este derecho.