Exploremos los minerales de la Tierra (Exploring Earth's Minerals)

When winter hits, many people in colder climates spend most of their time indoors. But what do wild animals do? Some animals spend winters hibernating. Beginning readers will learn what hibernation is, why some animals hibernate and others don't, and how hibernating animals prepare for their long sleep. Full-color photographs grab readers' attention and allow them to draw connections to the narrative. Readers will love learning about this mysterious, restful time in some animals' lives.

The rock cycle has been taking place for millions of years. However, geologists have only known about this phenomenon for about 300 years. Young terrestrial explorers are introduced to different types of rocks, where in the cycle these rocks fit, and where in Earth's layers each step takes place. Fact boxes provide readers with fun additional information. A diagram helps readers make sense of the new information they're learning.

Al examinar las Autonom-as espaolas, lo primero que llama la atencin es que han multiplicado el nmero de pol-ticos y de funcionarios necesarios para que funcione -aunque sea mal- el mastodntico Estado autonmico. El principal inconveniente de la autonom-a territorial es su alt-simo coste, no siempre justificable, que se agrava porque la falta de control estatal facilita los despilfarros de los gobernantes de las CC.AA., quienes acaban financindose con una deuda pblica que ha llegado a ser inasumible, y que pone en peligro tanto la supervivencia de la propia autonom-a territorial como la...

Presents a variety of information on snakes, including the reproduction, the predators of the snake, and other behaviors of the snake.

Este libro perteneciente a la Colección "Niños Artesanos", invita a niños y niñas a conocer la cultura Rapa Nui, a través de su cultura material, en específico, su artesanía, mostrando cada objeto y proponiendo su replicación con materiales de fácil acceso.

In an online world where the amount of information seems to increase exponentially even week to week, student researchers can find it an ever-greater challenge to distinguish credible, vetted content from hearsay and misinformation. This book on citing internet sources will help them determine which online sources are trustworthy and which are not. Its lively and engaging instructional tips will help readers successfully negotiate the vast landscape of information out there. They will produce quality research for papers now and beyond in their academic careers with skill and confidence.