Ingeniería: Hazañas y fracasos (Engineering: Feats & Failures)

With every new feat, there is at least one big failure. Learn about some of the biggest technological feats and failures in human history in this fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title that allows readers to discover some of the technological innovations that have made life easier. Featuring detailed images, charts, and graphs, informational text, and intriguing facts, children will be engaged and captivated from cover to cover!

Discover the history of the space race in this riveting, Spanish-translated nonfiction title! Elementary readers will learn about the Kennedy Space Station, the Cold War, Sputnik, the first astronauts and cosmonauts to make it into space, and the first landing on the moon. Through captivating images, informational text, and impressive facts, readers will be enthralled and inspired by the amazing accomplishments that occurred during the race to space! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Readers are given helpful information about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, including narcotics, hallucinogens, and prescription medications in this Spanish-translated nonfiction book. Through detailed images, diagrams, informational text, an index, a glossary of terms, and a list of websites that provide additional information, readers are given the tools and information they need to educate themselves about addiction, drug abuse, the health and social issues that drugs and alcohol can cause, and how to say no to peer pressure.

Muchos estudiantes universitarios se preguntan en algún momento: ¿sería interesante adquirir una preparación que complemente la de mis estudios?, ¿en qué aspectos?, ¿de qué tipo? Todos los recién graduados se hacen a sí mismos preguntas como: — ¿Qué hago? — ¿Me dedico a tiempo total a buscar trabajo? — ¿Dónde y cómo buscarlo? — ¿Recurro al autoempleo? A unos y a otros, este libro, con una dimensión claramente práctica, les ayudará a orientar su carrera y a complementarla con la formación que el mundo laboral les exige, así como en el aprendizaje de las mejores...

Introducing chemical and biological concepts, this book explains what occurs in the body when a person plays, trains, or participates in an athletic event and allows the reader to understand that sports are not only a question of muscles, but of lungs, bones, chemical reactions, intelligence, and, naturally, a lot of heart.

La conjugación alcohol y adolescencia es una preocupación constante que aparece cíclicamente en el interés social. En algunas ocasiones se visibiliza como un problema de orden público, en otros se acentúa como un problema educativo, en otras ocasiones coge fuerza la visión de salud pública. Todas son ciertas, pero parciales e incompletas si no se aúnan todas las visiones en una interpretación más omnicomprensiva del fenómeno del consumo de alcohol juvenil. Ello es especialmente necesario cuando se trata de buscar soluciones o programas preventivos de impacto en la población...

Healthy Habits is a collection of four stories featuring the Chiminis, fictitious characters that live in the forest and are as small as pine cones. In each story, one of the Chiminis has an adventure that highlights the importance of hygiene, a good diet, and exercise, and offers general health advice.