Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Technology - General

In this inspirational storybook written in rhyme, Annabelle asks "Why do we look, the way that we do? With hands and feet, in neat sets of two? What made my eyes? And what made my nose? And the shape of my body, from my head to my toes?" A wise owl answers with the amazing story of Darwinian evolution, and perhaps more importantly, what we can learn from it: to be kind to one another, as we are all related in the same family tree.

THE ADVENTURES OF WALLY WATERDROP will offer up a great opportunity to show young curious children how nature works when it comes to the rain that falls so often from the sky. It is a natural occurrence that we don't give much thought to except when it hinders outdoor activities or it may mean we can splash in the puddles with our rain gear on. We see of course, that it comes falling down from the sky, but then where does it go and why is there is an endless supply of it. Young curious minds will find that in reading this educational book they will discover things about the water drops that...

New York Times bestselling authors Bill Nye the Science Guy and Gregory Mone take middle-grade readers on a scientific adventure in the launch of an exciting new chapter book series, Jack and the Geniuses. The perfect combination to engage and entertain readers, the series features real-world science along with action and a mystery that will leave kids guessing until the end, making these books ideal for STEM education.

In the series opener, Jack and the Geniuses: At The Bottom of The World, readers meet Jack and his foster siblings, Ava and Matt, who are orphans. But...

On Lucy's first day of second grade, she's excited to meet her new teacher, Miss Flippo, and find out everything's she's going to learn about this year in school. And when Miss Flippo tells the class that they're going to have their very own science lab, complete with lab coats and goggles, Lucy can't wait to start exploring.

But one thing is troubling her. The tree that sat outside her first grade classroom all year is gone. Where are the squirrels going to live?
Inspired by her classroom lab, Lucy starts her own research mission to find out what happened to the tree, and then to...

Autumn has arrived, and at Granite City Elementary School everyone is gearing up for the biggest and best event of the year, the Harvest Festival. The whole school is excited about the games, the contests, the food, and, most of all, the costumes Everyone except Lucy. She doesn't like dressing up, and has no desire to be a fairy princess or rock star, even for one day.

But Lucy is excited about the new science unit Miss Flippo has started: the states of matter. Lucy and her friends understand solids and liquids. They're easy. But gasses are more difficult to grasp.

When the class...

Teen friends, 'Tech-whiz' Tina and 'Digital' Dave unleash the super powers of a Magic Computer and go Beyond-Known-Cyberspace in an attempt to stop the Web's master-criminal from turning everything into 'ONE BIG VIDEO GAME'

Trickle, an ancient water drop, likes to think if himself as a magician. After all, he has been disappearing and reappearing in the water cycle for billions of years. While Trickle is waiting for recycle again, he explains how the earth's amazing Water Cycle works. Then, poof He's gone

Go an alphabetic adventure with two astronauts as they explore the mysteries of space

Charlie is recruited to use his mathematical prowess to discover what happened to a box of stolen moon rocks in this follow up to Bringing Down the Mouse.

Charlie Lewis is really good at math. So good, that he's approached by a mysterious woman who needs his help. The woman is carrying an incredible item: an actual moon rock, one of the most valuable objects on Earth, and she's investigating the theft of a box of moon rocks from NASA's vault at the Johnson Space Center, and believes the stolen rocks are now in the possession of a former astronaut.

Although she claims to...

STEM Labs for Life Science by Mark Twain includes 26 fun, integrated labs that help students understand concepts such as:

-life

-human body systems

-ecosystems

This middle school life science book encourages students to collaborate and communicate to solve real-world problems.

The STEM Labs for Life Science book for sixth-eighth grades features introductory materials to explain STEM education concepts and provides materials for instruction and assessment. Correlated to meet current state standards, each lab combines the following essential STEM concepts:...

An African hippo gets his foot stuck in the mud, and lots of animals try to help, but even the biggest and strongest is unable. The hippo needs your help to get free.

Your child will delight in this interactive book, which makes them the hero of the story--the child's name and gender can be written in the blank spaces provided. The moral of the story is learning to use your intellect--and engineering knowledge--rather than brawn to solve this sloshy, mucky problem.

There's some information about the concept of leverage, a group game and a comprehension questionnaire at the...

"The melty summer sun hung hot overhead. Abigail Ann, known by all as Abby, could feel it beat warmly on her back."
A fun and colorful story about a young girl who rescues an injured frog on a busy bike path, and then uses her ingenuity to design a lasting solution so no more frogs get hurt.
Written by female Oxford conservation biologist, Hunter Doughty, and illustrated by emerging artist Sarah Wood, Abigail Ann is at the locus of science education and art communication. It seeks to empower children with the confidence to think and act scientifically - one frog and bikepath at a...

In a quiet wood, a gray squirrel declares war on the machines that invade his wood, threatening his nest and tree. Taught words and how to use simple machines like the wheel by a young boy who names him Jack, the squirrel shares what he's learned with the other animals. Hoping to convince the woodland animals to fight with him, Jack has a new problem; the humans are now very interested in him. Even if Jack wins the battle, will he lose the war?

Take your child on an adventure across the solar system with Rikki & the Rocket Twins. Discover this curious little girl and her colorful friends as they meet for the first time to go on a fun-filled trip to each planet. Written for children 3 and up, this book puts you and your child into outer space at the helm of the Discovery Rocket Hear what Parents are saying: "My five-year-old got really excited to learn something unexpected about each planet. The images in this book are so vibrant and funny, he loved Timbo's antics." - Natalie P. "My son and I have started talking about the planets...

Silicon Valerie always knew that she wanted to be a star. But she never seemed to get the big roles. Until one day, when she joined a new electron juggling act called "The Semiconductors." Join Silicon Valerie and her friends at Element School as they react with the world around them. Inspired by Roger Hargreaves's Mr. Men and Little Miss books, and by the periodic table, Silicon Valerie would be a creative addition to an early elementary school STEM curriculum.

What You Believe, Can Destroy You William and Sydney have sacrificed everything to fortify their love, so much so that William dares to brave the depths of space to find a cure for their deadly Supernova bond, leaving both her and Earth vulnerable to Torrian Alliance attack. But with a full scale rebellion in play on Fabricius, the reality of Sydney's execution from Torrian hands is diminished, only eclipsed by the certainty of a more threats - The Third Faction and The Dagmas Clan - lead by Dominic and his insurgent recruits. With overwhelming odds mounting against them, William makes a...

What Would You Choose: Love or Duty? As the Torrian Alliance continues its age-old mission of hunting down Star-children, King Gregorio Derry reluctantly agrees to send his only son, William, to planet Earth on a mission to bring honor back to the Royal Family name. The target: Sydney, a young teenage girl, unaware of her alien heritage. When an unforeseen accident delays the assassination, William begins to realize a connection forming with Sydney and struggles to follow through with his orders. With the fear of Civil War imminent back home, William must make the ultimate choice between his...

WHAT YOU CHOOSE, BECOMES YOU... Against everything he had known as truth, William has made the choice to protect Sydney from the forces seeking to destroy her. But just as these two Starcrossed lovers are beginning to explore their relationship and search for answers to the mysteries of Sydney's existence, she advances to the next stage of her Star-child evolution-Supernova-and struggles not only to control her new powers, but also the emotions for her new love. William seeks to find the truth behind Sydney's erratic behavior, while overcoming the new threat headed to Earth to destroy them....

After getting a video camera for her fourteenth birthday, Kasey Madrid enters film contest and chooses her town's 300th anniversary celebration as a subject. All is well until the town's time capsule is unearthed empty, prompting Kasey to investigate. Things get even stranger when she begins to see someone in her camera no one else can see. That "someone" turns out to be Marion Gibson, the town's former historian, who went into a coma-like state when the time capsule was buried and whose memories are now trapped in time. Kasey researches the town historians and reveals their 300 year-old...