John Perritano

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) have never been more important. Just about every part of our lives is touched by one or more of those fields. In this book, check out many stories from the world of Transportation, including these breaking headlines: Science: Will Electric Plane SUGAR Be a Sweet Ride? Technology: Yes . . . Thats a Flying Car Engineering: Building the Worlds Best Transport Tunnel Math: No MathNo Maglev: Counting on...

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) have never been more important. Just about every part of our lives is touched by one or more of those fields. In this book, check out many stories from the world of Forensics, including these breaking headlines: Science: Police Call in Anthropologists to ID Bodies Technology: Cracking the Xbox Code to Find Bad Guys Engineering: Crime ReconstructionEngineer Style! Math: Computer Algorithms Track Down...

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) have never been more important. Just about every part of our lives is touched by one or more of those fields. In this book, check out many stories from the world of Space Science, including these breaking headlines: Science: Terraforming: The Science of Planet Creation Technology: Japanese Spacecraft Sails on Solar Wings Engineering: New Space Telescope Will Be Strongest Yet Math: Math Wins Again!...

You want intense? How about riding your motorcycle through mud and muck, soaring over jumps, and battling the world's top racers? Motocross racing calls for guts, skill, and goggles! Learn all about the top riders, find out how the sport got started, and take a few laps with some world champions. This title will allow students to refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from...

Indigenous peoples, British settlers, recent immigrant groups: Australia's past-along with the vast continent it occupies-gives the country its unique character. The astounding beauty of the Great Barrier Reef; the Outback still home to many aborigines; the native instrument called the didgeridoo; world-class cities such as Melbourne and Sydney-these highlights and more are celebrated in this volume on Australia's customs and culture. Covering history...

Introduces Germany's culture and customs, discussing the nation's history, religion, family structure, cuisine, educational system, industries, arts and entertainment, and physical and social geography.

Emerging from segregation under apartheid, South Africa is a vibrant country in transition. African, European, and South Asian traditions form a complex society with much national pride. Its physical beauty and bounty-beaches and surf like none other, wine grown in high-quality vineyards, and some of the best game preserves in the world-add to the keen interest people take in the culture and custom of this fast-changing country. Covering history and...

Uranium is a powerful resource, but it is also a mixed blessing. Uranium can light a town or power a submarine, but it can also destroy a city. Areas around a nuclear power plant, which uses uranium to create its energy, can become dead zones if the nuclear reaction becomes unstable. And yet nuclear power can also be one of the cleanest sources of energy. The countries of North America have always had plentiful natural resources. But the exploitation...

Themes: Pilots, WWII, Nonfiction, Tween, Emergent Reader, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. World War II was coming. Soon the United States would join the war. Everyone knew it was a matter of time. African Americans wanted to fight for their country. They...

Looks at salt in the countries of North America, examining its natural history, use, technology, environmental impact, and economic significance. --Publisher's descrption.