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Muddy Creek in Edgewater, Maryland is the site of a major makeover. The land around the stream has worn down. Find out what caused Muddy Creek to erode, and the many steps involved in saving it. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process and is perfect for makerspace activities. It makes STEAM career connections by...

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...

Albores del año 1875. Las familias de Luigi y Luigia dejan su caserío alpino y se unen a la marea emigratoria. ¡Les sobraban razones para arriesgarlo todo! En realidad era muy poco lo que dejaban atrás. Sus brazos y sus sueños eran sus mayores y únicos tesoros. Lo demás se daría por añadidura, o no... Junto a Giovanni Battista y Angela se unen a la reciente fundación de la colonia Villa Libertad, en el noreste entrerriano. ¡Todo está por hacerse! El lector está invitado a recorrer el desafiante y apasionante itinerario histórico y biográfico de estas dos familias vénetas en...

Faulkner, adem�s de haber sido el innovador de una forma de narrar que ha infl uido poderosamente en las generaciones que le han continuado, fue el cronista de los m�s notables hechos, costumbres y personajes de su tierra. Luz de agosto es una de las obras m�s representativas de un hombre que, trabajando sobre la historia y haciendo campear la imaginaci�n, logr� convertirse en uno de los escritores m�s importantes de este siglo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, features some of Faulkner's most memorable characters: guileless,...

A simple introduction to the work of teachers, including the different types, equipment used, training, daily life, and other aspects of their job.