Debajo de la Tierra/Debajo del Agua

Correlated to the science curriculum, our Spanish-language series describes how the types of homes that different animals build reflect adaptations to their environments. Through simple, easy-to-follow text, each volume looks at each type of home as a shelter from predators and weather and a place to store food and raise young. Young readers also learn how animal homes and human homes fulfill similar needs and functions.

Exploración espacial is one book in the Spanish-language Gran Atlas de la Ciencia series that covers today's most popular science topics, from digital TV to microchips to touchscreens and beyond. Perennial subjects in earth science, life science, and physical science are all explored in detail. Amazing graphics--more than 1,000 per title--combined with concise summaries help students understand complex subjects. Correlated to the science curriculum in grades 5-9, each title also contains a glossary with full definitions for vocabulary.

La configuración de las mercancías en unidades de carga es un factor clave para asegurar la calidad en el transporte y la manipulación de las mercancías. Este manual reúne los conceptos fundamentales acerca de la formación de las unidades de carga para su traslado en todos los modos de transporte, con el fin de garantizar que alcancen su destino en el momento previsto, en óptimas condiciones y con el mínimo costo. Se definen los elementos que otorgan seguridad y estabilidad a la unidad de carga, los envases y embalajes, las tipologías de las cargas y los tipos de unidades de carga,...

Imagine traveling at half the speed of a jet plane without ever leaving the ground! Students will discover the technology that makes such speeds possible, from special tracks and safety precautions to aerodynamically designed trains. What are the limits to the speed of trains? What imposes those limits? Students also will read about the future of passenger train travel, from flying trains to trains that use huge magnets to levitate inches or centimeters off the track. Some trains safely reach speeds of more than 200 mph!