Kirjahaku

Major earthquakes happen about once per month The frequency of these natural disasters, and the extensive damage major earthquakes can cause, make them vital for young learners to understand. This book can be their guide With engaging and accessible language, it covers key ideas related to earthquakes, including what causes them, where they happen, the worst earthquakes in history, and what people have learned about the best ways to stay safe. Complete with vivid images, sidebars, and graphic organizers, this title is sure to provide students with a lasting--and potentially lifesaving--comprehension of these powerful natural disasters.

While fire is a part of nature, it can quickly spiral into a deadly natural disaster. Fires have been growing in intensity and frequency due to climate change, making it more imperative than ever that students understand these forces of nature. This book introduces young readers to key facts about fires, including how they start, how they spread, and some of the worst the world has seen. Sidebars and graphic organizers enhance the engaging and accessible text. The facts and information in this valuable title provide young readers with an enduring awareness of dangers associated with fire, and the importance of having strategies to stay safe.

A wall of water that can be more than 100 feet (30.5 m) tall may sound unimaginable, but tsunamis are among the strongest and most destructive of Earth's natural events, making them critical for young learners to understand. This book offers key facts about how tsunamis form, where they form, and what some of the deadliest past tsunamis have taught people about preparing for these natural disasters. This volume also includes colorful images, compelling sidebars, graphic organizers, and text that is carefully written to be accessible to young readers.

Coding can lead young learners on a path to an empowering and lucrative career. The smartphone app Hopscotch(R) allows kids to learn to code through games that stimulate their problem-solving skills and creativity. This engaging title breaks down how readers can learn to code in even just a few minutes from Hopscotch's innovative activities, which involve building games, animations, and more. This text features visuals from the Hopscotch app and colorful photographs, in addition to helpful graphic organizers and stimulating sidebars. These elements keep readers interested and inspire them to further their knowledge of coding, logic, and other STEM concepts.

Coding is becoming increasingly valuable as our world continues to go digital. This stimulating title will help readers learn a fun way to jumpstart their coding abilities: Lego Mindstorms(R) The Lego Mindstorms program allows kids to learn coding by programming a robot that has its own personality and traits. This book includes visuals and eye-catching photos, in addition to carefully crafted sidebars, captions, and graphic organizers that all explain features of Lego Mindstorms, such as its perceptive drag-and-drop system. This system not only helps kids build entertaining robots and remote controllers, but also learn lifelong STEM skills such as logic and problem-solving *The LEGO name and products, including MINDSTORMS and WeDo, are trademarks of the LEGO Group, and their use in this book does not imply a recommendation or endorsement of this title by the Lego Group.

Learning to code can lead students to careers that are well-paid and in demand--and it can be fun Lego WeDo(R) makes coding entertaining for elementary school-age students to learn. This engaging title explains how Lego WeDo kits and software allow aspiring coders and engineers to design and program their own creations. The text is carefully crafted to make the complex topics of coding more approachable. It also features engaging sidebars, visuals, captions, and graphic organizers. With the knowledge from this text, readers will be ready to use Lego WeDo to build valuable coding and STEM skills *The LEGO name and products, including MINDSTORMS and WeDo, are trademarks of the LEGO Group, and their use in this book does not imply a recommendation or endorsement of this book by the Lego Group.

Minecraft(R) is a remarkably popular program among kids and adults alike Its ability to allow users to create and journey through worlds made from their own imagination continues to captivate. This engaging text will reveal the logic, coding, and STEM skills that Minecraft can also provide to users with text that is carefully crafted for young readers. It will specifically break down how "redstone" blocks introduce and reinforce coding principles. This volume also features graphic organizers and stimulating sidebars that strengthen the comprehension of coding concepts. *Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang (a game development studio owned by Microsoft Technology Corporation), and its use in this book does not imply a recommendation or endorsement of this title by Mojang or Microsoft.

Python(R) is a programming language that is designed to make coding more readable with fewer lines of code, and for these reasons, it has become one of the most popular of all coding languages. This exciting title breaks down the complexities of Python into concepts that are approachable for elementary readers. Stimulating sidebars, eye-catching photos, and engaging graphic organizers enhance the manageable text. Equipped with the concepts in this title, future computer programmers and engineers can learn how to begin a journey to mastering Python and other valuable science, technology, engineering, and math abilities

Raspberry Pi(R) allows future computer scientists and programmers to learn important computer science and coding concepts using a single-board computer This engaging title explains how this device can be used to learn coding with programming languages such as Python, Ruby, or Scratch, leading students to the empowering feat of creating their own functioning mini computers. The text is carefully crafted to break down complex concepts for middle elementary readers and also features exciting sidebars, eye-catching photos, and engaging graphic organizers. *Raspberry Pi is a trademark of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Use of the Raspberry Pi name in this book does not imply a recommendation or endorsement of this title by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

Major earthquakes happen about once per month The frequency of these natural disasters, and the extensive damage major earthquakes can cause, make them vital for young learners to understand. This book can be their guide With engaging and accessible language, it covers key ideas related to earthquakes, including what causes them, where they happen, the worst earthquakes in history, and what people have learned about the best ways to stay safe. Complete with vivid images, sidebars, and graphic organizers, this title is sure to provide students with a lasting--and potentially lifesaving--comprehension of these powerful natural disasters.

While fire is a part of nature, it can quickly spiral into a deadly natural disaster. Fires have been growing in intensity and frequency due to climate change, making it more imperative than ever that students understand these forces of nature. This book introduces young readers to key facts about fires, including how they start, how they spread, and some of the worst the world has seen. Sidebars and graphic organizers enhance the engaging and accessible text. The facts and information in this valuable title provide young readers with an enduring awareness of dangers associated with fire, and the importance of having strategies to stay safe.

Flooding is one of the most common natural disasters in the United States, and it has happened in nearly every country worldwide. Climate change is causing flooding to become more intense and frequent. This book describes key ideas related to floods including what causes them, where the worst floods happen, and why floods can be deadly. This book also features striking images, engaging sidebars, graphic organizers, and text carefully crafted to be accessible to young readers. Facts about history's deadliest floods also help young readers understand what these events have taught people about the best ways to stay safe and prevent floods in the future.

Every year, hurricanes tear through tropical areas. While some are minor, others claim lives and cause billions of dollars in damage. Research shows that climate change is making hurricanes stronger. This means it has never been more important for children to learn about these natural disasters. This valuable volume not only covers key ideas related to understanding hurricanes, such as where and how they form, but also what the worst hurricanes in history have taught people about the best ways to prepare and stay safe. Dramatic images, compelling sidebars, graphic organizers, and text carefully crafted for young readers allow this text to be a memorable complement to Earth science curriculum.

A wall of water that can be more than 100 feet (30.5 m) tall may sound unimaginable, but tsunamis are among the strongest and most destructive of Earth's natural events, making them critical for young learners to understand. This book offers key facts about how tsunamis form, where they form, and what some of the deadliest past tsunamis have taught people about preparing for these natural disasters. This volume also includes colorful images, compelling sidebars, graphic organizers, and text that is carefully written to be accessible to young readers.

Python(R) is a programming language that is designed to make coding more readable with fewer lines of code, and for these reasons, it has become one of the most popular of all coding languages. This exciting title breaks down the complexities of Python into concepts that are approachable for elementary readers. Stimulating sidebars, eye-catching photos, and engaging graphic organizers enhance the manageable text. Equipped with the concepts in this title, future computer programmers and engineers can learn how to begin a journey to mastering Python and other valuable science, technology, engineering, and math abilities

Ruby(R) is a computer programming language that is in high demand, and is luckily designed to be fairly easy to use and learn In fact, it has even been described as learning to code "in English." This engaging title introduces readers to this valuable coding language and how it is more approachable by using blocks of text that are primarily plain English. This volume also features carefully crafted text for middle elementary readers, supplemented with stimulating sidebars and graphic organizers. After reading this title, students may find Ruby opens the door to a rewarding future coding career