Social Sciences

This Level 1 guided reader examines how people celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about Cinco de Mayo activities, music, and food.

This Level 1 guided reader examines how people celebrate Arbor Day. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about how and why we celebrate Arbor Day.

This Level 1 guided reader examines how and why we plant gardens in spring. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about the change in weather that makes spring the best season for growing a garden full of different...

This Level 1 guided reader explores the concept of seasonal changes in weather. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about the changes in spring weather we can see and feel.

This book relays the factual details of the Salem witch trials that took place in colonial Massachusetts in the late 1600s. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a minister, an...

This Level 1 guided reader discusses human activities during seasonal change. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about what people do, see, and eat in spring.

This Level 1 guided reader examines seasonal animal behaviors. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about how animals respond to spring changes, including mating and preparing for and caring for babies.

This Level 1 guided reader examines plants that blossom in spring. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about flowering plants of spring, including lilacs and apple trees.

This Level 1 guided reader examines how people celebrate Earth Day. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about why we celebrate Earth Day and activities we do to celebrate.

This Level 1 guided reader examines how people celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about Cinco de Mayo activities, music, and food.

This Level 1 guided reader examines how people celebrate Arbor Day. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about how and why we celebrate Arbor Day.

This Level 1 guided reader examines how and why we plant gardens in spring. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about the change in weather that makes spring the best season for growing a garden full of different...

This Level 1 guided reader explores the concept of seasonal changes in weather. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about the changes in spring weather we can see and feel.

Learn how scientists were inspired by locusts to create advanced anti-collision systems for automobiles.

Learn about the similarities between cat eyes and reflectors.

Learn how sharkskin has helped scientists create more effective swimsuits.

Learn how scientists have looked toward the kingfisher for inspiration in making high-speed trains quieter.

Learn how birds inspired inventors to create gliders, balloons, and airplanes.

Lean about the similarities between radar technology and a bat's built-in echolocation system.

Learn how woodpeckers have inspired scientists to create new and improved helmet technology.