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Makerspace Models

Create your own model-sized vehicles powered by balloons, rubber bands, and small motors. Step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and photographs guide readers through the building process, while informative text explains the science-aerodynamics, gravity, propulsion-behind them.

Makerspace Survival

Scorching deserts, freezing mountaintops, and predator-infested rain forests are no match for human ingenuity! Readers of this savvy series will learn how to engineer their way out of natureÎs deadliest environments. Makerspace and STEM activities push readersÎ problem-solving skills to new limits, and real-life scenarios immerse them in the learning experience and inspire creative solutions. Thrilling fact boxes entice readers with fascinating information about these dangerous locations.

Making a Difference

Making a Difference (12SL)

The Making a Difference series tells engaging, inspiring, and sometimes touching stories of people, organizations, and communities who are helping people, animals, and the planet. Each book profiles 12 stories about how people are making a difference in a respective area: animals, children, the community, after a disaster, education, immigrants and refugees, the planet, and seniors. Some work is on a national or global scale; other work is on a grassroots, local level. Readers will learn how others are trying to make the world a better place, and be inspired to do the same.

Making America Great: Immigrant Success Stories

America is known for welcoming immigrants, but not everyone knows how much immigrants have given back. They've led the nation's top baseball teams to the World Series. Many have served their communities in public office and others have made amazing scientific breakthroughs. Chances are that your favourite devices and apps have also benefited from immigrant know-how, as many of the tech whizzes in the U.S. hail from abroad. The contributions immigrants have made don't always make headlines, but the U.S. would be unrecognizable without them.

Making and using Graphs (Math Explorer Junior)

Making and Using Graphs employs bright illustrations and clear text to teach young readers how to create and use graphs to represent and analyze data. This series described single type of graphs and offer examples, as well as activities designed for readers to practice gathering and graphing data. A conclusion summarizes key concepts and suggests more graphing activities.

Making Good Choices

Friendships are hard, and relationships change as kids grow up. How would you respond? Each of these choose-your-own ending books allows the reader to make choices that lead to different outcomes, supporting social-emotional learning.

Making Math Work

People use math every day, whether in recipes, sports, music, or road construction. With an eye on real-world applications, the series Making Math Work offers an easygoing how-to guide for understanding the major branches of mathematics, from arithmetic to statistics. Each title introduces readers to the area of study through the ages before moving on to step-by-step processes, helpful hints, and common mathematical tools. Sample problems integrated throughout the text make for a progressive learning experience, complete with a detailed answer key and explanations.

Making Music

Making Music offers young readers a chance to experience a variety of musical instruments—before they even play a note! Labelled images assist in identification of common components as this series describes the featured instrument’s sounds and workings, including basic instruction on how to play it. A brief history of the instrument across world cultures puts it in context with others of its kind, and each title concludes with a spotlight on a famous musician who plays the instrument today.

Making Sense of Climate Change: Know Your Facts, Understand the Science, What Can We Do?

There's no Planet B. Climate change is happening, and no one is more ready to tackle this issue than kids. In recent times, discussion of climate change and its effects has begun to cause fear and anxiety in many young people. This new book-produced with assistance from the Royal Geographical Society of the UK-gives an evidence-based, informative, and calm overview of what's happened in Earth's past. This book also examines what's happening now, what could happen in the future, and what kids, adults, and governments worldwide can do to help protect our planet. Plenty of science mixed with practical tips will help everyone make sense of climate change.