Children’s / Teenage general interest: Discovery and exploration

¿Cómo saben las plantas que es hora de florecer?

Angus and his family are sent from Scotland in 1813 on a voyage to start a new life in the strange and cruel new land of western Canada.

Angus and his family are sent from Scotland in 1813 on a voyage to start a new life in the strange and cruel new land of western Canada.

The sun, furnaces, and ovens all make heat.

Bizarre creatures are floating around in our oceans-squishy, slimy, spiky-headed monsters.

Earth is changing every day.

Two thousand years ago, disaster struck the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

Rapidly increasing sea levels are endangering coastal wildlife and contributing to major floods worldwide.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe and landed on a Caribbean island in what he thought was India.

The son of a traveling merchant, Marco Polo spent his early years among the ports of Venice, Italy.

In 1607, Henry Hudson set sail in search of the Northwest Passage.

Discover how adaptations make the ocean a perfect habitat for whales, lobsters, sea horses, and many, many more animals.

On Easter in 1722, a fleet of Dutch ships exploring the southeastern Pacific Ocean came across a small island that at first seemed uninhabited.

In August 2011, an expedition in the Gobi Desert region of Mongolia uncovered a long-forgotten section of the Great Wall of China.

You probably know that electricity powers your computer and other electronics.

In 1493, Juan Ponce de Leon joined Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World.

In 1540, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado marched from northern Mexico in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola, reputed to hold great treasures.

Desde los lagos hasta las nubes, hasta la lluvia que cae de nuevo a la Tierra, descubra cómo el agua cambia a través de diversos procesos para formar el ciclo del agua.

Solids, liquids, and gases are the three states of matter.

In 1666, Sieur de La Salle left France and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to New France, a colony in present-day Canada.

Five thousand years ago, someone (or a lot of someones) shaped and assembled a group of 25-ton rocks in southwest England.

Fish swim and ducks paddle.

Make a robot from a toothbrush, send Morse code messages by telegraph, and create your own lightning!

La Tierra está compuesta en casi un 70 % por agua.

People, animals, machines, and wind all make sounds.

You know that magnets hold pictures on a refrigerator.

Follow four centuries of discovery and change, from the moment people set out to explore the world to turbulent times when it turned upside down-even for the people who stayed home!

In 1911 an American explorer came across an ancient city hidden high in the Andes Mountains of Peru.

Electricity powers lights, computers, and television sets.

From lakes, to clouds, to rain that falls back to Earth-discover how water changes through various processes to form the water cycle.

Learn about different states of matter by examining water as liquid, solid, and gas.

Beginning readers explore the water cycle, following water as it goes from vapor to clouds, falls to Earth as rain, joins oceans and rivers, and evaporates to complete the cycle.

How does water from a river turn into a raindrop?

Racism and profit were driving forces in the growth of slavery.

La Tierra está compuesta en casi un 70 % por agua.

From cyber worlds to nano-technology, discover an array of always-changing technologies.

From cyber worlds to nano-technology, discover an array of always-changing technologies.

The sun, lightbulbs, and flickering fires all bring light to our world.

Massive pyramids tower over the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt.

Imagine having the superpower to control things with your mind.

Have you ever tried to invent something?

Water is essential to life on our planet.

In 1504, Hernan Cortes left Spain for the Caribbean.

From social media to virtual reality, modern technology has caused big changes in entertainment.

1 señuelo luminoso tiene el pez rape, 2 ojos del mismo lado tiene el lenguado, 3 dedos unidos por una membrana tiene el pingüino, 4 aletas tiene el caballito de mar… Un sorprendente recorrido desde el 1 hasta el 10, para descubrir algunos curiosos habitantes del mar.

Corals are tiny sea creatures that make a big impact.

De la nominada a los Premios Eisner 2022, Ileana Surducan, llega Tesoros, ternuras y trastos, una encantadora obra que cautivara a lectores de todas las edades.

Corals are tiny sea creatures that make a big impact.

Mary, an adventurous girl, embarks on an exciting expedition with her new friend, a dog she calls Frau.