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Explore the ins and outs of global markets, currencies, supply and demand, wants and needs, and more. Vibrant infographics tell a visual story to help readers understand important economic principles.

Share your passions with the world by recording them and posting them online! Learn the first steps of recording videos and find out how to hone your moviemaking craft and safely share your work. Lights, camera ... action!

"In this engaging title, young readers learn how temperature works! Different temperature scales are explained, as is temperature's affect on molecules and different states of matter. These properties are illustrated by the creation, movement, and melting of glaciers. Ice ages and global warming are included, as are their affects on the delicate temperature balance of Earth. Colorful infographics make atoms, atomic structure, how the sun heats Earth,...

"In this engaging title, young readers learn about the different states of matter! Atoms and molecules are explained, as are elements and the periodic table. The three main states of matter solid, liquid, gas are covered, as are the properties of each and the role of energy in their changing from one form to another. These properties are illustrated by the birth and collapse of stars. The rare states of matter plasma and Bose-Einstein condensate are...

"In this engaging title, young readers learn how visible light is the key to color! Discover how light begins with the sun and travels to Earth on electromagnetic waves, how white light actually holds the whole color spectrum, and how the eye perceives color. These properties are illustrated by the mixing of paints and pixels. Colorful infographics make the electromagnetic spectrum, wavelength, and eye anatomy easily accessible, and prominent contributors...

Abraham Lincoln Was Born To Poor Parents. In a log cabin on the western frontier of a young nation. The unity of the United States, which had been built on the ideal that all people are created equal, was cracking under the heavy yoke of slavery. Through hard work and self-education, Lincoln became the leader of the fractured nation as the sixteenth president of the United States. As Lincoln embarked on his presidency, the slaveholding states in the...