Explains how an acoustic guitar is made, from the choosing of the wood, through the gluing, side bending, scalloping, purfling, and creation of special designs, until the strings are added.
Did you know that the most deadly jellyfish is a sea wasp that can grow as large as a basketball with venom that can kill 60 people in 30 seconds? This and more incredible facts are revealed in these informative yet fun-packed books. Other entries include the biggest, the longest, the smallest, the loudest, the slowest, and much more. Packed with ...
Introduces, in question and answer format, such record-breaking amphibians and reptiles as the chameleon, reticulated python, Galapagos giant tortoise, and poison arrow frog.
Presents information about various insects in answer to such questions as: What's the loudest insect; what's the insect that travels farthest in migration; and what's the insect with the deadliest poison?
Text and photographs illustrate how crayons are made at the Binney & Smith company in Easton, Pennsylvania, where an average of twelve million crayons are produced every day.
Today's young adults are faced with sophisticated problems that were probably not talked about twenty years ago in the context of teenagers. Our books for reluctant readers shed some light on these timely topics. The United States has the highest rates of infection when it comes to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). It is a growing problem and ...
Pick up your Special Visitor's Pass and come along for a tour through some of America's most interesting factories in this series. You'll get a behind-the-scenes look at how familiar items like crayons, sneakers, chocolate, and guitars are made. And you'll have a chance to see and understand the whole manufacturing process--from raw materials ...
This facinating 5-vol. Series includes questions such as: Did you know the Goliath beetle is the heaviest insect in the world, weighing in at 4 ounces (100 grams)! Did you know a cheetah is the fastest mammal on Earth and can go from 0 to 60 in about 3 seconds? Did you know the snake with the longest fangs is the gaboon viper with fangs that can ...
Fulfills the standards: "Physical Science" and "Science and Technology" from the National Science Education Standards for Grades K-4 and Grades 5-8. Fulfills and standards: "Production, Distribution, and Consumption" and "Science, Technology, and Society" from the National Council for the Social Studies Curriculum Standards for Elementary School ...
Text and photographs introduce such invertebrates as insects, spiders, crustaceans, jellyfish, sea anemones, sand dollars, squid, sponges, flatworms, and more.
Fulfills the standards: "Physical Science" and "Science and Technology" from the National Science Education Standards for Grades K-4 and Grades 5-8. Fulfills and standards: "Production, Distribution, and Consumption" and "Science, Technology, and Society" from the National Council for the Social Studies Curriculum Standards for Elementary School ...
Describes the characteristics and behavior of different categories of mammals, including hoofed mammals, carnivores, insectivores, egg-laying mammals, primates, and more.
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