Matemáticas en Marte (Math on Mars)

The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is an intriguing area of our solar system. Scientists have counted over 670,000 known asteroids there, but there could be millions more not yet found. Readers will discover much more about the asteroid belt in this highinterest book, which blends science and math. They'll read about several topics, such as space missions to the asteroid belt and the difference between an asteroid and a planet, and solve associated math problems-just like actual space scientists do!

Mariví escribe una entusiasta carta a su querida amiga Lupe. Necesita contarle, lo antes posible, que sus padres le han hecho un extraño regalo de cumpleaños: la llevaron a una casa, en el bosque, en la que habita un viejo fabricante de sueños; estos se hallan contenidos en pastillas de colores. Para vivir los sueños hay que ponerse las píldoras sobre la frente justo antes de dormir. Entonces, es posible tener los sueños más extraordinarios y, en ellos, la niña vivirá aventuras asombrosas: podrá elegir a sus padres en un catálogo justo antes de nacer; tendrá que buscar su sombra...

Meet Ada Lovelace, the British mathematician and daughter of poet Lord Byron. Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the colorful life of Lord Byron’s daughter, from her early love of logic, to her plans for the world's first computer program. As a child, Ada had a big imagination and a talent for mathematics. She grew up in a noble household in England, where she dedicated herself to studying. Her work with the famous inventor, Charles Babbage, on a very early kind of computer made her the world's first computer...

El autor nos propone, en once talleres, un sinfín de actividades para trabajar el lenguaje en la E.S.O.: redacción de autobiografías, relatos a partir de una palabra, dramatizaciones, dictados, canciones, juegos, etc.

The moon people, Kaluma, Aluma, and others use a cloud bridge to travel to the Earth, a messy but beautiful world of incredible variety that becomes their new home.