Describes what conditions were like in early American schools, explains who had access to an education, looks at the changes that began taking place in the 1800s, and discusses modern-day schools.
An introduction to electricity and magnetism that explains how electricity is made, why some objects attract each other and others repel each other, and how both forces impact daily life.
A hermit crab searching for a new shell is carried by a wave from the shore to a coral reef, where he encounters many different kinds of creatures before trying to make his way back to the shore.
While on a field trip to the National Air and Space Museum, Tommy imagines himself as Neil Armstrong, who was the Mission Commander aboard Apollo 11 and the first man to set foot on the moon.
While visiting the exhibit on native cultures at the National Museum of Natural History, Tomas travels back in time and becomes an Inuit boy living in the Arctic regions in the 1800s.
