A scruffy twelve-year-old fleeing authorities crashes into Thomas Edison's lab. Recognizing himself in the boy, Edison takes him in. Soon, the lad becomes a sorcerer's apprentice to the Wizard of Menlo Park as they pursue Edison's dream of motion pictures.
Toward the end of his career, Albert Einstein befriends a twelve-year-old African-American girl, Lannie, whose youth and earnestness renew his spirit. In return, Albert gives Lannie a priceless gift: awareness of her potential.
Explores the form and function of various natural landforms, including mountains and hills, valleys, bodies of water, shores, desert landforms, and plains.
Introduces students to key concepts related to the economy of a community, discussing the difference between goods and services, wants and needs, and looking at the role of taxes, personal responsibility, and work.
A little girl decides to bring home tadpoles after hearing her mother read her a story about frogs, and they watch as the tadpoles develop and grow into frogs.
Describes the parental behavior of Emperor penguins, focusing on how the male keeps the egg warm until it hatches and how the parents care for the chick after it is born.
