An exploration of the Navajo Indians, discussing the nation's relationship with Spaniards and settlers, culture, crafts, and more.

An introduction to the Pueblo people, explaining who they are, reviewing the history of the Pueblo, examining key aspects of Pueblo culture, and looking at Pueblo traditions that continue into the twenty-first century.

An exploration of the Wampanoag Indians, discussing the nation's relationship with settlers, culture, women, housing, and more.

Electricity is a kind of energy that flows through material. Electricity is everywhere. It starts in the atoms that make up everything around us. Did you turn on a light before opening this book? If you use an ipod or MP3 player, a computer, refrigerator or TV, you use electricity.

Energy is all around us. It's in your house as electricity. It's in your car as fuel. It's in sunlight. It's in the wind. It's everywhere! Energy is the ability to do work. What is work? When you move a thing from one place to another, you do work. Picking up a heavy rock is work. So is moving the pedals on your bike or kicking a ball across the yard.

How scientists find out how things work: First a scientist pulls together all the observations about something. Next, he or she thinks up a question that the observations don't explain. Then a hypothesis, that which someone believes to be the correct answer to the question is formed. It must be a statement that can be tested. Next, an experiment is made to test the hypothesis in which everything that happens is written down. Finally the scientist...

You have probably seen movies or television shows about space travel. When space travelers go outside their ships, they use jet packs to tie themselves to their ships. They do this because outside their spaceships there is no force that keeps them attached to the craft. Without something to keep them attached, they would just drift off into space because there is no gravity. Gravity is also the reason why our bodies don't just fly upward into...

Explains why good manners are important and how to have good manners at home, at play, and on visits.