Grade 5
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How Checks and Balances Work
From the Series Searchlight Books ™ — The Kids' Guide to Government
From a president's veto to a Supreme Court decision on a law, learn all about checks and balances in the US government and how they help the US stay a democracy. Read More →
How Circuits Work
From the Series Connect with Electricity
Have you ever wondered how electricity powers your home or school? What about how that electricity travels? In any device that uses electricity, inside is a small path called a circuit… Read More →
How Conductors Work
From the Series Connect with Electricity
Did you know that trees, buildings, and even people can act as conductors for electricity? Or have you ever wondered why we're warned not to go outside during a thunderstorm? Scientists,… Read More →
How Did Slaves Find a Route to Freedom?: And Other Questions about the Underground Railroad
From the Series Six Questions of American History
In the early 1800s, many black slaves in the southern states began to risk their lives to gain freedom in the North. They escaped from plantations with no money to buy food and no maps to… Read More →
How Did Tea and Taxes Spark a Revolution?: And Other Questions about the Boston Tea Party
From the Series Six Questions of American History
On a cold evening in December 1773, a group of men climbed aboard three ships docked in Boston Harbor. Armed with hatchets, the men began breaking into the ships’ valuable cargo—342 crates of Read More →
How Dinosaurs Lived
From the Series In Focus: Dinosaurs
From paramammals to dimetrodon, this book reveals amazing facts about the creatures that existed before the very first dinosaurs arrived. With amazing images and jaw-dropping facts, learn all Read More →
How Do I Give a Great Speech?
From the Series Help! Study Hacks
Giving a speech doesn't have to be scary. Find out how to confidently give a speech and learn an amazing skill for life in this fun, friendly, and easy-to-follow guide. Full of great tips,… Read More →
How Do I Listen Well?
From the Series Help! Study Hacks
Having to sit still and listen is not the most boring thing ever! Find out how to be an active listener and learn an amazing skill for life in this fun, friendly, and easy-to-follow guide.… Read More →
How Do I Manage My Social Media?
From the Series Help! Study Hacks
A student's social media shouldn't be stressful! Find out how to manage what’s online and learn an amazing, social-savvy, network-navigating skill for life in this fun, friendly, and… Read More →
How Do I Plan Well?
From the Series Help! Study Hacks
For the student who needs a hand getting their homework, project, or dream started, this fun, friendly, and easy-to-follow guide is full of tips, tricks, and strategies. Readers will be top… Read More →
How Do I Research Well?
From the Series Help! Study Hacks
Researching doesn't have to be an intimidating process. Learn an amazing, fact-finding, super-sleuth skill for life in this fun, friendly, and easy-to-follow guide. Full of great tips,… Read More →
How Do I Write Well?
From the Series Help! Study Hacks
Students will never again dread a project that involves writing. Learn amazing, word-busting, reader-wowing skills for life in this fun, friendly, and easy-to-follow guide. Full of great… Read More →
How Do You Doodle?: Drawing My Feelings and Emotions
Meet Otti, Ugga, and Flibb. They like to doodle. They doodle all the time! They doodle when they are mad, they doodle when they are glad, and they doodle when they are sad. They doodle just… Read More →
How Do You Make a Baby?
A factual and funny book for children aged 4 and up that answers the questions all children are curious about. How does a baby get into the mother’s stomach? Who can make a baby, and how is… Read More →
How High-Tech Changed the World — Library Bound Hardcover Set
From the Series How High-Tech Changed the World
Our world has been transformed by amazing high-tech inventions, but how do these incredible technologies work, who invented them, and how have they changed the way we live? Readers discover… Read More →
How LEDs Work
From the Series Connect with Electricity
Have you ever wondered how the lights in your alarm clock work? Or have you ever considered how that tiny red light in your TV remote control sends a signal that helps you find your favorite… Read More →
How Many People Traveled the Oregon Trail?: And Other Questions about the Trail West
From the Series Six Questions of American History
In the spring of 1843, nearly one thousand people gathered in Independence, Missouri. They came from all over the eastern United States, and many had to sell most of their possessions to… Read More →
How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones?
From the Series Words Are CATegorical ®
Have fun with language! This accessible, lighthearted look at language introduces homonyms and homophones. Playful rhymes and comical cartoons make both concepts memorable. Each corresponding Read More →
How Plants Will Save the World
From the Series STEM to the Rescue
Air pollution, deforestation, greenhouse gases, plastic everywhere—these things put us, and our home planet of Earth, at risk. But there's hope. STEM to the rescue! Scientists, inventors, and Read More →
How Sensors Work
From the Series Connect with Electricity
Have you ever seen lights turn on automatically when you step into a room? Or have you ever wondered how a garage door knows to not close when someone is standing beneath it? What these and… Read More →
How the Executive Branch Works
From the Series Searchlight Books ™ — The Kids' Guide to Government
The president of the United States is the leader of the executive branch. This branch is in charge of carrying out laws. Many people help the president, including the vice president, cabinet, Read More →
How the Internet Will Save the World
From the Series STEM to the Rescue
The internet seems to contain every answer to every question we might have. But how do we know what's true and what's not? And even though we have the knowledge, how do we use it? STEM to the Read More →
How the Judicial Branch Works
From the Series Searchlight Books ™ — The Kids' Guide to Government
The judicial branch is one of the United States’s three branches of government. It interprets the law. This branch is made up of the country’s courts, with the Supreme Court being the most… Read More →
How the Legislative Branch Works
From the Series Searchlight Books ™ — The Kids' Guide to Government
Congress is made up of two parts: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Together these two government groups make laws for the country. From introducing bills to passing them, discover Read More →