Faces & Places | p. 9 |
Faces & Places | p. 9 |
Listen Up! | p. 10 |
Big Screen | p. 12 |
Small Screen | p. 14 |
Got Game | p. 16 |
On Top | p. 18 |
In the News | p. 20 |
Way Out | p. 22 |
Animals | p. 24 |
Animal Facts | p. 24 |
What Are Groups of Animals Called? | p. 25 |
Kool Koala Facts | p. 25 |
Biggest, Smallest, Fastest in the World | p. 26 |
How Long Do Animals Live? | p. 27 |
Animal Words | p. 27 |
Life on Earth | p. 28 |
Animal Kingdom | p. 29 |
It's a Bug's World | p. 30 |
The Buzz on Bees | p. 30 |
Reptiles & Amphibians | p. 31 |
All About Animal Migration | p. 32 |
All About Dogs | p. 33 |
Pets at the Top | p. 33 |
On the Job: Zookeeper | p. 34 |
From Weekly Reader: The Many Faces of Bats | p. 35 |
Art | p. 36 |
Through Artists' Eyes | p. 36 |
Some Famous Works of Art | p. 36 |
Schools of Art | p. 37 |
Out-There Artwork | p. 38 |
Painting on Walls | p. 38 |
Color Wheel | p. 39 |
Birthdays | p. 40 |
Birthdays | p. 40 |
Books | p. 44 |
Lemony Snicket | p. 44 |
Book Awards, 2003-2004 | p. 45 |
Best New Books of the Year | p. 45 |
Books to Enjoy | p. 46 |
All About Books | p. 48 |
Buildings | p. 49 |
Tallest Buildings in the World | p. 49 |
A Short History of Tall Buildings | p. 50 |
It's Not All About Tall | p. 51 |
Camps | p. 52 |
Camp Is for Everyone | p. 52 |
Let's Make S'mores | p. 53 |
Computers | p. 54 |
How Computers Work | p. 54 |
Computer Talk | p. 55 |
New Gadgets | p. 56 |
Computer Games | p. 56 |
Searching the Internet | p. 57 |
Smileys | p. 57 |
All About Apple | p. 58 |
Dinosaurs | p. 59 |
Fossils: Clues to Ancient Life | p. 59 |
Celebrities of the Dinosaur World | p. 60 |
When Did Dinosaurs Live? | p. 60 |
Dinosaur Myths | p. 61 |
Energy | p. 63 |
It Starts With the Sun | p. 63 |
Sources of Energy | p. 64 |
Who Produces and Uses the Most Energy? | p. 66 |
Where Does Our Energy Come From? | p. 66 |
Environment | p. 67 |
Sharing the Earth | p. 67 |
Home Sweet Biome | p. 68 |
What Is Biodiversity? | p. 70 |
Where Garbage Goes | p. 72 |
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle | p. 73 |
The Air We Breathe | p. 74 |
Water, Water Everywhere | p. 76 |
Games & Toys | p. 78 |
Want to Play? | p. 78 |
A Time-Line of Video Games | p. 78 |
Top-Selling Video Games | p. 79 |
Timeless Toys | p. 79 |
Yahtzee | p. 80 |
Homework Help: Lucky 7: Understanding Probability | p. 80 |
What's the Deal? | p. 81 |
Geography | p. 82 |
Sizing Up the Earth | p. 82 |
Geography 1-2-3 | p. 82 |
The Seven Continents and Four Oceans | p. 83 |
Looking at Our World | p. 84 |
Reading a Map | p. 85 |
Earthquakes | p. 86 |
Volcanoes | p. 87 |
Early Exploration | p. 88 |
All About Lewis and Clark | p. 89 |
Health | p. 90 |
The Right Foods | p. 90 |
We Are What We Eat | p. 91 |
Body Basics: What the Body's Systems Do | p. 92 |
Exercise | p. 94 |
Holidays | p. 96 |
Holidays in the United States | p. 96 |
Other Special Holidays | p. 97 |
Holidays Around the World | p. 97 |
Calendar Basics; Birthstones | p. 98 |
Homework Help | p. 99 |
Those Tricky Tests | p. 99 |
How to Write a Research Paper | p. 100 |
Research on the Internet | p. 102 |
How to Make a Diorama | p. 103 |
Inventions | p. 104 |
Invention Time Line | p. 104 |
New 'bots on the Block | p. 106 |
Language | p. 107 |
Words About Words | p. 107 |
The English Language | p. 108 |
In Other Words: Idioms | p. 108 |
Getting to the Root | p. 109 |
Homework Help: / Before E Except After C | p. 109 |
Top Ten Languages | p. 110 |
Languages in the U.S. | p. 110 |
Language Express | p. 111 |
Sign Language | p. 112 |
Jokes & Riddles | p. 113 |
Military | p. 114 |
Out of the Ordinary | p. 115 |
In the Air | p. 116 |
At Sea; On the Ground | p. 117 |
Money | p. 118 |
History of Money | p. 118 |
Money Around the World | p. 119 |
All About the Euro | p. 119 |
What Are Exchange Rates? | p. 119 |
Making Money | p. 120 |
U.S. State Quarters | p. 120 |
The U.S. $1 Bill | p. 121 |
Movies & TV | p. 122 |
Film Facts | p. 122 |
All-Time Top Movies, Animated Movies | p. 122 |
Some Movie Hits of 2003 | p. 123 |
Some Movies to Look For | p. 123 |
People to Watch: Christy Carlson Romano, Angus T. Jones | p. 124 |
All About Pixar Animation Studios | p. 124 |
Popular TV Shows in 2003-2004 | p. 125 |
Museums | p. 126 |
The Smithsonian Institution | p. 126 |
Living History Exhibits | p. 127 |
Ethnic Museums | p. 127 |
Odd Museums | p. 128 |
Museums of All Kinds | p. 128 |
Music & Dance | p. 129 |
Musical Instruments | p. 129 |
Popular Music | p. 130 |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | p. 130 |
British Invasion of 1964 | p. 131 |
Some Top Albums of 2003 | p. 131 |
Dance | p. 132 |
Some Famous Ballets | p. 132 |
On the Job: Violinist | p. 133 |
Mythology | p. 134 |
Myths of the Greeks | p. 134 |
Making Sense of the World | p. 135 |
Ancient Heroes | p. 135 |
Nations | p. 136 |
Kids Around the World | p. 136 |
Maps and Flags of the Nations | p. 138 |
Facts About Nations | p. 154 |
Governments Around the World | p. 174 |
United Nations | p. 175 |
Native Americans | p. 176 |
Major Cultural Areas of Native North Americans | p. 177 |
Tribal Groupings in the U.S. | p. 178 |
National Museum of the American Indian | p. 178 |
Numbers | p. 179 |
Numerals in Ancient Civilization | p. 179 |
Roman Numerals | p. 179 |
Homework Help: Percents and Fractions | p. 180 |
The Prefix Tells the Number | p. 180 |
Homework Help: Multiplication Table | p. 181 |
How Many Sides and Faces Do They Have? | p. 182 |
What Are Polyhedrons? | p. 182 |
Homework Help: Finding the Area | p. 183 |
Fractals | p. 184 |
Searching for Prime Numbers | p. 184 |
Population | p. 185 |
Taking the Census | p. 185 |
The U.S. Population | p. 185 |
Where Do People Live? | p. 186 |
Population of the United States, 2003 | p. 187 |
The Many Faces of America: Immigration | p. 188 |
Prizes & Contests | p. 189 |
Nobel Prizes | p. 189 |
Bee a Winner | p. 190 |
Academy Awards | p. 191 |
MTV Video Music Awards | p. 191 |
Grammy Awards | p. 191 |
Contests | p. 192 |
Religion | p. 193 |
World Religions | p. 193 |
Major Holy Days | p. 195 |
Religious Membership in the United States | p. 196 |
Science | p. 197 |
The World of Science | p. 197 |
What Everything Is Made of | p. 198 |
How Elements Are Named | p. 198 |
All About Compounds | p. 199 |
Homework Help: It All Starts With an Atom | p. 199 |
Some Famous Scientists | p. 200 |
Science Museums | p. 201 |
Science Q & A | p. 202 |
What Is DNA? | p. 204 |
Build a Volcano! | p. 205 |
Space | p. 206 |
The Solar System | p. 206 |
What's Out There | p. 207 |
The Planets | p. 208 |
The Moon | p. 210 |
Eclipses | p. 210 |
Constellations | p. 211 |
Exploring Space | p. 212 |
Mars | p. 213 |
First Astronauts in Space | p. 214 |
Shuttles and Space Stations | p. 215 |
International Space Station | p. 215 |
The Zodiac | p. 216 |
Sports | p. 217 |
Baseball | p. 217 |
Basketball | p. 219 |
Professional Basketball | p. 219 |
College Basketball | p. 221 |
Cycling | p. 221 |
Football | p. 222 |
Professional Football | p. 222 |
College Football | p. 224 |
Golf | p. 225 |
Gymnastics | p. 225 |
Ice Hockey | p. 226 |
The Olympic Games | p. 227 |
Swimming | p. 228 |
Soccer | p. 229 |
Special Olympics | p. 230 |
Tennis | p. 230 |
X Games | p. 231 |
Transportation | p. 232 |
Getting From There to Here | p. 232 |
Trains; Autos | p. 234 |
Solar Racing | p. 234 |
Air; Sea | p. 235 |
New York City Subway | p. 236 |
On the Job: Riverboat Captain | p. 237 |
Travel | p. 238 |
Road Trip | p. 238 |
Un-Natural Wonders | p. 239 |
National Parks | p. 240 |
Amusement Parks | p. 242 |
Roller Coasters | p. 242 |
United States | p. 243 |
United States: Facts & Figures | p. 243 |
The U.S. Constitution | p. 244 |
Symbols of the United States | p. 246 |
The Executive Branch | p. 247 |
Elections | p. 248 |
Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States | p. 249 |
Meet the First Ladies | p. 256 |
The Legislative Branch: Congress | p. 257 |
The House of Representatives, by State | p. 258 |
Women in Congress | p. 258 |
How a Bill Becomes a Law | p. 259 |
The Judicial Branch: The Supreme Court | p. 260 |
United States History Time Line | p. 261 |
African Americans Work for Change | p. 268 |
They Made History | p. 269 |
On the Job: Firefighter | p. 271 |
Map of the United States | p. 272 |
Facts About the States | p. 274 |
Washington, D.C.: The Capital of the United States | p. 291 |
How the States Got Their Names | p. 292 |
Weather | p. 294 |
Weather Words | p. 294 |
Hurricanes | p. 294 |
Let It Snow | p. 295 |
What is El Nino? | p. 295 |
Taking Temperatures | p. 296 |
The Hottest and Coldest Places in the World, in the U.S. | p. 296 |
Clouds | p. 297 |
On the Job: Hurricane Hunter | p. 298 |
Weights & Measures | p. 299 |
Earliest Measurements | p. 299 |
Measurements We Use Today | p. 299 |
The Metric System | p. 301 |
Homework Help: Converting Measurements | p. 301 |
World History | p. 302 |
Middle East | p. 302 |
Africa | p. 304 |
Asia | p. 306 |
Europe | p. 309 |
The Americas | p. 313 |
Looking Back | p. 315 |
Women in History | p. 316 |
Answers | p. 319 |
Puzzles | |
Quick Quizzes | |
Index | p. 323 |
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