Describes how electricity is produced and transported from the power plant into homes and offices. More →
Community Connections
The Community Connection Library focuses on the development of critical thinking/inquiry skills. By encouraging students to investigate and explore the world around them, they gain a better understanding of how their community works.
Subseries
- Getting to Know Our Planet
- How Did That Get to My House?
- How Did That Get to My Table?
- How Did They Build That?
- How Does It Fly?
- How Do They Help?
- How Do We Live Together?
- What Does It Do?
- What Do They Do?
- What Should I Do?
- What's It Like to Live Here?
Titles
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Describes how music reaches your home, from recording, to storage to transmissions. More →
Describes how Television programs are developed and transmitted across the airwaves and into homes, schools, and offices. More →
Describes how the natural gas that is used to cook and heat your home is discovered and transported into your home. More →
Describes the postal services and explains how a letter placed in your mailbox can reach almost anyone, anywhere in the world. More →
Describes how the internet works, from how content is developed to how sites from around the world are accessible from your home computer. More →
Describes how the telephone works. Young readers will gain an understanding on how dialing several numbers on a phone enables them to communicate with virtually anyone on earth. More →
Describes how water is transported, treated and stored from its source into homes, schools, and offices. More →
This title discusses how airports are built, from runway design and construction to terminal and security. More →
This title discusses how bridges are built, including engineering, design and construction. More →