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History
Listen Up! Alexander Graham Bell’s Talking Machine
$5.95 Add to cartIT’S 1876 AND THE whole country is celebrating the 100th birthday of the United States. The biggest party is in Philadelphia at the World’s Fair, where the latest and greatest inventions are on display for all to see. Alexander Graham Bell is headed to the fair to demonstrate his invention – a talking machine he calls the telephone. But will anyone come to see him at the world’s most important science fair? And more importantly, will his machine work ? This Step 3 reader celebrates the resilient, quirky spirit of inventors.
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Energy, Light, Sound
Light: Shadows, Mirrors, and Rainbows
$6.00 Add to cartScience can seem like magic to younger learners – cool things can happen, but they might not understand why. These 24-page books are intended for early elementary and explain the mysteries of science in an age-appropriate way using short explanations and fun animation. Each book covers one topic and is divided into five short chapters (one page or more). A collection of experiments is found at the back of the book along with additional resources. This series could be used as a supplement to your science curriculum, but they could also be used as mini-science units. These books are oversized (10″ x 10″), the print is larger, pages are uncluttered, and the amount of information on each page is limited.
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Energy, Light, Sound
Recreate Discoveries about Light
$10.95 Add to cartBuild a fiber-optic tube to carry light like engineer William Wheeler did, or use the sun to imprint images on objects like pottery-maker Thomas Wedgewood. This title gives readers both an understanding of the properties of light and the skills to investigate great discoveries and works. Exciting and easy-to-understand experiments encourage budding scientists, inventors, engineers, and artists to stand on the shoulders of the curious and creative people who came before them.
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Energy, Light, Sound
Light & Sound
$10.00 Add to cartConnect students in grades 5 and up with science using Light and Sound: Energy, Waves, and Motion. This 80-page book reinforces scientific techniques. It includes teacher pages that provide quick overviews of the lessons and student pages with Knowledge Builders and Inquiry Investigations that can be completed individually or in groups. The book also includes tips for lesson preparation (materials lists, strategies, and alternative methods of instruction), a glossary, an inquiry investigation rubric, and a bibliography. It allows for differentiated instruction and supports National Science Education Standards and NCTM standards.
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Energy, Light, Sound
Light & Color
$10.00 Add to cartConnect students in grades 5 and up with science using Light and Color. This 80-page resource “sheds light on” the scientific basis of light and color perception. The book covers topics such as the concepts of light and color perception, how light travels, and what determines how bright light is. It contains subject-specific concepts and terminology, inquiry-based activities, challenge questions, extension activities, assessments, curriculum resources, and materials lists. The book supports National Science Education Standards and NCTM standards.
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Energy, Light, Sound
Light is All Around Us
$9.95 Add to cartRead and find out about light in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.
Light is all around you! It comes in many forms: Light from the sun brightens our day, firelight flickers in the night, electric lights fill our homes—and some animals even make the sea glow.
With lively illustrations and diagrams and clear, engaging text, this Level 2 Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out picture book is an engaging look into the many ways that light brightens our world.
Now rebranded with a new cover look, this book features rich vocabulary and uses simple, fun diagrams to clearly explain concepts like light speed. This book also includes a find out more section with activities that show why plants need light to grow and why our shadows look different throughout the day.
This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. Both text and artwork were vetted for accuracy by Russell P. Leslie, Professor and Associate Director of the Lighting Research Center at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Bible
The Life and Times of Archbishop James Ussher
Original price was: $15.95.$5.00Current price is: $5.00. Add to cartFrom the company that brought you the historical classic The Annals of the World comes this in-depth biography of the man behind this landmark work. Originally published in 1895, this fascinating biography gives us a look at Ussher from the perspective of one who was closer to his time. This book traces Ussher’s life from his birth in 1581 to his death in 1656, giving valuable insights into this incredible man’s life.
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Grade Assigned
Life of Fred: Honey
$29.99 Add to cartHoney is the eighth book in the Life of Fred Elementary Series, which is designed for students in grades 1-4.
Each narrative-based chapter is approximately six pages, and ends with a “Your Turn to Play” segment with three or four questions. Answers are provided on the next page for students to go over themselves after attempting to solve the problems. This book should take approximately one month to complete.
Honey covers: A Real Education Is Both Broad and Deep, Thirty-six Shades of Blue, Commutative Law of Multiplication, Closed Under Addition, Having a Job that Matters, Quarter of an Hour, Cardinal Numbers, Developing Character, Time Zones in the U.S., d equals rt, the Milky Way, One Trillion, Exponents, Protons in the Observable Universe, Atoms, Periodic Table of the Elements, Varieties of Houses, 1.5 + 1.5, Is This a Function?, Bragging, Mysteries in Life, Long Division, Fractions, Remainders, Dividing 56382 by 3, Hip Fractures, Changing 82614 feet into Yards, Three Reasons to Learn Long Division (Even Though Calculators Exist), 36 Quarters Equals How Many Dollars?, the Four Times Table, a Disadvantage to Being Married to a Calculator, Why English Teachers Have It Rougher Than Math Teachers, What Happens When You Squeeze Your Toothpaste Tube Four Times Harder Than Normal, Reading Graham Greene’s The Heart of the Matter in German, the Guess-a-Function Game, a Balance in Life, Four Answers to Where Honey Comes From, Four Answers to Where Do Bees Live, Hexagons and Octagons, Why Bees Don’t Make Honeycombs in the Shape of Squares, Smelting Iron Ore, What You Add to Iron to Make Steel, Buying Flash Cards vs. Making Them, How Far the Netherlands Is from Holland, Becoming an Apiarist, Farther vs. Further, Checklist for Starting a Business, Penciling out a Proposed Business, the Big Question in Arithmetic-Do I Add, Subtract, Multiply, or Divide?, Why Not to Become a Typewriter Manufacturer, the Drawbacks to Ignoring Reality, Why Fred Can’t Get a Credit Card, Looking Back at Mistakes We Have Made in Life, Division by Two-digit Numbers, the Past Tense of mimic, 7xyz + 8xyz, What Magic Really Means, Slope of a Line.
Life of Fred is a unique, complete (not supplemental), math program that uses a highly engaging narrative to teach math without fear and with enjoyment. Students follow the life of Fred Gauss (a math professor who grows up to the age of six), who has many humorous, unlikely, and zany adventures over the course of the curriculum. Math becomes relevant and important because the need for math occurs in Fred’s life (and he sees math everywhere). Witty and truly entertaining, these books will engage students in a way unlike any other math program – –while also instilling a solid understanding of the principles of mathematics without an abundance of repetitive drills. This series is perfect for inquisitive students who struggle with the relevance of math, or anyone looking for a creative approach to mathematic thinking!
