Old-time New England foresters coined the term ';wolf tree' for trees they saw as having the ability to ';eat' the sun and nutrients and prevent the growth of other trees.
Between the pressure to meet standards and the overwhelming number of different learning needs of students, planning math lessons has become more complex.
With See For Yourself, budding scientists can wow their teachers and classmates (and maybe win a ribbon or two) by learning How to extract DNA from an onion How pigments from vegetables make dye How to make paper out of lint from a clothes dryer How to make a friend feel like he or she has a third hand What happens when you grow yeast in dandruff shampoo That tea and iron pills make excellent inks And much more!
Called the perfect childrens introduction to environmental issues by Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, Our House Is Round gently guides young readers through a smartly narrated conversation illuminating the concept of global connection and environmental cause and effect.
Inspire a lifelong passion for science with these physics, chemistry, and biology experiments for kidsall using common household tools and ingredients!
From colonial times to the modern day, two things have remained constant in American history: the destructive power of fires and the bravery of those who fight them.
In Waves of Light and Sound, students will learn about electromagnetic and mechanical waves, the properties of waves and sounds, pitch, amplitude, and much more.
In Dwarf Planets: Pluto and the Lesser Planets, students will learn about the five discovered dwarf planets in our solar system and make observations about orbital patterns, new discoveries, and more.
In Giant Gas Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, students will learn about the four planets farthest from the sun and make observations about patterns and phenomena in the universe.
In Rocky Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, students will examine the four planets closest to the Sun and make observations about the solar system.
In Sun: Energy for Our Solar System, students will learn about our solar system's center star--the sun, and its effects on Earth's weather and climate while making observations about seasons and more.
Decimals have never been more fun to learn about than in this rhyming text with step-by-step shortcuts on mastering how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals.
