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Looking for a way to challenge your gifted students in math class Look no further! Beyond Base Ten investigates the concept of place value and the representation of numbers by using place value and non-place-value systems. Number bases other than Base Ten are featured, especially through historical contexts of early civilizations that devel

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Packed with fascinating facts and motivational activities, this book helps you create a thematic unit on rocketry. Featuring scientific experiments for students, language activities-even a dramatic play (based on the science of rocketry)-this book is a complete teaching package.

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Use these hands-on activities to introduce students to a variety of mathematical concepts that are directly tied to the NCTM Standards and to recent research in the field of math instruction. Parent letters, attitude surveys, group rating sheets, and a student response journal are included in a special assessment section.

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Differentiating Instruction With Menus: Math (Grades K-2) contains attractive reproducible menus, based on the levels of Bloom's revised taxonomy, that students can use as a guide when making decisions about which products they will develop after they study a major concept or unit.

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Dig It!, a third-grade Earth and space science unit, encourages students to investigate humanity's effects on the environment and the importance of natural resources and conservation. The unit builds upon prior knowledge and the overarching concept of change by providing opportunities to relate local examples of environmental pollution and c

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Beginning by defining what precisely the subject of design and technology should involve at primary level, this text proceeds to describe the elements of the subject and how it should be taught.

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This indispensable source pulls together hundreds of practical, easy recipes and formulas for classroom, library, and home projects. This indispensable source pulls together hundreds of practical, easy recipes and formulas for classroom projects.

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Contains completely new recipes, all of which are kid-tested and teacher-approved. From making volcanic rock candy and crystals to creating and using a quill pen, paper and ink used in 1776. All projects use ingredients that are easy to find and processes that are up to date.

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Gravity-the strange force that guides raindrops as they fall, keeps people from falling off the Earth's surface, controls Earth's orbit around the sun, and holds billions of stars together in the Milky Way-is the focus of this intriguing resource.

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Significant moments of scientists' discoveries and inventions come alive in these 12 scripts based on stories in Marvels of Science. Detailed directions and step-by-step instructions guide students through experiments in physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, rocketry, genetics, and other major fields of science.

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Through a variety of science activities, this work helps students explore the evolution of life on Earth and search for clues to the possible evolution of life on an unknown planet beyond our solar system. Students can then create life forms that could exist on that planet.

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Invitation to Invent, a physical science unit for grades 3-4, engages students in investigations and observations that support their learning about simple machines and their uses. Students explore force, motion, and friction as they learn about the six simple machines and how they are put together to form compound machines.

Grades 3-4

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Obsessive, vindictive, and secretive, Issac Newton was also brilliant. He invented calculus and figured out the scientific explanation of gravity in 17th-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions. Illustrations.

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When you combine science instruction with the enjoyment of literature you achieve new learning dimensions. The ideas, selected books, and exciting activities described in Literature-Based Science allow you to make learning about science interesting.

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Discussion questions and additional references are included and stories are cross-indexed by year of occurrence and by scientist.

Focusing on the characters, events, and moments of genius that comprise the story of science, these 50 short reads are ideal for both read-alouds and reading assignments.

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In Math and Logic Puzzles That Make Kids Think!, the author presents several variations on Sudokuthe most well-known type of logic puzzlein an easy to use, exciting format perfect for any math classroom.

Grades 6-8

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Math Bafflers requires students to use creativity, critical thinking, and logical reasoning to perform a variety of operations and practice skills that align with state and national math standards.

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Math Bafflers requires students to use creativity, critical thinking, and logical reasoning to perform a variety of operations and practice skills that align with state and national math standards.

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Equipped with the #1 guide to help kids with math homework, children will be able to quickly find the definitions and illustrated examples that will enable them to solve many of the math challenges they face. Covering everything from addend to zero, the fifth edition of the best-selling Math Dictionary for Kids gives students in grades 4

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In this national bestseller, actress and internationally recognized mathematician McKellar ("The Wonder Years") shows middle-school girls that math can be easy, relevant, and even glamorous, and provides them with the tools to ace their next test. Illustrations.

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A great resource for busy classroom teachers! This book contains the perfect extension activities for your regular curriculum or independent units for your more able math students. This book contains four units: geometry, fractions, graphing, and problem solving.

Grades 4-5

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Students love trying to solve challenging puzzles. But, why not build and review their math skills while they're having fun Math Logic Mysteries requires students to complete math problems and use reasoning to unlock the clues needed to solve matrix-based logic problems.

Grades 5-8