Through some 500 excerpts quoted in the text, Mishow Piechowski illustrates how the intensities and sensitivities of bright young chilren make them more alive, more creative, and more in love with the world than others.
This book by String Letter Publishing offers a rare glimpse into the world of the classical violin soloist, whether they're child prodigies just coming onto the stage or cultural icons whose careers have had a lasting influence on generations of players. In this collection of in-depth interviews, today's leading violinists discuss making music on one of the world's most beloved instruments. How they practice, how they work with other musicians, their performance secrets and anxieties, what moves and inspires them - all this and more comes to life in this series of revealing one-on-one conversations. Each of the interviews was conducted by a fellow musician and first published in the pages of Strings magazine, where both professionals and dedicated amateurs share their passion for music.
This book is a practical and upbeat guide to saving resources and protecting the environment. Each brief chapter begins with an often humorous "Take a Guess," followed by an overview of a problem in "Did You Know," "What You Can Do," and "See For Yourself" sections. Statistics and measurements are translated into age-appropriate terms, such as comparing children's weight to the amount of garbage thrown away in a year. Parents and teachers will find this to be a useful guide for increasing awareness of environmental problems and a superb teaching tool.
This book by author Richard Paul is basically an introductory course in physical science. It is accurately self-described as a book "for talented beginners." The book describes how the universe operates--without a single mathematical formula. It is divided into sections on matter, energy, space, time, and reality.
Twin sisters Jessica and Danielle Dunn, explore practical writing tips and an up-to-date listing of print and online markets that publish student work. Tips include freelance publishing, writing camps/workshops as well as rights and copyright informatiion.
Eighteen women share inspirational stories of how they used adventure to challenge themselves beyond their perceived limits. Frances Karnes and Suzanne Bean end their book with a sequential listing of significant accomplishments women have made throughout history. This provides a valuable reminder that women have been accomplishing amazing things for hundreds of years, and will continue to do so as they strengthen their character and confidence.
The main part of this book from Isreal Gelfand and Alexander Shen is made up of math problems. Divided into sections devoted to different topics, 72 chapters cover such subjects as the multiplicaiton of negative numbers, the division algorithm, addition in the decimal number system and converting a rational expression into the quotient of two polynomials.
This book is an excellent guide to the basics of American history. I would not recommend it as a stand-alone textbook, but as a supplementary resource or prep for AP exams or SAT IIs.
This book is packed full of truly fun activities for children. It has magic, creative cooking, puzzles, great games, fascinating facts, and non-stop entertainment.
A brilliantly written book, about what, at the very highest level, can be taught: not information, but investigative style. Apprentice to Genius carries the reader behind the scenes to watch the almost magical cascade of ideas and experiments that are laying the human mind bare - and which, when added together, probably sum up to the greatest discovery of our century.
Designed for children with high-functioning autism or Asperger's Syndrome, this workbook by Catherine Faherty promotes self-awareness in children and helps make efforts to remove the stigma often associated with Asperger's.
This book covers numerous topics that are necessary to become a master student, such as time management, mnemonic techniques, types of reading, note taking, techniques for test-taking, critical thinking and problem solving, techniques for writing, personal relationships, and health. Click here to read a review of this book.
According to the book cover, a few times in your life, someone will tell you something so right, so deeply true that it changes you forever. That is what Anna Quindlen, author of the timeless bestseller A Short Guide to a Happy Life, does here. In Being Perfect, she shares wisdom that, perhaps without knowing it, you have longed to hear: about "the perfection trap," the price you pay when you become ensnared in it, and the key to setting yourself free. Quindlen believes that when your success looks good to the world but doesn't feel good in your heart, it isn't success at all.
This book will help the amateur player who wants to improve his or her chess skills. The section on "Choosing a Move" includes a 10 point checklist to utilize in selecting a move.
Bill Nye the Science Guy takes readers on an informative whirlwind tour of science, including subjects such as the scientific method, matter, atoms, ozone, absolute zero, heavy water and more. Included in this book are science projects that let you see how cool and fun science can be.
This book by author E. Minkoff covers 93 key topics under ten general themes, such as cells and tissues, genetics, bodily functions, ecology, evolution, and organic diversity.
"Brain Surgery for Beginners looks at all aspects of the human body from the vantage point of this amazing control center known as the brain." This book is full of humor and wacky cartoons. It's a lot of fun for young students of neurology to read and it's very informative.
During the twenty-five years he spent building the monument that defines the city of Florence, Filippo Brunelleschi lost his bed in a freak flood and accidentally sank 100 tons of fine, white marble in a riverboat of his own design. Ross King deftly lays a score of these high Renaissance adventures into the brickwork of the rising dome.
Bullies are a Pain in the Brain, written by Trevor Romain and Elizabeth Verdick, is an easy-to-read resource on bullying written for students and parents alike. It has a humorous approach yet effectively teaches children ways to cope with bullying.
This book by Don Cohen, is outstanding because it takes the mumbo-jumbo out of traditionally taught calculus and makes the ideas accessible to ANYONE, not just to math whizzes. The technical vocabulary and symbolic notation can always be learned later. This book introduces the important ideas of calculus with simple, natural language and, most helpful of all, illuminating graphics.
Authors Randall McCutcheon & Pamela Espeland present twenty-five trivia questions, enhanced by quotations, cartoons, and other supporting material, intended to develop effective research methods in libraries.
The author examines the 'mechanical worlds of nature and people' in such chapters as 'The Stiff and the Soft' and 'The Matter of Magnitude.' Line-drawing illustrations help readers understand the examples used to answer questions of animal and machine efficiency, design and repair. This book is filled with intriguing answers to such hidden questions, and curious readers will eagerly dive into the investigations of whether nature or human design is superior and why the two technologies have diverged so much.
This book contains 22 chapters based on talks given at a conference held at Magdalen College in April 1986. The participants in the conference came from a number of countries and represented several disciplines. They share a common interest in the structure of the cerebellum and its role in the control of movement and motor learning. The chapters in the book reflect that interest, and put forward in a succinct and clear way some of the major new ideas on the role of the cerebellum in movement and motor learning.
Invaluable as a classroom math program enrichment resource. Challenge Math is also a highly recommended resource for homeschooled children.
Challenge Math is a great resource for the worksheet discouraged and the mathematically curious.
The book is broken down into several chapters. The first chapter contains the problems, the next are the solutions, followed by hints to the problem, and finally an appendix of useful theorems and formulas. The useful theorems are mostly the results of Euclid's Book 1 and 3, and the immediate consequences of those theorems, e.g., the sum of the angles of a convex quadrilateral is 360.
This series of books introduces you to science with wacky facts and information. Inspired by the British series of history books by Terry Deary, this set of books covers physics, chemistry and natural sciences.
Chess Tactics for Students is an instructional workbook containing 434 selected problems presented in a worksheet format and has been field tested with elementary, middle-school, and high-school students. According to a book review: "With the movement to introduce chess into schools gaining momentum, there is a real need for usable chess curriculum materials of just this sort. Workbooks alone will not be enough, of course; they are not substitutes for real practice and good teaching. Bain knows this, and on p. viii of the Teacher's Edition he gives a remarkably sensible overview of performance objectives for chess as a curriculum subject which ought to be required reading for every chess coach."
This textbook is for general students and lay readers and is about vertebrate paleontology. The book provides an account of the evolution of backboned animals as based on the fossil record. It offers no discussion of the principles or mechanisms of evolution, but primarily surveys the fossil record over the past 500 million years or so.
Authored by teachers Jill Reilly and Bonnie Featherstone, this is a necessary book for those starting the college planning process. Topics include: evaluation of the student's strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes; career exploration; taking the necessary tests; shopping for college; preparing college applications; campus visits; planning finances and other helpful tools.
In an era when college rankings and name-brand recognition seem to drive the search process, many students, parents and counselors may be left questioning the options for a good college match.
Written for grades 7-10, this book by Frances Karnes and Tracy Riley, features more than 140 competitions focused on a wide range of academic subjects. In addition, a unique Competitions Journal that helps students record their progress and success is included.
"From competitions in general science and mathematics, to classical literature and art, this book offers students a listing of competitions in almost any talent area. The book is divided into three sections: Part I includes more than 275 competitions in the areas of academics, fine and performing arts, leadership, and service learning. Each competition has a minimum of a page dedicated to it, filled with details about the competition; Part II is a "Competitions Journal" which provides pages to record ideas about competitions; and Part III is a list of resource books specific to various types of competitions." Click here to read a review of this book.
This book uses humor to illuminate new math; groups, sets, subsets, topology, Boolean algebra and more.
This book focuses on encrypting and deciphering texts and includes several methods of cryptography, such as transcription, substitution, transposition, and lots more. Historical events are included for these purposes along with codes that were really used.
Students (particularly elementary and middle school ages) will enjoy reading this story. Eli describes his feelings about writing and the reactions of his teachers and classmates. Parents and professionals will gain insight into some of the issues, particularly feelings, students may have related to having a writing problem. An appendices includes a list of specific strategies for students that are coping with dysgraphia.
"Empowered Girls: A Girls Guide to Positive Activism, Volunteering, and Philanthropy offers a hands-on guide for girls looking to take an active role in their school and community. The authors offer solid reasons for active involvement, strategies for choosing how to be of help and with which groups; and methods for getting involved. It's all here - sage advice to girls seeking to become positive activists, profiles of girls who are involved in leading their community, and resources that range from funding sources to organizations that are seeking volunteers. The book is filled with useful advice, up-to-date resources, Web sites, and more. One of the book's more important sections highlights the accomplishments of girls who have successfully made a positive change in their community. This section offers girls many peer role-models for empowerment. A handbook for involvement and empowerment and an inspirational guide for young women wanting to make a difference."
Michael Matthews provides parents with advice for recognizing early science ability in children and enriching a child's science ability outside of school. However, this advice can be used to help science ability flourish at home and in the classroom. Matthews also includes a special section devoted to science fairs that takes parents through the process of helping their children create award-winning science projects.
In Endless Universe, Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok, both distinguished theoretical physicists, critique the Big Bang theory and recount the remarkable developments in astronomy, particle physics, and superstring theory that form the basis for a groundbreaking alternative, the “Cyclic Universe” theory. According to this theory, the Big Bang was not the beginning of time but the bridge to a past filled with endlessly repeating cycles of evolution, each accompanied by the creation of new matter and the formation of new galaxies, stars, and planets. The authors explain why the ensuing debate between these two, radically different theories will profoundly affect the future of cosmology and perhaps science, in general.
This is an excellent reference manual that summarizes major world history events and topics from 4000 B.C. - 1996. The text provides "facts, charts, definitions, and explanations, complete with examples and illustrations."
These 33 explorations of polyominoes and cubes use a "lab" approach to help students discover patterns and relationships. Activities include sorting arrangements of squares, finding linear and branching sequences, designing pentomino puzzles, and using Soma Cubes. Provides teacher notes and blackline masters.
In the pages of this fine collective biography, readers meet more than 50 children and adolescents who made a mark on the world while very young. Historically, figures such as Genghis Khan, Joan of Arc, John Stuart Mill, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are profiled. Chronologically, the panorama of youthful heroes moves forward to examine the accomplishments of Rachel Carson, Pele, and Maria Tallchief. More recent people such as Tiger Woods, Midori, Nawrose Nur, and Ryan White are also profiled. Coverage is brief but informative and lively.
This is a first-rate reference resource that is difficult to put down. Readers may read about how S. E. Hinton came to write The Outsiders and get hooked on learning about how Wayne Gretzky began playing hockey at age 3.
This popular account tells the story of the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, sometimes called the mathematical event of the century. Andrew Wiles' solution in 1993 (after seven years of solitary work) electrified the world of mathematics. After a flaw was discovered in the proof, Wiles had to work for another year to correct it.
When life is very stressful, it can feel as if you're in a jungle with lots of dangerous tigers—ferocious, hungry, invisible tigers, quietly stalking you. Written especially for teens who are overwhelmed, frustrated, tired. A best-seller, it covers everything from being assertive to building relationships, taking risks, making decisions, staying healthy, dealing with fears, using positive self-talk, and growing a funny bone. Adults who work with teens may find this book a valuable resource for helping their students understand stress.
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This book includes lists of common Japanese words in a very colorful format. The words are listed in Hiragana as well as English pronunciation.
The properties of three-dimensional figures spring to life as students build straw models, investigate polyhedra, create tetrahedral kites, and find the volume of prisms and pyramids. Students are encouraged to problem solve, find patterns, and talk about their discoveries throughout. Includes teacher notes, blackline masters, and patterns.
Ranging freely from exponents to light-years to numbers found in nature, this smorgasbord of math concepts and trivia makes a perfect classroom companion or gift book for the budding young mathematician at home. Math students will be drawn in by the author’s trademark wit.
Jon Katz documents the lives of two 19-year-old boys who are computer "geeks." The boys grew up in the middle of nowhere, Idaho and use their computer knowledge to get them to Chicago as professionals in the computer field.
Arguably the most significant scientific discovery of the new century, the mapping of the 23 pairs of chromosomes that make up the human genome raises almost as many questions as it answers. Questions that will profoundly impact the way we think about disease, about longevity, and about free will. Genome offers extraordinary insight into the ramifications of this breakthrough.
This book explains the principles of plane geometry and includes practice exercises and model problems. "Easy Way" books are designed to make their subjects easy to understand and are suitable both as self-teaching guides, as brush-up books for test preparation, and as classroom supplements. This newly updated edition covers the "how" and "why" of geometry, with step-by-step examples, practice exercises (with solutions), and more than 700 drawings, graphs, and diagrams.
Geometry, Third Edition is an educational book that brings fun and geometry into one great subject. This book has puzzles, challenges, and even current events.
A humorous and irreverent guide to how "lazy" (i.e. "bored, frustrated, and otherwise sick of school") students can survive the tedium of school, and maybe even have fun doing it.
Hundreds of kids ages 6-13 talk about school, friends, their families, and the future.
In his introduction, Delisle writes that he hopes that his book will provide young readers with "a feeling that you are not alone.'' The concern is vital, especially for the population and the age group that his book targets. Delisle has listened to kids, and the young voices speak out about understandings of giftedness; adult expectations of gifted kids; parent, sibling, and peer relationships; schooling; and future hopes and dreams. The responses are brief, and labeled with the sex, age, and home state of the child. Gifted children will benefit from this book, as will those who guide and mentor them. The cartoon-like illustrations represent the sexes and racial groups equally. Young people are sure to enjoy reading, discussing, and sharing this book.
In this inspirational book, Frances Karnes, Suzanne Bean and Elizabeth Verdick introduce dozens of young female entrepreneurs ranging in age from 9 to 25, and offers advice and instruction for others wishing to start a business.
According to the publisher, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better from improvements in kitchens and living rooms, to garages and labs and basements. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cookie). What inspired these women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities?
In this path-breaking work, Dean Keith Simonton examines a range of important personalities and events that have influenced the course of history. He discusses how people who go down in history might be different from the rest of us, and explores which personality traits predispose certain people to become world leaders, movie stars, scientific geniuses, and star athletes. In exploring the psychology of greatness, this fascinating work also sheds light on the characteristics that any of us may share with history-making people.
This is a 1,000 page book dedicated to art history. Art is depicted from the Stone Age to the 20th century in 865 color reproductions. Included in the book is a timeline that charts landmarks in art alongside scientific accomplishments. Additionally, each historical period has its own world map and excerpts from original sources.
As part of the Horrible History series, this is about the British Royals throughout time. It provides an easy and fun way to remember who was who and who did what, and to whom.
This book answers all kinds of weird science questions that you might think of - like Why is the sky blue? and What is a black hole? and Why do people have different types of blood? Each question is answered in about 2 pages (book has 320 pages), and most have neat cartoons to go with them.
The authors- a rabbi and a priest collaborate to present the predominant world religions in an easy to read format. They are able to compare and contrast Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. Filled with interesting stories, the book works to answer all the big questions about religion that the kids might have. This book addresses, "How should we live, What happens to us after we die, Why does bad stuff happen to good folks and How can we talk to God?" among other questions.
Imponderables are books about very hard questions to answer. In this book, the best-selling author of Do Penguins Have Knees? answers some of the baffling enigmas of human life, including Do snakes sneeze?, What does Barney Rubble do for a living?, and Why doesn't glue get stuck in the bottle?
This is a great book about manners for any and every occasion. Most books on manners are droll do-this-do-that books, but this one is hilarious and still gets the point across. Some of the topics covered in this book are: how to "cope with cliques, handle friendship problems, be a host with the most (and a guest with the best), offer someone your seat, fight fair, answer invitations, deal with rude adults, respond to bigoted remarks, write a letter addressed properly for any occasion, survive a formal dinner..." and much more.
This book is like having an older sibling tell you all the secrets about learning Calculus. Although it is written by three college professors, the book has a great sense of humor and boils calculus down to the very essentials. This is intended as a supplemental text but could be used by a profoundly gifted child who just wants to know the nuts and bolts of calculus.
This planner and workbook by Dianne Linderman provides the framework for guiding young children in planning, organizing and implenting their very own business. This book guides children in analyzing ideas, identifying start-up costs, designing logos and investigating legal considerations.
"DO NOT read this book if you love doing HOMEWORK!" This book has funny comments, cartoons and suggestions to cope with the not always funny subject of doing homework. It contains valuable homework skills and good ideas.
Ben Kaplan shares his scholarship-winning secrets in an intelligent and funny voice that's very student-friendly. This how-to guide is an helpful tool for students and parents.
A beautiful picture book for younger children about homeschooling.
A collection of 26 poems intended to boost children's self-esteem. A companion leader's guide to the book is available and the two titles may make an appropriate addition to a guidance counselor's curriculum.
A short (41 page) book packed full of great illustrations of microlife. The author uses intricate models and cross-sections to explore the structure and function of microscopic life and particles including atoms, molecules, cells, bacteria, fungal spores, and ice crystals.
This clear introduction to tessellations and other intriguing geometric designs help students explore polygons, regular polygons and combinations of regular polygons, Escher-type tessellations, Islamic art designs, and tessellating letters. Step-by-step directions for creating tessellations support discussions of the symmetries and transformations involved. The companion book of overhead masters contains more than 270 patterns students can use to create and analyze polygonal, regular, demi-regular, and demi-regular tessellations; star polygons, tessellating curves; and polyominoes. Reproducible.
Henry Petroski conveys the pleasures and process of engineering. Using real world examples from the invention of the paper clip and zippers to aircraft and skyscrapers, he explains "how engineers get from thought to thing." Petroski shares his perspective on how environment, politics, economics, and culture in addition to design and engineering affects the way things look and work. Anyone interested in the evolution of a product from the invention, to design, development, production and construction will find this book fascinating.
The Italic Handwriting Series is the nation's leading instructional guide to legible italic handwriting. Developed at Portland State College in Portland, OR, the series teaches students to write quickly, accurately, and aesthetically in both italic manuscript and italic cursive.
"In this Student Book, kids learn how the brain evolved, what the different parts do, what makes a person a genius, why play is good for the brain, 10 tips for making life easier, 20 ways to become more creative, how to maximize their potential, what happens in the brain during sleep, how to take care of their brain, and more." There is also a teacher's edition with student activities and resources.
Collection of word origins and an entertaining primer on classical times. This book contains English idioms and maxims, and their origins from classical history, literature, philosophy and drama. Begins with Homer and ends with 2nd century A.D.
This multimedia programming course is "the authorative DEITEL LIVE-Code introduction to programming with the JAVA 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)."
Journey Through Genius is a captivating collection of essays of major mathematical achievements brought to life by the personal and historical anecdotes which the author has skillfully woven into the text. This is a book which should find its place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in science and the scientists who create it.
The children's book Just Because I Am is an excellent introduction to self-esteem. Easy to understand statements and enchanting full-color illustrations invite young readers ages 3-8 to love and accept themselves. They learn to respect their bodies and acknowledge their needs. They name their feelings, discover that everyone makes mistakes and hear that it's okay to say "yes" and "no".
This book by Barbara Eikmeier, teaches basic methods of quilting and tips that make it fun for children of all ages. Includes several simple "kid-friendly" patterns.
This is a text for one semester of a college level math course requiring no prerequisites.
The book demystifies the research process and provides tools students need to shape their research into substantive, well-written products that communicate with readers. Combining research with compelling writing is challenging for upper elementary and middle school students, but when done well, reports embody the passion that every student brings to the subject she or he loves.
This Book by Gloria Frender delivers some great tools to help students achieve success in both school and life. Practical hints are useful to parents, teachers or anyone wanting a hands-on guide on "learning how to learn."
What's more fun than a treasure hunt? Few other activities offer such excitement and challenge, or the wonderful sense of accomplishment. Now, imagine a treasure hunt that encourages your kids to start reading. From the author of Games for Reading comes the perfect learning aid for beginning readers and their parents. This book, featuring 50 treasure hunt games, provides weeks of family fun, and enables busy parents to help their kids become better readers. There's a new treasure hunt every day, each consisting of three or four clues. Every perforated page is a written clue that parents tear off, fold, hide, leading to familiar items and places in the home-from the fridge to the bed to the bathtub. As kids sharpen their reading skills, hunts become progressively more difficult. A bonus phonics game on the back of the final clue reinforces what kids learned that day.
This book critiques the common American history textbooks, "corrects" common fallacies and offers a revised chronicle of U.S. history providing additional, ignored and suppressed information. Winner of 1996 American Book Award.
Author Bonnie Lou Risby, joined a Family and Marriage Counseling Practice for 12 years nad now works in a family business. The book is a "must" for students who love the thrill of solving logic puzzles - they will enjoy more than 20 puzzles in this book.
Chris McGowan, a curator at the Royal Ontario Museum, has come up with the ideal hands-on science project. All you need is this book, three young chickens, a few household items, and some time to make your own scale model of an apatosaurus skeleton. And it neatly dovetails with current scientific theories that birds are the living descendents of dinosaurs. McGowan's detailed, practical directions even include recipes for the leftovers. No one who has ever been interested in dinosaurs will be able to resist this book.
"This proven, comprehensive program gives children the skills and knowledge they need to form meaningful, healthy, lasting relationships. In 70 engaging lessons, students learn about themselves, others, and the nature of friendship, how to communicate feelings, appreciate differences, resolve conflicts peacefully, and much more."
Making Animal Characters in Polymer Clay is a step by step guide to making clay figures from polymer clay, from simple creatures like a frog to more complicated creatures like a wolf. The animals are caricatures, with expressive characteristics and clothing. This book also introduces how to use other mediums with the polymer clay.
Written for those who wish to understand more about the dynamics of sound and music. This book traces the history of music and its origins in math.
This book by author T. Pappas is for ages 9-12 and helps kids discover what mathematics is all about--not dreary, repetitive computations, but concepts brought to life by stories, puzzles, and challenges. With a section dedicated to puzzles, games, and tricks, and more than 100 illustrations packed into a large-sized format, this book is just the ticket for demystifying math and getting youngsters interested in it.
Math Games takes children beyond addition and subtraction, and challenges them with an entertaining collection of logic problems, numbers riddles, and shape puzzles that expand their understanding of math.
This book, written by the founder of the Math Olympiad for Elementary and Middle Schools, is intended to help 4th to 8th grade students learn to solve tricky multi-step problems similar to one's on the SATs. The book provides the actual problems from previous years as well as the solutions.
This book includes several mathematics puzzles- some are hard to figure out. As I tried this book, I found myself constantly using trial-and-error! If you're bored and like logic and math, then this book might keep you pretty busy!
This nonfiction chapter book highlights a different mathematician in each chapter. It relates the humanness of the individual as well as the mathematical discovery or theory associated with the individual. The book features both men and women equally. "Volume Two dramatizes the lives of Omar Khayyam, Albert Einstein, Ada Lovelace, and others. Stories in Volume One focus on moments of mathematical discovery experienced by Thales, Pythagoras, Hypatia, Galileo, Pascal, Germain, and still others. 15 illustrated vignettes per book introduce students to great mathematicians from various cultures."
This series presents math skills based on grade level standards. Each concept is clearly explained visually and auditorily at the top of the page and then the child can practice as needed. There are tests at the end of each chapter to measure progress.
"This book is an introduction to mathematics—in particular, it is an introduction to discrete mathematics. There are two primary goals for this book: students will learn to reading and writing proofs, and students will learn the fundamental concepts of discrete mathematics."
This book is about the history and survey of mathematics. It covers systems of numeration to differential equations and lots more in between.
"Test Prep is the first and most successful program ever developed to help students become more familiar with the test-taking experience. The lessons in this book were created after a careful analysis of five of the most popular achievement tests. (CAT/5, CTBS/4, ITBS,Form K, MAT/7, and SAT/9) The content reflects the types of material that children will encounter when testing."
A reprint of the nineteenth century classic reading primer. Still by far the best self study book for new readers. The use of pictures and review sections reinforce the learning and make it easy for kids to progress.
Classic introduction to the history of mathematics and lives of great mathematicians from Zeno to Cantor.
Logic problems, mathematical puzzles, matrix problems and other puzzles are included in this book by Harold Gale. No special skills are required to tackle these brain-teasers beyond common-sense, logic and a basic numeracy.
This is a beginning Latin course in cartoon type form. It is Latin conversations between a family in Britian (Vindolanda), that covers basic grammar and Latin vocabulary.
Some "mistakes" are the best inventions. This book provides the stories to forty such inventions - including chocolate chip cookies, velcro, aspirin, and 3M's Post-It Notes.
This is an excellent and interesting book. The one to three page chapters are arranged randomly throughout the book, making this a great book to browse through. Topics range from philosophy to Egyptian numerals, pi to Fermat's Last Theorem.
"More Mudpies to Magnets is filled with easy-to-use, hands-on, science experiments and activities. The instructions are clear and the results will hold the attention and excite the imagination of young children."
This sequel to the original collection of brain twisters and math puzzles challenges young readers with puzzlers that include "How much is PEPPERS + PIG LIPS?" and "If Jenny's shirt has sparkles on it, will Todd have egg in his hair?"
Based on a survey of thousands of teens, Robert Schultz, Ph.D. and James Delisle, Ph.D., offer this self-help book filled with stories, insights, honesty, and humor. You'll read gifted teens' thoughts on what it's like to feel left out, overwhelmed by expectations, underwhelmed by school and excited about life's possibilites.
This is a brilliant study of the great composer's life and creative genius, written by one of the most important social thinkers of our time. In this haunting portrait, Elias examines the paradoxes of Mozart's short existence - his creativity and social marginality, his musical sophistication and personal crudeness, his breathtaking accomplishments and psychological despair.
This is a music lesson series created to introduce piano to kids ages 4-6. There are Music Lesson books, Music Workbooks, Music Discovery books, Flash Cards, Teacher's Handbook and Compact Discs with all music from the lessons and books. Students follow the adventures of Mozart Mouse and Beethoven Bear while they learn about music. Can be used by parents or music teachers in a private or group setting.
Asher Lev is a profoundly gifted artist born into a very religious family. His gift possesses its own spirit. Asher must learn to master his gift without relinquishing his deeply felt Judaism.
This book is one of the Childhood Famous American biographies. It covers Neil Armstrong's life from early childhood until after Apollo 11.
Nitty-Gritty Grammar is written by two women who are obsessed with grammar errors. The book covers just about every imaginable error that could happen in grammar in a funny, lighthearted manner. The authors even compare punctuation marks to traffic signals (a period is a stop sign, a comma a flashing yellow light). The books crowning glory is the nearly 30 cartoons on the subject of grammar that are sure to delight anyone while at the same time learning grammar rules.
Loaded with information, light-hearted and well written, this book describes and defines lots of interesting numbers--factorials, hexidecimals, triangular numbers, pi, primes, etc.
This book talks about common philosophical issues that kids think about: What is God? What is life? Should I eat meat? Do I see things differently than other people? It does not talk down to kids and discusses the ideas rather than the history of philosophy.
Authors Sharon Kaye and Paul Thomson, examine some of life's biggest topics, such as lying, cheating, love, beauty, the role government, hate and prejudice in this teenager-friendly book. Both sides of the debates are covered on every issue, with information from some of the world's most noted philosophers. For grades 7-12.
An in-depth review of high school and first-year college physics, this new edition is also helpful a preparation for physics portions of standardized tests.
Discusses motion, forces, machines, energy, heat, wave motion, noise and music, electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, electronics, properties of light, and an introduction to nuclear physics.
This book by Liane Holliday Willey "provides comprehensive guidance for those with AS on how and who to tell about their AS, how to survive college, what employment options might be suitable and so on." ~Kirkus Reviews
Primary Grade Challenge Math offers material that goes beyond calculation skills for those children who enter the primary grades already knowing basic concepts. This curriculum allows parents and teachers to instill a deeper level of mathematical understanding and thinking skills in young children while nurturing a love of mathematics.
Landrum looks at the common characteristics linking the diverse careers of highly creative women and concludes that "female creative genius is synonymous with a strong self-esteem and self-confidence coupled with a right-brain-driven intuitive spirit and a manic energy to succeed." The lives and careers profiled in this book include Mary Kay Ash, Jane Fonda, and Oprah Winfrey.
“The story of creative and innovative behavior is about change,” says author Gene N. Landrum. “In this case it is about thirteen iconoclastic individuals who have demonstrated a unique ability to deal with change in the world and redefine it for their own purposes.” Landrum calls these individuals the “change masters,” entrepreneurial geniuses whose innovations have had a profound influence on modern society. Each of these giants was motivated by what Landrum describes as an “inno-visionary personality,” which drove them to follow a unique inner vision of success and gave them an inviolable belief in themselves.
A follow-up to Psychology for Kids (1990), which helps children learn about their own behavior, this book explores why others behave as they do. People, paper and pencils, and a copy machine to reproduce written tests are the principal requirements of the 40 experiments, which investigate such things as gender differences, learning skills, perception, and logic. Kincher adds a sprinkling of classic concepts and terms and guidelines for interpretation. She also makes it clear that the experiments aren't rigorously scientific, just fun and challenging. A great change from the usual "science experiment" book, this will leave some kids absolutely fascinated.
Helpful for parents, this book explains what ADHD is, that others have the same problems and how it effects one's home and school lives. Find practical and clearly described suggestions.
This book is for ages 9-12. You'll feel like you've stepped into the mind of someone famous (and have fun) while using deductive reasoning to solve unique and challenging puzzles. Fifty Quizzlers pit right brain against left brain in a struggle to decipher famous (and not so famous) quotations. In addition to the 50 Quizzlers, this book contains biographies of all the figures quoted. Explore the motivating thoughts of some of the world’s most inspired minds.
Dr. William Pollack provides an inside look into the secret emotional lives of boys. The reader is able to hear boys speak for themselves, in their own voices, about everything from violence, school, parents, depression and girls to suicide, sports, sex and spirituality.
In Real Life Math Mysteries, students discover the excitement and challenge of using their problem solving skills to solve an array of real world math problems. Drawn from interviews with working people in professions ranging from zookeeper to horse stable owner, the problems in this book stimulate student interest.
This is Jane Goodall's autobiography. It talks about her childhood, her sensitivity to nature and the events and beliefs that shaped her life. It also includes how she was invited to Africa. At one with nature and challenged by the man-made dangers of environmental destruction, nequality, materialism and genocide, Dr. Goodall offers insight into her perceptions of these threats and celebrates the people who are working for earth's renewal.
Road to Writing is a unique creative writing program that gives even the youngest writers a chance to express themselves. Featuring five distinct levels, or Miles, the Road to Writing program accompanies children from their first attempts at writing to comfortably writing on their own.
A collection of over thirty easy-to-perform science experiments that takes you on an eye-opening tour of the facts, figures, and forces that govern our world. Includes experiments on astronomy, biology, light, battery, acids and bases, friction, etc. School Library Journal says Robert Gardner is the master of the science experiment book. (from publisher)
A major revision of the bestselling "bible" of amateur robotics building--packed with the latest in servo motor technology, micro controlled robots, remote control, Lego Mindstorms Kits, and other commercial kits. This book gives electronics hobbyists fully illustrated plans for 11 complete Robots, as well as all-new coverage of Robotix-based Robots, Lego Technic-based Robots, Functionoids with Lego Mindstorms, and Location and Motorized Systems with Servo Motors.
This book by Jacqueline Byrne and Michael Ashley includes all kinds of puzzles: crosswords, anagrams, acrostics, cryptograms and more. In a crossword puzzle built around common SAT wrods, you must think of all the possible words for a definition or clue and try to come up with a word that will fit in the given blanks, rejecting the longer and shorter possibilities and homing in on the correct lenght answer.
This series covers many scientific subjects: Biology, ecology, astronomy, chemistry, physics, etc. Complete with illustrations, activities and experiments, these books help children understand science.
Science is.... is the biggest and best collection of science activities for children 6-14 years. It's jam-packed with more than 450 ideas, attention-getters, projects, experiments, games, puzzles, and stories. All areas of science are covered -- matter and energy; the human body; the environment; rocks; plants; animals; insects; weather; stars and planets; and technology.
More than 200 safe, fun, easy-to-perform experiements teach kids basic concepts of physics and chemistry. Experiments deal with the environment, with fooling the senses, and magic tricks with colors and light. Amusing illustrations throughout.
To a child, the future is a magnificent dream. For Jean-Francois Champollion, the dream was to sail up the Nile in Egypt and uncover the secrets of the past. In 1802, when Champollion was 11 years old, he vowed to be the first person to read Egypt's ancient hieroglyphs. He faced great challenges during the next 20 years as he searched for the elusive key to the mysterious writing -- and the fulfillment of his dreams.
This fascinating book has 1001 meaty tid-bits on nearly every aspect of science, from the Big Bang to Quantum Mechanics, Genetic Engineering to Computer Viruses -- an effortless course in the basic science that affects you every day.
Spanning over nine centuries of Western art, Sister Wendy's very personal selection includes more than 500 of the world's greatest artists. Arranged alphabetically, most of the artists featured are represented by two paintings, illustrating the full range of their work and the development of their style. Sister Wendy describes each masterpiece in illuminating detail.
This beautiful book chronicles 800 years of Western Painting, and includes color reproductions of more than 450 masterpieces from cave painting to the 20th century. Sister Wendy Beckett, an internationally renowned art historian, makes the subject of painting approachable and interesting to all.
An introduction to motion geometry, Slides, Flips and Turns encourages students to explore the result of a slide, flip, or turn. It also develops an awareness of symmetry as students complete abstract symmetrical designs. As the students analyze the result of a motion, they develop logical thinking. The resource includes a section on definitions (with illustrations) of motion geometry terms, 48 activities, reproducible blank grids, and a table of contents.
Noted experts, Robert Schultz, James Delisle, Tyler Page, publish their survey of thousands of young people around the world. This candid book helps gifted kids know they're not alone and they're definitely not "weird." Activities help readers relate the information and issues to their own lives.
Chess notation is described but not required for learning the moves (drawings are shown instead). The book covers all the basics for each piece, discusses exchanges, special moves, opening moves and tricks, and endgames. There is some chess history as well as simple puzzles. Excellent beginners book on chess fundamentals. Amazon Readers gave it a 5 star rating.
This book by Wolfgang Langewiesche is an excellent resource for someone who wants to become a pilot, or for people who want to improve their piloting skills. Langewiesche tells how to execute a number of maneuvers (which are not aerobatic). He also includes helpful diagrams that explain difficult concepts such as lift, glide, climb, straight and level flight and the turn.
Winner of the prestigious BolognaRagazzi Award, this intriguing book provides parents and educators with a springboard for discussions on life's questions. No answers are provided in Stormy Night. Rather, the questions prompt readers to explore their own place in the world. With imaginative drawings and simple but thought-provoking text, Stormy Night is the perfect place for children, regardless of age, cultural background or religion, to start looking for their own answers to all the really important questions.
A classic Tangram book, filled with diverse investigations. Reproducible activity sheets may be used in activity centers, with the whole class, or in small groups.
A very good book about chess. All you need is a chess board complete with pieces and a desire to learn. Tests constist of several diagrammed puzzles and concentrate on the monements of a particurlar piece rather than a particular tactic.
This book emphasizes the methods actually used by circuit designers: a combination of basic laws, rules of thumb and a large bag of tricks. The editors have responded to the rapid changes in electronics and offer many new tables as well as new and revised topics.
The Book of Numbers lets readers of all levels of mathematical sophistication (or lack thereof) understand the origins, patterns, and interrelationships of different numbers.
The Cartoon Guide to the Universe is one of many books in the Cartoon History series that spans various subjects. Whether you are a fan of history, comics, or Gonick's books, The Cartoon History of the Universe is a great place to start. Part I contains volumes 1 to 7, from the Big Bang to Alexander the Great which include black and white illustrations of all subjects.
Starting with the rise of China and going through the fall of Rome, Larry Gonick continues his chronicles of history that began in Volume I (chapters 1-7). The cartoons serve to make the book entertaining and accessible to younger kids. Gonick's style adds humor and color to the stories of history.
Starting with the Big Bang and going up to Alexander the Great, Larry Gonick covers the major events in European History. The cartoons serve to make the book entertaining and accessible to younger kids. Gonick's style adds humor and color to the stories of history.
This book is a resource that describes and has many photos of most civil aircraft built in the world from the 1920's to the present day.
According to the publisher, thousands of years--way before Christopher Columbus set sail--wandering tribes of hunters made their way from Asia across the Bering land bridge to North America. They didn't know it, but they had discovered a New World. The First Americans is a fascinating re-creation of pre-Columbian Native American life, and it's an adventure of a lifetime! Hunt seals with the Inuit; harvest corn on a cliff-top mesa; hunt the mighty buffalo; and set sail with Leif Erickson, Columbus, and all the early great explorers--Cabot, Balboa, Ponce de Leon, Cortes, Henry the Navigator, and more--in this brilliantly told story of America before it was America.
A practical, no-nonsense collection of proven circuit designs useful for engineers, students, scientists, and hobbyists.
Genius, a puzzling allegorical figure, appears in several major Latin and vernacular works of the later Middle Ages. Originally a spirit or god that survived in Roman religion for at least seven centuries, its history and significance has not previously been examined in detail.
It could be argued that the 20th century was the century of theoretical physics. The Genius of Science is a portrait gallery of 16 of the most interesting international physicists who helped change our view of the world--from Niels Bohr to Eugene Wigner. Author Abraham Pais, an eminent American theoretical physicist and professor at Rockefeller University, has written acclaimed biographies of Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, two of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. Pais was acquainted with many of the people he writes about.
Written with help from hundreds of gifted teenagers, this handbook is an excellent guide to surviving and thriving in a world that doesn’t always value, support, or understand high ability. This book gives readers the tools they need to understand giftedness, accept it as an asset, and use it to make the most of who they are.
A classic introduction to growing up gifted, the GUIDE has now been revised and updated for today’s bright, creative, talented kids. Based on new surveys of hundreds of gifted kids, it speaks directly to them. It includes first-person advice from boys and girls that’s pertinent, realistic, and inspiring. It answers readers’ questions about why they think and learn the way they do, what 'giftedness' and IQ really mean, different types of intelligence, how to handle high expectations, how to make school more challenging, how to cope with teasing, how to make friends, and much more.
The power and attractiveness of the subject of mathematics is often hidden from students who are in introductory courses. In this new, innovative overview textbook, the authors put special emphasis on the deep ideas of mathematics, and present the subject through lively and entertaining examples, anecdotes, challenges and illustrations, all of which are designed to excite the student's interest. The underlying ideas include topics from number theory, infinity, geometry, topology, probability and chaos theory. Throughout the text, the authors stress that mathematics is an analytical way of thinking, one that can be brought to bear on problem solving and effective thinking in any field of study.
"This Beautifully illustrated color encyclopedia provides the general reader with insight into the rich and varied traditions of the world’s religions. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism are covered in detail, but there is also extensive information regarding less widely understood faiths such as Sikhism, Taoism and Rastafarianism. 350 color illustrations."
Robert Buderi chronicles the previously untold story of radar, one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the last century . He presents in-depth, completely accessible descriptions of the triumphs and technological advances and introduces the brilliant band of scientists, many of them Nobel Prize-winners, who carried out this revolution.
For ages 4-8 and very kid-friendly, this book is well-organized with scientific information, attention-grabbing facts and accessible procedures for activities and projects. Chock-full of entertaining activities that will help inspire enthusiasm for the natural sciences, this is a terrific way to introduce kids to the real-life meaning of scientific concepts.
"Lavishly illustrated book" summarizes global history in only 109 pages. Covers major themes e.g. The Age of Ideas, The Rise of Fascism, The Power of the Habsburgs in a concise, accessible way. This is not a textbook, but it is an inviting publication that children and adults will enjoy for light reading.
Contains 4000 illustrations, diagrams & charts, timelines, maps and graphics. Covers 1100 key topics, 52 subject areas. Provides "quick access" to a "wealth of facts". Text is comprehensive, information precise, understandable and enjoyable. "Researchers, writers, students and information lovers of every kind will find [it]...with its innovative approach and encyclopedic scope, as essential as a dictionary and as absorbing as a favorite novel."
This series of books, titled "The Problem Solver" is a wonderful resource for the younger math student with a visual spatial learning style. The numerical reasoning problems are presented within a four step method ("A systematic approach to problem solving that can be used for solving any problem.") using "10 solution strategies." The looseleaf format allows for photocopying for use in a classroom setting, or multiple child use in the homeschool setting.
This book by author M. Gell-Mann is an engaging, elegantly written introduction to the life's work of one of this century's most accomplished and influential scientists. This is Gell-Mann's own story of finding the connections between the basic laws of physics and the complexity and diversity of the natural world.
The simple: a quark inside an atom. The complex: a jaguar prowling its jungle territory in the night. Exploring the relationship between them becomes a series of exciting intellectual adventures.
Joey Green offers a collection of failures that many historical and present-day people experienced before becoming successful and famous. Browsing this book, you see example after example of people who went on to succeed after experiencing setbacks. You see that your setback might not be permanent. Read about the humble beginnings of high achievers!
"Now students can raise their SAT scores faster than anyone thought possible with RocketReview, the amazing online software program that uses artificial intelligence to predict exactly how actual SAT readers would have graded an essay. It also provides customized suggestions on how to improve scores. In addition to providing access to RocketScore, this unique CD-ROM also features animated demonstrations of every major SAT technique. No complicated descriptions, no lengthy explanations-it's like having a private tutor at the test taker's side covering everything on the math, reading, and writing sections of the new SAT. Readers will learn the most advanced SAT techniques ever created, many of which have never before been revealed to the general public, getting a jumpstart on the new SAT-and the future."
The authors provide help for students to learn how to organize time, set goals, stand up for one's self, cope with testing and more. This book gives many practical suggestions that may help a student who feels like a loser feel more like a winner!
Hours of fascinating fun await the origami devotee who follows the author along the path to creating original multidimensional forms that are practically architectural in nature. Ranging from technically simple folds to more demanding ones, the many delightful and varied works in this book are highly stimulating and make wonderful presents for family and friends.
A valuable resource for students, this book by Philip Steinbacher, helps students learn to love vocabulary lessons. Students are taught to recognize, define, comprehend and use these words in their everyday lives.
A catalogue that contains every manipulative needed to help the visual spatial student mathematician, from abacus to yardstick. Escher panels and tangrams are found here, as well as origami math, and math through literature books.