These activities may be read aloud to young students to encourage them to comprehend and organize sets of clues, deduce logical conclusions, and match up attributes in simple situations. Reading level: grade 3; ability level: grades K-2; 78 activities and answers included. Reproducible for single-classroom or single-home use.

This entirely new diary is a predecessor to the "Country Diary" and is composed in a similar style with Edith Holden's thoughts, watercolours paintings of flowers, plants, birds and butterflies. There are over 150 new paintings showing delightful countryside scenes, including hares, rabbits, squirrels, foxes and other animals which do not appear in the Country Diary. "The Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady" is not only a companion to the Country Diary but a book that will appeal to all lovers of nature and the countryside.

What's Darwin got to do with it?

When it comes to evolution, quite a bit! But many people don't understand Darwin, creationism and intelligent design. Here's a book that makes sense of it all!

A group of scholars, teachers, writers and illustrators have teamed up to create an easy-to-read introduction and critique to this important issue. You'll enjoy the lively and funny conversation that unfolds between two professors and they explore what science can explain about life. You'll find out what logic has to do with it. You'll see whether the changing beak sizes of Galapagos Islands finches prove Darwinism. And you'll enjoy the adventures of Darwinian superstars "Mutaman" and "Selecta."

There's more to it all than you ever thought. But this witty and wise book makes it easier to understand than ever before!

With key facts, terms, and definitions throughout the text, lots of excellent illustrations, questions at the end of each chapter and an answer key, Exploring the World around You makes a wonderful supplement to any homeschool curriculum. Dr. Gary Parker takes the reader on a tour of the planet on which we live through the seven different terrestrial biomes: desert, grassland, deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, coniferous forest or taiga, tundra, and chaparral. On the tour Dr. Parker explains the ecosystems unique to each biome including the plant and animal habitats and the fragile coexistence and dependencies they share. Fascinating from cover to cover, every reader will come away with an enhanced knowledge and understanding of our planet and the interrelationships of its inhabitants.

In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it—with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education, intelligence, and truth.

Book Details:Format: PaperbackPublication Date: 1/1/2005Pages: 333

Book Details:Format: WorkbookPublication Date: 6/30/2004Pages: 744Reading Level: Age 11 and Up

Studying math is often a source of great anxiety for children and also proves troublesome for parents helping with their homework. Using uniquely accessible illustrated stress-free approach, Help Your Kids with Math looks at every aspect of math, from simple sums to simultaneous equations, and explains each facet in easily understandable language so that adults and kids can master the subject together. Tricky concepts are explored and examined step-by-step, so that even the most math-phobic individual will be able to approach and solve complex problems with confidence.

SNAP (Student Notes and Problems) Workbooks help students achieve school success…one course at a time. Packed with notes, explanations and illustrative examples, they’ve got everything a student needs to develop a complete understanding of a subject’s key concepts.

Each SNAP workbook:
• Is written by respected educators
• Includes lessons that complement classroom instruction, making at-home study easier
• Helps students apply newly-acquired concepts
• Offers step-by-step learning through illustrative examples
• Provides a wide range of questions and problems for self-testing

Improving Grades is a SNAP!

SNAP (Student Notes and Problems) Workbooks help students achieve school success…one course at a time. Packed with notes, explanations and illustrative examples, they’ve got everything a student needs to develop a complete understanding of a subject’s key concepts.

Each SNAP workbook:
• Is written by respected educators
• Includes lessons that complement classroom instruction, making at-home study easier
• Helps students apply newly-acquired concepts
• Offers step-by-step learning through illustrative examples
• Provides a wide range of questions and problems for self-testing

Improving Grades is a SNAP!