There are over 600 muscles in the human body that we can strengthen, stretch, flex, or simply leave alone. Whether we use them consciously or not, muscles work to protect our bones and keep our blood flowing. In this volume, readers will learn about the different kinds of muscle and why muscles are so essential to everything we dofrom eating to smiling to mastering a sport. Labeled diagrams complement text and highlight important muscles in the body, while boxed questions encourage readers to think critically about the information they learn.
Costumed characters transform ordinary amusement parks into magical settings where princesses, superheroes, and more come to life. This lively guide helps creative teens looking to mix fun and work become a part of this essential theme park experience. Teens will learn how to land a role-playing job, performing in character with guests or onstage. Also covered are the many areas in which teens can exercise their interests away from the spotlight. Readers will learn how to leverage such skills as acting, dancing, and sewing to nail an interview, audition, or future career in or out of the theme park environment.
From tiny organisms to plants and people, all living things need nitrogen. This engaging STEM resource introduces elementary school readers to the importance of the nitrogen cycle in clear, easy-to-follow text. Readers will learn why nitrogen is an essential nutrient for growth, where nitrogen is found, the important role legumes play in the nitrogen cycle, and more. Colorful illustrations and photographs add interest and additional information to each page. Compare and Contrast, Vocabulary, and Think About It sidebars support Common Core standards. This is a must-have book for any shelf.
Even though we cant change the weather ourselves, we can understand the factors that account for changing conditions. Weather fronts are responsible for a host of meteorological phenomena, and learning how to interpret them can help us prepare for the worst of winter or celebrate the best of summer. This volume breaks down the differences between the various weather fronts and explains how they generate the weather we experience. It also examines the relationship between weather fronts, air masses, jet streams, and related events, such as El Niño.
This volume teaches the budding geology buff how a single mineral can form many varieties of gems, how some gems are actually created by animals, why certain types of jewelry are so valuable, and the role gems have played in superstition. It also covers the functional uses of gems in tools, including lasers and saws.
Understanding the laws and government of ones town, state, and nation is the responsibility of every citizen. In this engaging, easy-to-follow series, students will gain insight into the United States government, including its three main branches and the Constitution. Elections, citizenship, state and local government, and taxes are also covered. A valuable resource for all young readers, this series will teach them about the structure, organization, and responsibilities of the government, along with their rights as citizens or residents.
From tiny organisms to plants and people, all living things need nitrogen. This engaging STEM resource introduces elementary school readers to the importance of the nitrogen cycle in clear, easy-to-follow text. Readers will learn why nitrogen is an essential nutrient for growth, where nitrogen is found, the important role legumes play in the nitrogen cycle, and more. Colorful illustrations and photographs add interest and additional information to each page. Compare and Contrast, Vocabulary, and Think About It sidebars support Common Core standards. This is a must-have book for any shelf.
Even as the world becomes increasingly wireless, nearly everyone remains dependent on the hardwired work of electricians. The need for homes, offices, public spaces, and other facilities to stay heated and able to power people's machines and devices at any time of day or night means that electricians are always in demand. This useful guide provides an overview of the various jobs electrical workers do and the education and skill requirements they must meet. Readers will learn how women have broken into this once male-dominated field and how this necessary work can become a stable and fruitful career.
Costumed characters transform ordinary amusement parks into magical settings where princesses, superheroes, and more come to life. This lively guide helps creative teens looking to mix fun and work become a part of this essential theme park experience. Teens will learn how to land a role-playing job, performing in character with guests or onstage. Also covered are the many areas in which teens can exercise their interests away from the spotlight. Readers will learn how to leverage such skills as acting, dancing, and sewing to nail an interview, audition, or future career in or out of the theme park environment.
This book teaches readers about the basics of the electoral process in the United States. It covers the different types of elections, what campaigns are, and how ordinary citizens can effect change.
This volume teaches the budding geology buff how a single mineral can form many varieties of gems, how some gems are actually created by animals, why certain types of jewelry are so valuable, and the role gems have played in superstition. It also covers the functional uses of gems in tools, including lasers and saws.
Whether they glimmer to attract prey, to ward off predators, or for another reason entirely, glowing organisms are some of the most mesmerizing wonders of nature. This stunning volume introduces elementary readers to bioluminescence and biofluorescence, using accessible language to explain how and why various organisms make their own light. Vibrant images allow readers to journey through woods haunted by fox fire, soar high with fireflies that punctuate a summer night's sky, and dive deep to view the myriad creatures that illuminate the ocean's depths. Boxed text encourages critical thinking about Earth's incredible biodiversity and the behaviors and chemistry of living things.
This illuminating STEM volume explores a wide variety of tasks computers perform, from running video games to controlling the International Space Station to helping students learn to read, write, and do math. Call-outs support state and national standards for close reading and critical thinking, while engaging photographs offer additional information on a topic that will interest teachers and students alike. While students may have limited exposure to what computers do in their own lives, they will be inspired to learn that there is so much more to these machines than they have imagined.
There are over 600 muscles in the human body that we can strengthen, stretch, flex, or simply leave alone. Whether we use them consciously or not, muscles work to protect our bones and keep our blood flowing. In this volume, readers will learn about the different kinds of muscle and why muscles are so essential to everything we dofrom eating to smiling to mastering a sport. Labeled diagrams complement text and highlight important muscles in the body, while boxed questions encourage readers to think critically about the information they learn.
Even though we can’t change the weather ourselves, we can understand the factors that account for changing conditions. Weather fronts are responsible for a host of meteorological phenomena, and learning how to interpret them can help us prepare for the worst of winter or celebrate the best of summer. This volume breaks down the differences between the various weather fronts and explains how they generate the weather we experience. It also examines the relationship between weather fronts, air masses, jet streams, and related events, such as El Niño.
Social workers often reminisce about their first time “freezing”—the dreaded stillness from emotions so strong that they take the body hostage. Angela Lovelace is a well-trained social worker: she has been working for Child Protective Services in San Francisco for nearly five years and has never frozen, never had a sleepless night. But after she sees her father’s tattered picture on the apartment wall of a little boy whose addict mother just died, she must learn how to overcome the numbness—and sets out to uncover the truth. While Angela conducts her investigation, she finds her family and personal life spiraling down into brokenness; as she peels away layer after layer of secrets, her brother navigates the ravages of substance abuse, and her sister struggles with infertility. The Lovelace family must look to their faith in God and each other to discover their own resilience and put the pieces of their splintered lives back together again Told from multiple perspectives across generations, Revelation explores how untreated mental illness and family secrets ricochet and can impact each and every family member—and the importance of perseverance, love, and hope.
This book examines how Iran's arms control operations have been driven by external threat as well as regional power aspirations, and have been marked by a sense of grievance.
Through this fourteen-week in-depth study of the Revelation, readers will learn how God's plan for Earth unfolds. Discover hope and reassurance as you walk through this amazing finale to God's Word.
TOPICS IN THE BOOK Public Basic Schools in Southern Sudan and the Sultanate of Oman (Comparative Study) Using Differentiated Instruction to Promote Creativity, Critical Thinking and Learning: Perspective of Teachers Les compétences génériques recherchées chez les chefs d’établissement d’enseignement à l’ère de la direction au service des apprentissages des élèves Principals’ Teacher Management Strategies and Learners’Academic Achievement in Public Secondary Schools in Kilifi Sub-County, Kenya Explore the Role of Different Cognitive Functions in Education The Performance of the Textiles and Apparel Sector and the Challenge of Environmental Sustainability in Ghana: A Qualitative Study
Natalie Houston has lost her family, her home, and practically everything else she owns. Through necessity, she starts fresh in a new town. She is lonely and angry with God, but is determined to make it on her own. Her new neighbor, Peter, attempts to draw her out of her depression and suggests she use her talents to try to make ends meet. He tries to help out to make her new home more comfortable, but Natalie resents his intrusions. Will Natalie ever fully understand that God has not abandoned her? He has provided her with not only a home and a job, but with friendship and love.
Drawing on the themes of religious rhetoric, embedded in social and political contexts, this study offers new insights into the manners in which the Catholic Church helped mould the Slovenians' responses to WWI and reconsiders the reasons for the clergy's political actions amid tensions, which resulted in the Habsburg empire's collapse.
TOPICS IN THE BOOK Investigating the Effect of the Traditional Flipped Classroom in Teaching Primary 3 Class Mathematics Variables Affecting 21st Century K-12 Students’ Mathematics Achievements: A Systematic Review Students’ Perceptions toward Health Science Career Choice: A Case from Cambodia Challenges of the Supported Teaching in Schools (STS) Programme: A Case of E.P College of Education Amedzofe Critical Thinking in Curriculum Content: The Case of Uganda Critical Thinking in Curriculum Practice: The Case of Higher Institutions of Learning in Uganda Critical Thinking and Higher Education: A Historical, Theoretical and Conceptual Perspective
For more than a hundred years, the Nobel Prizes have been the world's most well-respected awards. The announcement of the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize regularly causes astonished or even disapproving reactions. How can people become laureates who are not publicly perceived as peacekeepers or –builders, but rather as war criminals? Journalist Emil Bobi investigates the truth behind the imperial setting of the Nobel Foundation and asks inconvenient questions about the handling of Alfred Nobel's money and last will. What lies beneath the selection of winners? There's a massive scandal going on right beneath the award's shiny surface. Corrupt practices and accusations about the abuse of the foundation's money are threatening the future of the renowned award. A million-dollar-lawsuit is under way and the powerful Nobel Foundation is nervously working all angles to prevent investigations and ban them by law. Authorities and the government are trying their best to avoid dealing with the case. It's time to scrutinize and reconsider a national treasure. Emil Bobi has travelled to Stockholm and Oslo to talk to awardees, members of the foundation, politicians, members of authorities, advocates and opponents. The result is a shocking story of politics and crime.
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