If you go camping, you may see patterns in animals' fur or as part of birds' feathers. Certain fish move in a zigzag pattern, while some birds fly in a V-shaped pattern. Certain patterns help different animals camouflage themselves. Even pinecones have spiral patterns.
A bake sale can help raise money for a certain cause such as buying new library books for a school. If you are making muffins for a bake sale, you need a system to figure out how many batches you can make and how many muffins are in each batch. When you sell the muffins, you must figure out how much profit you make by subtracting the amount of money you used for the ingredients from how much money you make.
Have you ever thought about being an astronaut? What would it be like to explore placers such as the moon or Mars? Discover what is involved in one of the most extreme jobs that people can do and learn about the history of this exciting career.Contents:Do you want to be an astronaut?Life as an astronautRisks and dangersTrainingAstronauts in historyAstronaut jobsLiving in spaceThe future in spaceCould you be astronaut?Glossary and indexActivities
Read about a group of students who are planning a bake sale to make money for the school library. You'll need to understand multiplication and division in order to work with recipes, set up tables, and mark a profit from all your hard work. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn multiplication and division and build their STEM skills.
Synthesizing twenty-five years of the most significant and influential findings of published research on second language writing in English, this volume promotes understanding and provides access to research developments in the field. It is an essential reference tool for libraries and for serious writing professionals, both researchers and practitioners, both L1 and L2.
Some jobs take people high off the ground, deep under water, or put them in an enclosure with dangerous animals. These are all extreme jobs, where people work in dangerous and risky situations every day. This book features divers.
Action Force brings together the people, weapons, vehicles, the stats and the facts in one all-action series. INSIDE BORDER DEFENCE: Keeping your country safe, High-tech gear, Banned imports, Detector dogs Airport security, Sea ports, Smuggling, Illegal fishing, Pirates, Fighting terrorism, Coastguard patrols, Pursuit and patrol aircraft.
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