Rodrigo and the Dogs

Colleen Kessler

Benchmark Education Co. Staff

Benchmark Education Company

What do sponges, worms, and mollusks have in common? They re all simple animals. They are also unique, cool, slimy, fun, and (sometimes) creepy! There are hundreds of thousands of different species within these three groups of animals. From the color-changing cuttlefish to foot-long parasitic worms that infect humans and grow underneath their skin, from the colorful underwater sponge to the banana slug, sponges, worms, and mollusks are fun to learn about. In this book, you ll explore these diverse groups of animals through hands-on activities, projects, and experiments. Whether you try the projects for fun or for a science fair, you ll get an up-close and personal view of leeches, earthworms, snails, and more.

A Project Guide to Sponges, Worms, and Mollusks (Life Science Projects for Kids)

Children's Books

Animals

Mitchell Lane Publishers

Scientists have known for a long time that things move in predictable patterns. It took an apple falling to help further their knowledge, though. We now know how things move and why. Scientists continue to study motion and the forces that cause it, and you can too! In this book, you ll learn about pushes and pulls and different types of energy. The next time you play soccer, you ll be able to use your new scientific knowledge to teach your friends and family why that soccer ball moves the way it does.

A Project Guide to Forces and Motion (Physical Science Projects for Kids)

Science, Nature & How It Works

Electrical and magnetic forces are so much a part of our everyday lives, that we don't often think about how they work or how they are related. Before digital music players and eBook readers were commonplace, though, scientists put a lot of effort into discovering just what these forces were and how to harness their energy in ways that would make life easier. Through their experimentation, they discovered the connection between electrical and magnetic forces. They found ways to bring electricity to people who wanted it. Today, we benefit from these discoveries, but there are always new things to discover! Whether you try the experiments and activities in this book for fun or for a science fair project, you'll get an up-close look at the forces of electricity and magnetism. Enjoy each of the shocking activities in this book as you discover the pull of science! Book jacket.

A Project Guide to Electricity and Magnetism (Physical Science Projects for Kids)

What do CDs, lamps, lasers, and microwave ovens all have in common? They all use the power of light and optics! From ancient times when scientists puzzled over the effects of the Sun on Earth to today, where scientists and engineers use lasers to make precise cuts in metal, people have been fascinated by light and optics. In this book, you ll delve into this incredible subject and learn how light can bend and bounce. You ll understand how scientists use light to send data from one side of the world to the other. And, you ll have fun discovering new things to do with flashlights and mirrors. These experiments and activities can be used as a starting point for science fair projects, or you can do them just for fun. Either way, you ll find out a lot about the properties of light!

A Project Guide to Light and Optics (Physical Science Projects for Kids)

Babies crying, school bells ringing, cars roaring by, the ding signaling that a new text message has arrived . . . sounds are all around us, but how are they made? And how do we hear them? Sounds are created when air vibrates, and we hear them because our ears are specially developed to funnel in and process those vibrations. Through the activities and experiments in this book, you ll take a hands-on look at how sounds are made and how they are heard. From salt drums to xylophones and sonic booms, you ll have fun making music and noise and learning a little along the way!

A Project Guide to Sound (Physical Science Projects for Kids)

Learning math can be fun and challenging! This activity book provides students the opportunity to apply a multitude of math skills to solve problems, puzzles, and logic riddles. The standards-based problem-solving strategies addressed in this book include drawing a picture, looking for a pattern, guessing and checking, acting it out, making a table or a list, and working backwards. Each strategy is presented in a separate chapter and includes a description and practice activities specifically designed to address it. One chapter includes mixed practice so students can choose the strategies they feel would solve the problem most efficiently. Using interesting and engaging challenges and puzzles encourages your students to become mathematical thinkers and expert problem solvers—all while meeting the standards set forth by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Math Problem Solvers: Using Word Problems to Enhance Mathematical Problem Solving

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Prufrock Press

Did you know that a parrotfish blows a bubble of mucus around itself at night to mask its scent from predators? This slimy sleeping bag is one of the ways the brightly colored fish has adapted to the sometimes harsh, but always beautiful, world of the coral reef. Students will learn this and many other interesting facts about the reef's inhabitants while completing the activities contained in this book. Many of the National Science Teachers Association essential skills and knowledge are addressed in this exciting activity book that focuses on the environment of the reef, its inhabitants, and the ways these animals have adapted to their world. Gifted and advanced learners in grades 2-3 will enjoy creating a crystal garden to observe how coral polyps bud and taking an Internet scavenger hunt to learn more about the reef. They will learn to "take action" and apply their learning in real-world ways to help protect the environment.

Survival on the Reef: Exploring Amazing Animals and the Ways They Adapt to Their Environment

Do your students dread math lessons? Engage and excite them with the activities in Picturing Math, a unique book that uses picture books to teach elementary students math concepts. Each activity in this book focuses on a popular children's book and gives teachers fun lessons that relate to the math concepts explored in the picture books. Subjects covered include problem solving, geometry, measurement, algebra, and probability. Your students will love doing math with these exciting activities! Grades 2–4

Picturing Math: Hands-On Activities to Connect Math With Picture Books (Grades 2-4)

Prufrock Pr

The Big Book of Kids Activities

Jamie Harrington

Rachel Miller

AMAND

Holly Homer

Brittanie Pyper

Emma Vanstone

Macmillan Trade

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