Funded by the National Science Foundation and successfully field-tested in a variety of settings, the materials presented give teachers the opportunity to grow as learners for the classes they teach.

Straightforward, thorough, packed with examples and exercises, and modeled after Atwood”s widely popular CHEMISTRY SURVIVAL GUIDE, the new SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY is everything your users need to survive and thrive in an introductory course. Designed as a reader”s guide to an introductory textbook, the SURVIVAL GUIDE offers detailed step-by-step problem-solving sequences, giving users the competencyaand confidenceathey need to master the material and achieve optimal exam results. Coupled with a complementary math review, this brief but powerful resource covers the most fundamental aspects of introductory chemistry in a succinct series of essential modules.

Mathworks! shows how math works! Six exciting, real-world professions form the foundations for data gathering and problem-solving exercises that illustrate the importance of mathematics in daily life. In each volume, the reader takes the position of a jet pilot, crime detective, race car driver, sports star, stunt coordinator, or zoo vet, then uses important facts and data to do the job. This clever and challenging approach to math will interest and encourage budding mathematicians on several levels.

This general, organic, and biochemistry text has been written for students preparing for careers in health-related fields such as nursing, dental hygiene, nutrition, medical technology, and occupational therapy. It is also suited for students majoring in other fields where it is important to have an understanding of the basics of chemistry. Students need have no previous background in chemistry, but should possess basic math skills. The text features numerous helpful problems and learning features.

Origami is just about the perfect kids’ craft–it’s fun to do, develops hand/eye coordination, fortifies math skills, and requires only paper. Plus, when the animals are as cute as the paper menagerie on display here, how could any child resist? These enchanting projects use a mix of traditional Japanese folk art techniques as well as simple folding, and they’re divided into different levels so that every child can enjoy a good challenge…without any frustration. For beginners, the selection includes a dog, fox, cat, bunny, and starfish, while intermediates have a stingray, swan, standing peacock, grasshopper, bear, and pig. The advanced projects feature puppets, a frog that actually jumps, and a diplodocus sure to delight dino fans.

No need to spend hours and hours pulling together the materials and activities to make themed units. All About the Ocean is the ultimate resource for teaching children about the ocean and for practicing important language and math skills that help children make cross-curricular connections. This wonderfully illustrated thematic unit has an easy-to-use format that makes it a must-have!

Be successful in math with THE MATHEMATICAL PALETTE! Written with you in mind, the authors make mathematics enjoyable, relevant, understandable, and informative. Visually engaging, the text features full color pictures of fine art to bring mathematical concepts to life. Everyday applications are included to illustrate the evolution and practicality of math and parallel the creativity of liberal arts majors. Prepare for exams with numerous resources located online and throughout the text such as live online tutoring, tutorials, a book companion website, chapter-ending summaries, reviews, tests, and accurate answer sections.

Welcome to Singapore Math –the leading math program in the world! This book is designed to help seventh grade students master word problems, which are often tricky and frustrating, the Singapore Math way. The activities in this book teach students important math skills, such as diagrams, number bonds, the counting on method, and mental calculation, that help in solving word problems. The book features one problem per page so as not to overwhelm students and step-by-step worked out solutions in the answer key. Perfect for students familiar with Singapore Math and for those who just need extra practice with word problems. Included in this book: an introduction explaining the Singapore Math method. common word problems found on assessments. step-by-step worked out solutions in the answer key.

Tang, a lifelong lover of math, shares the techniques that have helped him solve problems in the most creative ways. Briggs’s vibrant and inviting illustrations create a perfect environment for these innovative games.

Molly O’Hara’s young sister Nell is beautiful, spirited, and sweet, and the fact that she hasn’t spoken for the last seventeen years–since she was eight–certainly doesn’t reflect on her intelligence. After all, it’s Nell who does the books for Enchanted Cottage Antiques, which she and her sister operate jointly. Truth is, Nell was home alone with their mother when the woman was murdered, and from that day forward Nell hasn’t spoken. She understands, she can make herself understood; it’s just that she doesn’t utter a word. Rummaging in boxes at a tag sale, Nell comes across an old New York theater Playbill that will change the girls’ lives. It will break the monotony of their rather lonely existence in the small North Carolina town from which they have never ventured–and will also shatter the peace they’ve managed to achieve there. It will send them rocketing to New York, to England, and to New England, in search of a family they didn’t know they had. And it will introduce them–and the reader–to as zany a group of relatives as ever bickered over a dog show or a fortune. The cover of the program bears a photo of a lovely young actress in her first big part on the New York stage. And amazingly, the woman is their crusty old grandmother. But when they rush to question the old woman, they arrive to find that she has baffled the medical staff, who saw no reason to expect it, by dying in her bed. The sisters, and especially Molly, who is more stubborn and goal-oriented by nature, realize that somewhere they have a family. But in their town, the only sources of information are their stepfather, whom they almost never see–and he can’t, or won’t tell them much–and theirnatural father, who is married to a wealthy society woman and is embarrassed by his somewhat unconventional offspring and eager to shoo them away. So they determine to go off on a search of their own. Their travels bring adventure and exhilaration as they have the new and wonderful experience of seeing New York and London and meeting such exotic fauna as professional actors. But it also brings tragedy as accidents occur around them, starting with a fatal explosion in their house when they are away. These are dauntless young women, though, and charming ones, and the reader will very much enjoy going along with them on their eye-opening journeys, and will root for them all along the way.