CliffsNotes Parent's Crash Course: Elementary School Science Fair Projects


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When the science project is due, this book comes to the rescue With the trend toward hands-on learning, millions of elementary students have to do science projects. Typically, they mention this to their parents the night before the project is due. This book helps busy parents help their children create last-minute science projects using materials commonly found around the house. It features chapter breakouts grouped by science project subject, two-page spreads devoted to specific science projects, and factoids to get kids interested in the subject. Parents can quickly pick an appropriate project and spur their future scientists toward success! Faith Hickman Brynie (Bigfork, MT) is a writer specializing in science and health; she holds a PhD in science education, curriculum, and instruction and is a frequent writer for the children’s science magazine Odyssey, as well as the editor of various elementary school science textbooks.




CliffsNotes Parent's Crash Course: Elementary School Math


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Is helping your kids with elementary math homework a problem? * 6,234 + 5,893 + 475 + 872 = * What is the greatest common factor for 140 and 175? * Find the percentage: 25,000 cheering for the home team in an arena holding 40,000 fans * (8) + (-7) + (12) + (-11) + (15) + (-9) = * Express 343 in terms of its simplest base and exponent form. (See answers at bottom of page) It's probably been awhile since you took math, and math is taught differently today. So when your kids need help with the dreaded math homework, you may be pressed to remember some of the basics in addition to being pressed for time! CliffsNotes Parent's Crash Course Elementary School Math is the answer! This one-of-a-kind book features: * Practical organization that helps you get up to speed quickly * A table of contents that makes it easy to find the specific help you and your child need * 58 different lessons explained in two- to three-page units * Quick explanations of essential terms at the beginning of each chapter * Factoids that get your kids more interested * Exercises and answers at the end of many lessons * An appendix containing flashcards for added practice The book covers math concepts and principles taught in elementary school, including: * Whole numbers * Decimals * Fractions * Percents * Integers * Powers, exponents, and roots * Powers of ten * Measurements * Geometry * Adding and subtracting * Multiplying and dividing Answers: * 13,474 * 35 * 62.5 * 8 * 73




Content-area Writing


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Presents information about two major types of writing: writing to learn and public writing. Offers strategies for planning, organizing, and teaching, as well as numerous examples of student work and guidelines for evaluation and assessment.




Library Journal


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Library Journal


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Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.







The Last Lecture


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The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.




Utilitarianism - Ed. Heydt


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John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism is a philosophical defense of utilitarianism, a moral theory stating that right actions are those that tend to promote overall happiness. The essay first appeared as a series of articles published in Fraser’s Magazine in 1861; the articles were collected and reprinted as a single book in 1863. Mill discusses utilitarianism in some of his other works, including On Liberty and The Subjection of Women, but Utilitarianism contains his only sustained defence of the theory. In this Broadview Edition, Colin Heydt provides a substantial introduction that will enable readers to understand better the polemical context for Utilitarianism. Heydt shows, for example, how Mill’s moral philosophy grew out of political engagement, rather than exclusively out of a speculative interest in determining the nature of morality. Appendices include precedents to Mill’s work, reactions to Utilitarianism, and related writings by Mill.