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A program for fourth through eighth graders, which presents twelve multidisciplinary engineering challenges for student teams to solve in competition and provides introductory teamwork exercises, ten warm-up problems, scoring rubrics, tips for teachers and coaches, and a competition administration checklist.

Explains how to get the most out of your time by learning to manage it effectively and organizing your days so that there are hours for both work and play.

After finding out there has never been a female U.S. president, Grace decides to run in her school's mock election, where she learns about the American electoral system and sets out to be the best person for the job even though her opponent, Thomas, seems to be winning all the boys' votes.

Describes the skills it takes to be a cheerleader including jumps, stunts, cheers, kicks, and dance moves.

Describes the experiences of a group of middle school students who spend a week at Kings Landing Historical Settlement, learning what life was like for young people in the nineteenth century.

"Is your week busy? Emma has a busy week, too! Follow along as she goes to ballet class, the zoo, a friend's house, soccer practice, the library, and much more. After each busy day, Emma relaxes by reading a really cool book. See how Eamma gets through her very busy week" (publisher).

After a trip to the museum, Word Bird and his classmates have a "Dinosaur Day" at school.

When Marcella takes Raggedy Ann and Andy to school for show-and-tell, they meet some other interesting characters, including Mac the truck and Petunia the guinea pig.

After finding out there has never been a female U.S. president, Grace decides to run in her school's mock election, where she learns about the American electoral system and sets out to be the best person for the job even though her opponent, Thomas, seems to be winning all the boys' votes.

Describes the school and teachers, their role in the community and the various opportunities provided to the students to excel.