intellect

Groo the Wanderer comes face to face with the Hogs of Horder, an evil species that spreads death and annhilation by controlling minds, bodies, and money.

Presents background information on multiple intelligences and learning styles, as well as classroom examples, activities, organizers, self-assessments, and lesson-planning templates for teachers of all grade levels and subjects.

The Brain, who considers himself the world's greatest detective, enlists reluctant helper Sheldon McGlone to investigate recent strange events. The answers involve surfing rivals, a weird homeroom teacher, a toothpaste company, and a severed human leg.

Each intelligence chapter begins with an article about that intelligence. Includes many different directions and permutations, from redesigning curriculum to using portfolios to emphasizing the personal intelligence, to addressing genuine understanding.

A comprehensive guide to multiple intelligences for teachers that explains what the multiple intelligences theory is, how it can be incorporated into the classroom, and why it is so important for a well-rounded curriculum, with practical strategies for MI lessons, centers, projects, theme units, and more.

Daniel Tammet, an autistic savant, discusses the mental capabilities of savant and nonsavant minds, explores why memories often fail, the brain recalls incorrect information, and requires calculators for simple math problems; and details how the mind works.

The Academy is a school for special children, gifted or cursed with extraordinary minds. Josh tries to save the others from an evil intellect and death.

Presents reasons for teaching emotional intelligence in schools, discusses behavior from the psychology of control theory, and provides seven control-theory-based activities on behavior.

Discusses the functions of the brain, its relation to the nervous system, and the role it plays in human behavior, memory and learning, sleep and dreams, and intelligence.