Presents strategies to motivate students to learn. Centered on mutual respect, collaboration, and commitment to learning, each strategy is described and illustrated by examples which can be used by educators for all ability and grade levels.
Offers biology students practical suggestions and strategies for understanding and writing about biology and basic scientific knowledge, addressing the unique requirements of scientific writing.
A reference guide which examines the history of punishment in America, looks at debates over the methods and administration of punishment, provides a worldwide perspective on the topic, and includes a chronology, biographical sketches, facts and data, and resources.
Contains an examination of the issues related to privacy in the United States, and includes an introductory essay, chronology of events, biographies of activist, advocates, and legislators, and directory of organizations.
Top students and recent graduates from leading colleges and universities offer advice to incoming freshmen on how to handle the ups and downs of the first year of college, discussing homesickness, classes, extra-curricular activities, partying, dating, and other topics.
Presents an overview of modern astronomy, and provides a selection of increasingly detailed star maps, featuring seasonal maps of the entire sky, monthly star maps, and maps of key constellations. Includes photographs, explanatory text, and a planisphere for locating stars.
Presents alphabetized profiles of the elements, from actinium to zirconium, describing for layman readers their discovery and their roles on Earth and in the universe.
Presents an introduction to marine science, providing a glossary of terms related to the subject, as well as biographies of more than one hundred scientists, a chronology of events, charts and tables, and a list of further resources.
everything you always wanted to know about grammar but didn't know whom to ask
Strumpf, Michael
2004
Contains a comprehensive reference guide to understanding the principles of the English language and examines basic grammar, parts of speech, types of sentences, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary.
Contains photographs and descriptions of different types of weather indicators, covering various cloud types, cloud formations, optical phenomena such as rainbows and mirages, color in the sky, precipitation, winds, mists and fogs, and storms.
