experiential learning

Presents requirements for achieving the various ranks within Cub scouting as well as information on how to join the Boy Scouts.

"Abigail James, author of the bestselling Teaching the Male Brain, presents this accompanying compilation of middle school language arts and math lesson plans for educators teaching boys. These lessons are based on James' gender research and are applicable for both coed and all male classrooms. Grammar, literacy, algebra, and geometry lesson plans cover the subjects where boys' brains differ the most from their female classmates. These lesson plans offer specific strategies for improving the subject areas where boys often fall behind in by identifying a common weakness of typical boy learners, describing a strategy for working on this weakness, then providing specific examples of that strategy in action"-- Provided by publisher.

Explains how students can receive a relevant global education through exchange programs, sabbaticals, and travel, which can better prepare people for the real world, save them thousands of dollars, and give them a better education than what they could find at a traditional American university.

Presents a guided journal that encourages readers to explore and analyze the world around them by conducting interviews, taking notes on interesting objects, collecting objects, observing patterns, and engaging in other artistic and scientific activities.

Presents requirements for achieving the various ranks within Cub scouting as well as information on how to join the Boy Scouts.

Presents sixty badge activities designed to help grown women achieve their dreams, with practical information, how-to support, and encouragement for every stage of the process.

Presents practical suggestions for middle school teachers on how to motivate students to write through the use of artifacts, self-exploration, real-world writing, and peer editing, self editing, and student-teacher interaction.

Offers guidance and advice to students who choose to spend the year between high school and college outside the classroom, discussing how college deans view the "gap year, " economics, and the types of programs available; and also provides information on financial aid and tax savings.

Provides internship advice and guidance from students with experience, covering finding an internship, resumes and cover letters, interviews, and making the most of the opportunity, and includes advice from employers and an annotated list of further resources.