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How are all insects alike? How does a caterpillar turn into a butterfly?In this illustrated course, the student gets to choose from eleven projects where he can study live insects. He learns about social insects, and how there are hundreds of thousands of different kinds of insects in the world. He finds out how some insects are harmful and others are useful to have around.The course is designed to make a student aware of the tremendous variet...

What does "cold-blooded" mean? Do reptiles have voices? Do any reptiles eat plants? In this illustrated course, the student gets to choose from eight projects where he can study live reptiles (maybe even visit an alligator farm!) He finds out how wild turtles live, which snakes are dangerous, and how legless lizards are different from snakes.This is a good course for young students to learn how different reptiles like snakes, lizards and turtl...

In this book, the student learns what a time line is, and how it can be a useful tool for placing events in a correct sequence--whether in studying history, reading a book, or understanding a current event.

This book accompanies the Middle School Science with Vernier text and provides a basic reach into the use of sensors and computer software to collect and analyze experimental data. With accompanying learning guide, students use four different sensors to do both required and elective experiments.

For an older child who may not have learned cursive earlier, or who needs a brush-up, this book presents properly formed cursive letters and words in upper and lower cases. The accompanying learning guide provides step-by-step activities to increase a student's skill, resulting in the ability to write easily in cursive.

In this course, with many illustrations, the student learns what energy is, how it comes from the sun, and how it can change from burning wood to steam heat for heating a building.

A simple book for beginners that shows with easy words, pictures and activities what wood is, how to choose the right size nail, how to set up a nail and use a hammer, how to pull nails, how to use a saw and sawhorses and how to measure wood with a ruler.

Has your child ever asked why things have different colors? This simple book provides simple concepts regarding light, along with fun activities involving prisms, color mixing and bending light. The accompanying learning guide helps a young student progress through the book and activities step-by-step resulting in a basic understanding of what light is and how it works.

This simple book for young children explains what dust is, where it comes from, why living and working places should be free of dust and how to accomplish that. Great for children ages between 6-9.

This book is a great resource for young students to learn about various topics on cleaning such as using a mop, scrub brushes, floor cleaners, vacuuming and more.

This course defines key terms such as music and rhythm, and teaches the student how to play rhythms on everyday instruments such as bottles and cans. With accompanying Learning Guide, the student practices rhythms, learns the 1, 2, 3, 4 and 1, 2, 3 counts, and then makes up a song and rhythm that they will play for others.

Macramé is the art of tying knots in rope or cord to make a design. In this introductory book, the student learns basic skills such as how much cord is needed to make a piece of macramé, how to tie different kinds of knots to make pleasing designs, and how to incorporate items such as beads, buttons, pine cones and feathers into the design. Hand-drawn illustrations accompany the step-by-step instructions. With the accompanying learning guide...

This friendly book helps a young student understand the purpose of manners--to simply help one get along with others. It includes very basic manners related to communicating with others, wearing appropriate clothing, table manners, being a guest and a host and sportsmanship.

This course covers bacteria, and the basic biology behind yogurt making. The accompanying Learning Guide directs the student in making both plain and fruit yogurt. A troubleshooting section is included. Notes: If well coordinated, it's possible for the student to prepare a batch of yogurt at the beginning of a day and put the yogurt in the refrigerator to cool by the end of the same day. It is recommended that all yogurt preparation and incuba...

How can we tell if it is going to rain soon? What is the jet stream? This illustrated book introduces the fascinating subject of weather, including how the sun affects all weather, what causes wind and rain, how clouds are formed, the water cycle on Earth, and basic weather prediction, Full of hands-on activities that teach a student to read a thermometer, measure air temperature, make some wind, demonstrate the water cycle, and keep weather r...

Sponges and potatoes become tools for creating art in this simple and enjoyable book. It offers many fun activities that allow a young student to explore the different shapes and designs that can be created with these and other found objects. The accompanying learning guide walks a student step-by-step through the book and print art projects.

This book covers some basics of singing as a communication, what melody is, and musical rounds. Through activities in the book, the student learns to play a rhythm instrument while singing, and learns two-part and four-part musical rounds. Singing musical rounds activities require additional participants. Best done after Music and Rhythm, or minimally that student have an understanding of rhythm and the 1, 2, 3, 4 count.

In this course the student is introduced to the orchestra, learns about the four families of the orchestra, and the instruments that are in each family. The student builds their own string instrument--a box harp--made out of a cardboard box. The course also covers the fundamentals of music note reading, and as final activities the student writes music for their box harp and then plays it.

This simple book gives simple directions for using a stove burner, boiling water in a pan, use of a double boiler, and how to use a food grater and colander. Provides fun and easy activities, including making hard-boiled eggs, steaming vegetables, and making cheese sauce `in a double boiler.

This simple book introduces a young student to what can be done to be safer from such things as falling, fire, poison and electricity. Includes fun activities that include learning to handle sharper tools safely, cleaning up broken glass safely, practicing "stop, drop and roll" if one's clothes are on fire, and learning pedestrian safety rules. Also includes are activities that have the student look for safety problems in his or her environmen...