Science & Health

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In this new title students become crime scene investigators, examining clues, analyzing evidence and interpreting data to identify the prime suspect. Each of the ten cases are representative of real-life school situations. As they work to solve the cases they gain an understanding of the difference between evidence and inference. Students use skill like classifying, comparing, predicting, interpreting data and drawing inferences to solve the theft of money and personal items from the locker room, figuring out who broke into the science lab and who stole the money from the vending machine. Cases include forgery, burglary, arson, and vandalism. Students learn how to analyze handwriting, body language, fingerprints, mammal tracks, DNA, lipstick and more to solve the crimes.

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Help students communicate more effectively in speech and writing when they need to present scientific information. The focus in on writing clear and concise sentences, which they can use in developing hypotheses; designing experiments; and writing explanations, descriptions and summaries. In the end, they'll have to put it all together a write a complete science report.

This unit includes plants, plant parts, plant types and genetics as genetics relate to plants. Includes text, worksheets, test and answer key.

If you need to teach about tornadoes, hurricanes, wind, rain, snow, sleet and the mysterious jet stream it is in this Kids In Between unit on weather.

The "house" in the title refers to the planet Earth, and the unit is our version of dealing with the environment and ecology. Includes a wide variety of topics such as environments, adaptation, the food chain, pollution, hazardous and toxic wastes, conservation and endangered species.

Find all about the inner and outer planets, the moon, stars, constellations, asteroids, meteors and comets using simplified language and vocabulary. Chock full of reading , comprehension questions, and activities, overhead transparencies, this resource is written for remedial students in grades 5 through 8. Answer key included.

The title says it all. Covers fish, their habits, their physiology and the differences between fish and the other creatures that inhabit the earth. Includes text, worksheets and tests.

Any book that claims to cover what's in, on, and above the earth sounds as if it would be about 6 billion pages long, but as we do with most of our materials, we take difficult subjects and simplify them. For this unit, we go to great lengths to simplify the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, rocks and minerals, and the geological time scale. Includes worksheets, tests and answer key.

There are so many wee little things in the world that can't be seen or heard. The wee little things that are covered in this unit are things like bacteria, viruses, cells, and other sorts of microorganisms that are both helpful and harmful to mankind or womankind as one teacher wanted us to point out. We realize that most of the time it's difficult enough trying to explain to your students about things that can be seen, let along getting them to develop a concept of things that can't be seen. There are some difficult concepts presented in this unit, but we did our best to simplify those concepts. We didn't bother including pictures of things like genes because somehow the kids get confused with such drawings. Instead, we have silly cartoon drawings. Also includes a chapter on the scientific method, heredity and Mendel. Includes worksheets, tests, and answer key as well.

Since Dr. Oz is not making personal appearances in the classroom, we have this new book available. Make planning a healthy lifestyle fun and informative with these activities, games, experiments, tips, and recipes based on the new USDA food pyramid. Students in middle school and high school learn to understand food labels, chart their own eating and exercise habits, as well as determine what they can do to improve their own health.

Challenge students to compare and contrast, analyze issues, and gain insight into making better food and exercise choices. Topics include developing good dietary habits, selecting and cooking healthy foods, eating away from home, losing weight, dieting disasters, exercise and more. Each page contains five activities/questions that can be used as homework or warm-ups.

You can use Wow! What a Mind and Body! to explain to your students what would happen to your lunch if you had time to eat it because Wow! covers such things as the digestive system. It also covers all the other body systems from the circulatory system to the nervous system. The text is written in an informal style in an attempt to hold their interest and distract them from operating on themselves with ballpoint pens.

Many, but not all, diseases are covered in this unit that explains the causes as well as the prevention of disease. Includes text, worksheets, and answer key.

JUMPSTARTERS FOR PROPERTIES OF MATTER

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Engage students in describing and comparing general properties of objects like size, shape, and temperature. Then, move onto specific types of matter that have characteristic properties such as density, and the melting point. And lastly, have students focus on the notions of elements and compounds. Five to a page and reproducible, the exercises are perfect for warming up the class early in the day or turning spare time at the end of the day into a lesson.

WHAT'S IT ... MATTER?

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This unit explains matter, molecules, atoms, elements, compounds, energy and other things that are sometimes difficult to explain.

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PROPERTIES OF MATTER

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Discover what matter is and isn't, the difference between a mixture and a solution and lead your students through various activities to understand the physical and chemical change that occur to matter. Written at at third to fourth grade reading level, this new book is jam-packed with experiments, text and activities. Overhead transparencies and answer key are included.

CELLS

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This book takes your students from the parts of plant and animal cells and what they do to single-celled and multi-celled organisms all in simplified language and vocabulary. Also covered is cell reproduction, diffusion, and osmosis. Reading level is 3-4. Includes activities, overhead transparenciess and text.

ATOMS, MOLECULES & ELEMENTS

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Ready-to-use information and activities for remedial students using simplified language and vocabulary, your students will label parts of the atom, learn what compounds are, explore the periodic table and more. 3.0-4.0 reading level.

Finally a book on energy written at a 3.0-4.0 reading level. The author decided the best way to understand energy is to first look at the different kinds such as mechanical, solar, sound and thermal. He also explores potential energy and how energy moves and changes. Written to grade and made up of text, tests, activities and overheads, this resource can be used for your entire class.

PHYSICAL SCIENCE TITLES

FORCE

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We use simple language to make the invisible world of force more easily understood. Students will learn what forces are, the different kinds of forces, and examine how forces "add up."

MOTION

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Take the mystery out of motion with this new title that explains motion in easy-to-understand language that relates motion to everyday life. Reading, comprehension questions, and hands-on transparencies reinforce key concepts.

SIMPLE MACINES

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Chock full of information and activities, this new resource book looks at force, motion and work. Students learn about simple machines such as levers, inclined planes, wedges, screws pulleys, and more. Reading level 3.0-4.0.

In one chapter, this new science resource leads students through animal adaptation with a case study involving the koala bear. They also learn why and what we classify, the differences between warm and cold blooded animals, and vertebrates and invertebrates. Hands on activities include How Important Are Thumbs? and The Lake Habitat Thermometer.

Information about producers and consumers, photosynthesis, evolving plant and animal populations, and the water cycle is presented in simplified language and vocabulary.

This 8 1/2 x 11 sized glossary contains about 800 scientific terms. Following each definition, the term is used in a sentence that either clarifies or expands the definition. Illustrations further explain many of the terms.

These next several titles are some of the best that we've seen that explain these complicated science concepts. The reading levels are a bit higher than a 4.0 but the books are sequential and do a good job of explaining atoms, elements and DNA.

Four areas of physical science are covered in this new title: The Mechanics of Motion, All About Energy, Electricity and Magnetism and Waves of Light and Sound. Students learn new concepts in the "Absorb" section and use what they've learned in the "Apply" sections. Key terms are in bold type. Excellent for review and practice.

Learn about the layers of earth, types of rock and how rock is formed, as well as weather, the phases of the moon and Earth's place in the solar system. Great for review and practice.

God bless you if you get this far, but this book aims to strengthen and reinforce concepts introduced in chemistry. Activities have an "Absorb" section that introduces a new concept and an "Apply" section to help students practice and hopefully grasp the concept. Key terms are highlighted and also appear at the end of the book in a glossary.

Covers DNA, chromosomes, genes, cells and heredity. Worksheets, puzzles, a research project and test are included.