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Popular history, science, and geography topics brought out of the classroom and into your home with fast facts, activities, and quizzes.

Some subjects are too interesting to be left at school! Carry on your love of history at home with Ancient Egypt–an activity-packed guide to one of history’s most fascinating civilizations.

Divided into sections, the book starts with fast facts on topics such as the pharaohs, the afterlife, religion, and the pyramids and ends with charts of famous Egyptian gods and rulers. Using this information, you can complete the puzzles in the main part of the book, plus there are hands-on activities such as designing a mummy’s case and writing in hieroglyphs. Finally, test your newfound knowledge with the quick quizzes (with answers supplied). You can keep track of your achievements throughout with a star chart to fill in every time you finish a page.

Note to parents: The Eyewitness Workbooks series is devised and written with the expert advice of educational and reading consultants and is designed to appeal to children ages 8 years and up. First published in 2007-2009, this series has been fully revised and updated for 2020.

Lost at sea, three friends find themselves on a fantastic underwater ship, the Nautilus. You will dive deep into adventure as our heroes battle giant squid, navigate dangerous oceans, and discover new creatures and fabulous treasures. But who is the mysterious Captain Nemo? Why is he being hunted by every navy on earth? And will he ever let the three castaways return home?

This beautifully illustrated Companion Reader can be enjoyed on its own, or used along with the available audio companion to build reading fluency. Comes with a dramatic version in radio drama style that you can enjoy preforming yourself (complete script, stage direction, and acting tips are included).

Designed for middle-school history curriculum, independent study, or tutorial aid, the American History series provides challenging activities that enable students to explore history, geography, and social studies.

Perfect to supplement your social studies curriculum, activities in Industrialization through the Great Depression include critical thinking, writing, technology, and more!

This 128-page social studies resource book includes topics such as:

• early American factories
• Morse code
• Henry Ford
• the roaring ’20s
• the New Deal program

Vocabulary words, time lines, maps, and reading lists are also provided.

Meets NCSS standards and is correlated to state, national and Canadian provincial standards.

Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including math, science, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources.

Developing the Next Generation of Public Speakers

This twelve-week course introduces your middle- and high-school students to the processes and practices that will help them build competence and confidence in public speaking. Students will learn techniques for memorizing speeches and poems, exercises for their voices, tips for better persuasion, strategies for impromptu speeches, and more!

The Daily Warm-Ups series is a wonderful way to turn extra classroom minutes into valuable learning time. The 180 quick activities--one for each day of the school year--give students practice in answering questions in the reading and writing sections of the SAT. These daily activities may be used at the very beginning of class to get students into learning mode, near the end of class to make good educational use of that transitional time, in the middle of class to shift gears between lessons--or whenever else you have minutes that now go unused.

The Daily Warm-Ups series is a wonderful way to turn extra classroom minutes into valuable learning time. The 180 quick activities--one for each day of the school year--review, practice, and teach arth-science topics. These daily activities may be used at the very beginning of class to get students into learning mode, near the end of class to make good educational use of that transitional time, in the middle of class to shift gears between lessons--or whenever else you have minutes that now go unused. In addition to providing students with fascinating earth-science activities, they are a natural path to other classroom activities involving critical thinking. 

The Daily Warm-Ups series is a wonderful way to turn extra classroom minutes into valuable learning time. The 180 quick activities--one for each day of the school year--review, practice, and teach physics. These daily activities may be used at the very beginning of class to get students into learning mode, near the end of class to make good educational use of that transitional time, in the middle of class to shift gears between lessons--or whenever else you have minutes that now go unused. In addition to providing students with fascinating physics activities, they are a natural path to other classroom activities involving critical thinking. 

The Daily Warm-Ups series is a wonderful way to turn extra classroom minutes into valuable learning time. The 180 quick activities--one for each day of the school year--review, practice, and teach chemistry topics. These daily activities may be used at the very beginning of class to get students into learning mode, near the end of class to make good educational use of that transitional time, in the middle of class to shift gears between lessons--or whenever else you have minutes that now go unused. In addition to providing students with fascinating chemistry activities, they are a natural path to other classroom activities involving critical thinking.

The Daily Warm-Ups series is a wonderful way to turn extra classroom minutes into valuable learning time. The 180 quick activities--one for each day of the school year-- practice critical thinking skills in English, Math, Social Studies, Science, and Life Skills. These daily activities may be used at the very beginning of class to get students into learning mode, near the end of class to make good educational use of that transitional time, in the middle of class to shift gears between lessons--or whenever else you have minutes that now go unused. In addition to providing students with structure and focus, they are a natural path to other classroom activities involving critical thinking skills. As students build their critical-thinking skills, they will be better prepared to for standardized tests, such as the PSAT and SAT.

The Daily Warm-Ups series is a wonderful way to turn extra classroom minutes into valuable learning time. The 180 quick activities--one for each day of the school year-- help students practice critical thinking skills in language arts, math, social studies, science, and life skills. These daily activities may be used at the very beginning of class to get students into learning mode, near the end of class to make good educational use of that transitional time, in the middle of class to shift gears between lessons--or whenever else you have minutes that now go unused. In addition to helping students warm up and focus, they are a natural lead-in to other classroom activities involving critical thinking skills. As students build their critical-thinking skills, they will be better prepared to tackle standardized tests as well.

The Daily Warm-Ups series is a wonderful way to turn extra classroom minutes into valuable learning time. The 180 quick activities--one for each day of the school year-- review, practice, and teach the principles of logic. These daily activities may be used at the very beginning of class to get students into learning mode, near the end of class to make good educational use of that transitional time, in the middle of class to shift gears between lessons--or whenever else you have minutes that now go unused. In addition to providing students with interesting logic problems, they are a natural path to other classroom activities involving critical thinking.

The Daily Warm-Ups series is a wonderful way to turn extra classroom minutes into valuable learning time. The 180 quick activities--one for each day of the school year-- review, practice, and teach math word problems. These daily activities may be used at the very beginning of class to get students into learning mode, near the end of class to make good educational use of that transitional time, in the middle of class to shift gears between lessons--or whenever else you have minutes that now go unused. In addition to providing students with fascinating math activities, they are a natural path to other classroom activities involving critical thinking.

The Daily Warm-Ups series is a wonderful way to turn extra classroom minutes into valuable learning time. The 180 quick activities--one for each day of the school year-- practice general math skills. These daily activities may be used at the very beginning of class to get students into learning mode, near the end of class to make good educational use of that transitional time, in the middle of class to shift gears between lessons--or whenever else you have minutes that now go unused. 

The Daily Warm-Ups series is a wonderful way to turn extra classroom minutes into valuable learning time. The 180 quick activities--one for each day of the school year--practice science skills. These daily activities may be used at the very beginning of class to get students into learning mode, near the end of class to make good educational use of that transitional time, in the middle of class to shift gears between lessons--or whenever else you have minutes that now go unused.

The Daily Warm-Ups series is a wonderful way to turn extra classroom minutes into valuable learning time. The 180 quick activities--one for each day of the school year--review, practice, and teach life-science topics. These daily activities may be used at the very beginning of class to get students into learning mode, near the end of class to make good educational use of that transitional time, in the middle of class to shift gears between lessons--or whenever else you have minutes that now go unused. In addition to providing students with fascinating life-science activities, they are a natural path to other classroom activities involving critical thinking. 

Textbooks provide a systematic and well-rounded approach to middle school math. Chapters engage students in a variety of ways, from different levels of problem solving to real world application of math topics. The goal of the textbooks is to facilitate understanding and internalization of concepts, and to instill a curiosity to further explore math. Features & Components:

• Chapter Opener:Introduces the topic through real world application and identifies learning objectives.
• Example: Helps students understand a concept through a worked problem.
• Try It!: Gives students an opportunity to answer a similar question to check how well they have grasped the concept.
• Basic Practice: Provides simple questions that involve the direct application of concepts.
• Class Activities: Introduce new concepts through cooperative learning methods.
• In a Nutshell: Consolidates important rules and concepts for quick and easy review.
• Further Practice: Provides more challenging questions that involve the direct application of concepts.
• Math@Work: Provides questions that involve the application of integrated concepts to practical situations.
• Brainworks: Provides higher-order thinking questions that involve an open-ended approach to problem solving.
• Review Exercise: Gives students the opportunity to apply the concepts learned in the chapter through a variety of integrated questions.
• Extend Your Learning Curve: Extends and applies concepts learned to problems that are investigative in nature and engages the students in independent research.

The answer key at the back of the book provides answers to the Try It! and the problems in the exercises for the Basic Practice, Further Practice, Maths@Work, and Brain Works questions. It does not include answers to the class activities or the Extend Your Learning Curve activities. Dimensions Math Textbook 8B includes activities using The Geometer's Sketchpad, which is no longer available. We recommend using GoeGebra instead. Note: Two textbooks (A and B) for each grade correspond to the two halves of the school year. Soft cover.

Textbooks provide a systematic and well-rounded approach to middle school math. Chapters engage students in a variety of ways, from different levels of problem solving to real world application of math topics. The goal of the textbooks is to facilitate understanding and internalization of concepts, and to instill a curiosity to further explore math. Features & Components:

• Chapter Opener:Introduces the topic through real world application and identifies learning objectives.
• Example: Helps students understand a concept through a worked problem.
• Try It!: Gives students an opportunity to answer a similar question to check how well they have grasped the concept.
• Basic Practice: Provides simple questions that involve the direct application of concepts.
• Class Activities: Introduce new concepts through cooperative learning methods.
• In a Nutshell: Consolidates important rules and concepts for quick and easy review.
• Further Practice: Provides more challenging questions that involve the direct application of concepts.
• Math@Work: Provides questions that involve the application of integrated concepts to practical situations.
• Brainworks: Provides higher-order thinking questions that involve an open-ended approach to problem solving.
• Review Exercise: Gives students the opportunity to apply the concepts learned in the chapter through a variety of integrated questions.
• Extend Your Learning Curve: Extends and applies concepts learned to problems that are investigative in nature and engages the students in independent research.

The answer key at the back of the book provides answers to the Try It! and the problems in the exercises for the Basic Practice, Further Practice, Maths@Work, and Brain Works questions. It does not include answers to the class activities or the Extend Your Learning Curve activities. Dimensions Math Textbook 8A includes activities using The Geometer's Sketchpad, which is no longer available. We recommend using GoeGebra instead. Note: Two textbooks (A and B) for each grade correspond to the two halves of the school year. Soft cover.

Textbooks provide a systematic and well-rounded approach to middle school math. Chapters engage students in a variety of ways, from different levels of problem solving to real world application of math topics. The goal of the textbooks is to facilitate understanding and internalization of concepts, and to instill a curiosity to further explore math. Features & Components:

• Chapter Opener:Introduces the topic through real world application and identifies learning objectives.
• Example: Helps students understand a concept through a worked problem.
• Try It!: Gives students an opportunity to answer a similar question to check how well they have grasped the concept.
• Basic Practice: Provides simple questions that involve the direct application of concepts.
• Class Activities: Introduce new concepts through cooperative learning methods.
• In a Nutshell: Consolidates important rules and concepts for quick and easy review.
• Further Practice: Provides more challenging questions that involve the direct application of concepts.
• Math@Work: Provides questions that involve the application of integrated concepts to practical situations.
• Brainworks: Provides higher-order thinking questions that involve an open-ended approach to problem solving.
• Review Exercise: Gives students the opportunity to apply the concepts learned in the chapter through a variety of integrated questions.
• Extend Your Learning Curve: Extends and applies concepts learned to problems that are investigative in nature and engages the students in independent research.

The answer key at the back of the book provides answers to the Try It! and the problems in the exercises for the Basic Practice, Further Practice, Maths@Work, and Brain Works questions. It does not include answers to the class activities or the Extend Your Learning Curve activities. Dimensions Math Textbook 7B includes activities using The Geometer's Sketchpad, which is no longer available. We recommend using GoeGebra instead. Note: Two textbooks (A and B) for each grade correspond to the two halves of the school year. Soft cover.

Textbooks provide a systematic and well-rounded approach to middle school math. Chapters engage students in a variety of ways, from different levels of problem solving to real world application of math topics. The goal of the textbooks is to facilitate understanding and internalization of concepts, and to instill a curiosity to further explore math. Features & Components:

• Chapter Opener:Introduces the topic through real world application and identifies learning objectives.
• Example: Helps students understand a concept through a worked problem.
• Try It!: Gives students an opportunity to answer a similar question to check how well they have grasped the concept.
• Basic Practice: Provides simple questions that involve the direct application of concepts.
• Class Activities: Introduce new concepts through cooperative learning methods.
• In a Nutshell: Consolidates important rules and concepts for quick and easy review.
• Further Practice: Provides more challenging questions that involve the direct application of concepts.
• Math@Work: Provides questions that involve the application of integrated concepts to practical situations.
• Brainworks: Provides higher-order thinking questions that involve an open-ended approach to problem solving.
• Review Exercise: Gives students the opportunity to apply the concepts learned in the chapter through a variety of integrated questions.
• Extend Your Learning Curve: Extends and applies concepts learned to problems that are investigative in nature and engages the students in independent research.

The answer key at the back of the book provides answers to the Try It! and the problems in the exercises for the Basic Practice, Further Practice, Maths@Work, and Brain Works questions. It does not include answers to the class activities or the Extend Your Learning Curve activities. Dimensions Math Textbook 7A includes activities using The Geometer's Sketchpad, which is no longer available. We recommend using GoeGebra instead. Note: Two textbooks (A and B) for each grade correspond to the two halves of the school year. Soft cover.

Textbooks provide a systematic and well-rounded approach to middle school math. Chapters engage students in a variety of ways, from different levels of problem solving to real world application of math topics. The goal of the textbooks is to facilitate understanding and internalization of concepts, and to instill a curiosity to further explore math. Features & Components:

• Chapter Opener:Introduces the topic through real world application and identifies learning objectives.
• Example: Helps students understand a concept through a worked problem.
• Try It!: Gives students an opportunity to answer a similar question to check how well they have grasped the concept.
• Basic Practice: Provides simple questions that involve the direct application of concepts.
• Class Activities: Introduce new concepts through cooperative learning methods.
• In a Nutshell: Consolidates important rules and concepts for quick and easy review.
• Further Practice: Provides more challenging questions that involve the direct application of concepts.
• Math@Work: Provides questions that involve the application of integrated concepts to practical situations.
• Brainworks: Provides higher-order thinking questions that involve an open-ended approach to problem solving.
• Review Exercise: Gives students the opportunity to apply the concepts learned in the chapter through a variety of integrated questions.
• Extend Your Learning Curve: Extends and applies concepts learned to problems that are investigative in nature and engages the students in independent research.

The answer key at the back of the book provides answers to the Try It! and the problems in the exercises for the Basic Practice, Further Practice, Maths@Work, and Brain Works questions. It does not include answers to the class activities or the Extend Your Learning Curve activities. Note: Two textbooks (A and B) for each grade correspond to the two halves of the school year. Soft cover.

Inspired by the art of Celtic and Scandinavian medieval craftsmen, as translated through intelligent 21st century engineering, Ugears is proud to introduce the Hurdy-Gurdy—the world’s first (as far as we know!) mechanical model for self-assembly that is also a musical instrument. This extraordinary mechanical model kit is truly one of the gems of our catalogue. This isn't just a toy, it's a full-fledged musical instrument that you build yourself. The Hurdy-Gurdy has a sound that's perfect for folk melodies or dancing, bringing medieval times into the present day. When you purchase the Hurdy-Gurdy you will experience a unique combination: the fun and challenge of building, the appreciation of outstanding engineering and design, and the joy of music. Feel like a modern-day Stradivari as you show your friends an instrument you created with your own hands, then start practicing so you can play popular tunes on your Hurdy-Gurdy!

Number of components: 292

Estimated time of assembly: 4-5 hours

Level: Medium

These popular, easy-to-use detective cases are suitable for Grades 5 – 12+. Students must apply critical reading, critical thinking, and mathematical reasoning. The mathematics needed to solve these cases is accessible to middle school and upper elementary school students, but don’t be fooled! The real challenges are to first identify the clues by synthesizing from different witnesses and suspects, and then determine the necessary math needed to turn the clues into evidence.

This book starts with cases that are generally more accessible than cases in the companion Critical Thinking Detective – Math #3837(Grades 6 – 12+), and then builds towards cases of comparable difficulty. Some cases may be more challenging for younger students, but teachers and parents can always use the optional hints provided to help students that reach a dead end. The cases also develop observation skills, reading comprehension, and deductive and inductive thinking skills. Learning to identify and evaluate evidence is the very heart of critical thinking.

What is covered:

The Declaration of Independence

The Constitution

The Bill of Rights

How Washington Works

Supreme Court Cases Every Student Should Know

The Presidency

Why Voting Matters

The Long Struggle for Civil Rights

Immigration: Who Gets to Be an American?

You and the Media

Could You Pass America’s Citizenship Test?

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