Standards-Based Lessons That Help Students Plan, Organize, and Draft Their Nonfiction Writing in Social Studies and Science
This collection of writing lessons is just what teachers need to help them meet the language arts standards while teaching important content. Students write poetry, study vocabulary, use graphic organizers, prepare summaries, write for authentic purpose (editorials, persuasive letters, speeches), and so much more! As they write about content-area topics, they gain experience studying nonfiction and practice important language arts skills at the same time. A great way to integrate the curriculum! Includes a complete integrated social studies unit.
Now in a smaller, more portable format, the 2nd edition of this best-selling pocket reference offers concise, yet complete clinical guidance on pediatric emergency care in the highly practical question-and-answer format of The Secrets Series®. Each chapter covers an important topic by asking key questions and providing helpful answers.
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Audiobook)
A drunkard's walk is a type of random statistical distribution with important applications in scientific studies ranging from biology to astronomy. Mlodinow, a visiting lecturer at Caltech and coauthor with Stephen Hawking of A Briefer History of Time, leads readers on a walk through the hills and valleys of randomness and how it directs our lives more than we realize. Mlodinow introduces important historical figures such as Bernoulli, Laplace and Pascal, emphasizing their ideas rather than their tumultuous private lives...
The Languages of Business: An International Perspective
The nine exploratory contributions to this compilation have one more characteristic in common. All of them end with a section of Practical Tips in which the authors present some of the more important cultural or business features that the practitioner has to take into account.
