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Helping Children Create, Collaborate, and Communicate-with Technology Children are growing up with technologies as part of their daily lives at home and in school. For educators, it is important to understand how to use technologies to promote learning in developmentally appropriate ways. This book helps you make thoughtful, informed decisions that will enhance what you are already doing to support children's learning. Learn how to
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11042) Let's Build a Highway
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Let's build a highway! Follow along step-by-step as big trucks and machines construct a busy road, from surveying the roadway, to using a bulldozer to clear the path, and so much more. With a simple format and the introduction of new engineering concepts and words, tiny truck lovers will enjoy being a part of the construction crew.
The Let's Build series introduces young readers to engineering, construction, and architecture, helping them imagine...
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Kenneth S. Deffeyes is professor emeritus at Princeton University. Prior to teaching, he worked alongside M. King Hubbert at the Shell Oil research laboratory in Houston.
As debates about the effects of fossil fuels on our climate and foreign policy intensify, the question of just how much longer we can depend on this finite source of energy becomes more and more pressing. This selection from Hubbert's Peak, the leading book on the limits of our...
11044) Letters from Space
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Astronaut Clayton Anderson spent 152 days in space aboard the International Space Station--and while he didn't mail dozens of letters back to Earth (they would have burned up on reentry!), imagine if he did! These letters from space are full of weird science, wild facts, and outrageous true stories from life in space, complete with hysterical illustrations from Susan Batori. Backmatter includes even more interesting information on space, astronauts,...
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Young scientists will be thrilled to explore the invisible world of atoms, molecules and elements. Our resource makes the periodic table easier to understand. Begin by answering, what are atoms? See how the atomic model is made up of electrons, protons and neutrons. Find out what a molecule is, and how they differ from elements. Then, move on to compounds. Find the elements that make up different compounds. Get comfortable with the periodic table...
11046) Modern Bunkers
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The flickering oil lamp casting long shadows on the damp concrete walls. Canned food stacked high, the air thick with the metallic tang of fear and survival. This is the image of the bunker that often haunts our imagination, a relic of a Cold War past. But the modern bunker has shed its dusty skin, emerging as a symbol of something far more complex and intriguing. This book delves into the fascinating world of these subterranean sanctuaries, shattering...
11047) Engineering for Hurricanes
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This title explores the advances engineers have made to better prepare for hurricanes and to minimize their damage. Clear text, compelling images, and helpful sidebars and infographics make this book an accessible and engaging read.
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Can you clearly describe what you want your farm and business to look like in 20-years' time? How will you act on this?
On the surface, the goal for every farm is for enhanced production and profitability, while caring for the environment, people and livestock. But, what does this really mean to you, your team and your business?
Future Farm Blueprint will help you cut through the current issues and find clarity in what you are aiming to achieve. The...
11049) You Can’t Be Broke if You Have an Android Device: Turn Your Phone Into A Real Money Making Machine
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Pare de se impedir de ganhar dinheiro. É impossível estar falido se tiver um dispositivo Android. Cada vez mais pessoas dão por si a reclamar, quer seja contra o governo, as condições de vida, o dinheiro, os rendimentos, os privilégios, a experiência, as habilidades, a falta de emprego ou, por outro lado, a recuperar de tudo isto. Mas, apesar da ascensão sem precedentes, o nosso entendimento da reclamação está aprisionado em raciocínios...
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IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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This title will go through the process of how a book is made using today's giant and amazing machines! It will also touch on the history of the printing press. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Translated by native Spanish speakers-and immersion school educators. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
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This publication summarizes the strengths, challenges, opportunities, and risks characterizing the prospects for integrated water resources management in Indonesia. Integrated water resources management planning is essential for sustainable growth. Indonesia's rapid economic growth, increasing populations, and trends in developing and urbanizing environments are leading to potential conflicts as more users claim the same water resources. Understanding...
11052) Mastering Cloud-Native Microservices: Designing and implementing Cloud-Native Microservices for N
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Get familiar with the principles and techniques for designing cost-effective and scalable cloud-native apps with microservices KEY FEATURES ● Gain a comprehensive understanding of the key concepts and strategies involved in building successful cloud-native microservices applications.● Discover the practical techniques and methodologies for implementing cloud-native microservices.●Get insights and best practices for implementing cloud-native...
11053) The Coming Robot Revolution: Expectations and Fears About Emerging Intelligent, Humanlike Machines
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Making a robot that looks and behaves like a human being has been the subject of many popular science fiction movies and books. Although the development of such a robot faces many challenges, the making of a virtual human has long been potentially possible. With recent advances in various key technologies related to hardware and software, the making of humanlike robots is increasingly becoming an engineering reality. Development of the required hardware...
11054) Yarn Counts and Calculations
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YARN COUNTS AND CALCULATIONS. Originally published in 1921. ONE of the first essential or desirable requirements in the preparation and spinning of yarn, as well as in the subsequent operations of cloth structure and weaving, is an adequate knowledge of the subject of Yarn Counts and of Calculations relating thereto. This treatise, gives consideration to many different fibers, and to yarns made from them, by an elucidation of twenty-two different...
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On July 16, 1815, a fire began in a small stable in Petersburg. After only a few hours, almost two-thirds of the city lay in ruins. Citizens stood on the banks of the Appomattox River and watched as wind blew flames from one building to the next. The tragedy claimed a dozen lives and destroyed more than five hundred homes. The fire raged until it was quelled by a downpour of rain. Stories of heroism from firefighters and landowners were left in the...
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IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Curious George wants to help clean up the planet, and recycling seems like a good place to start-but where does he begin? Follow along with George as he learns about what recycling is, how it works, and what else he can do to reduce his monkey paw print. Readers will learn the difference between recycling and trash, what happens to the things we throw away, and other ways to help keep our planet clean. Based on Curious George, the Emmy Award-winning...
11057) Clone Trouble
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Criminal mastermind Cynthia Cyber has hatched her most devious plot yet. She's created an evil clone of The Gamer called Gamertron to defeat the superhero! Gamertron has the same powers and skills as The Gamer, and a group of digital ninjas is ready to do his bidding! Can The Gamer stop the villains, or will this be the superhero's final fight?
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Madame Bouteille et ses cousines sont les reines de la maison, elles sont partout, de toutes les couleurs et sous toutes les formes. Jusqu'au jour o Madame Bouteille est jetée comme une malpropre dans un sac de recyclage. Le temps d'un voyage, aux cotés de Monsieur Papier, elle va vivre une aventure pour le moins transformante!
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This publication showcases a compilation of project briefs culled from case studies of good practices, new approaches, and working models on sanitation and wastewater management from different countries. The project briefs demonstrate solution options from which useful lessons can be derived. Not only do they illustrate how sanitation and wastewater management challenges can be addressed, the project briefs also aim to inspire replication and show...
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Colour is everywhere. From blue skies to red sunsets, from the first flowers in spring to the blazing leaves of autumn. But what is the nature of colour? Scientific books present a variety of mechanical explanations but this approach leaves colour as a whole unexplained. In the nineteenth century, the German poet and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe investigated a wide range of colour phenomena and discovered the underlying principles that govern...
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