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Debating Issues in American Education
Gr 10 Up—Each of about 150 issues in primary and secondary education, in areas that range from school financing and governance to alternative schooling and the uses of new technology, is addressed here in a piece that opens with a "Yes/No" question (with some exceptions), and is followed by an overview and a pair of point-counterpoint arguments...
Little Red Riding Hood
K-Gr 2—Unexceptional pop-ups do little to rescue this sugary version of the classic tale that's literally as well as visually saccharine...
Out-of-This-World Knowledge: General Science | Series Made Simple Spring 2013
Ever responsive to changing fads in educational theory, nonfiction publishers are, with varying success, already tweaking their new titles to conform to the Common Core science standards. These efforts range from inserting a few vague ideas for activities or demonstrations into otherwise conventional surveys of well-traveled informational territory to festooning texts with review questions, primary-source documents, photos and graphics, and suggestions for ongoing projects or lines of thought.
Hi-Tech Action: Engineering, Machines, & Technology | Series Made Simple Spring 2013
With a few notable exceptions, the entriesin this mixed bag of high-tech offerings are aimed at casual readers enthralled by images of big, noisy machines–preferably the sort that carry guns and bombs.
Using Beakers and Graduated Cylinders
Gr 2–4—Along with offering outstandingly clear explanations of how common scientific instruments work, these introductions supply exciting suggestions for hands-on projects and experiments, from comparing the densities of difference kinds of foods in the kitchen to keeping a temperature log...
States of Matter in the Real World
Gr 3–5—Finely tuned to the needs and methods of a CCSS-based curriculum, these explanations of some aspect of the physical world intersperse a main text with recaps and review or study questions every few pages...
Color
K-Gr 3—Arranged, roughly, in order of complexity, the demonstrations in these volumes are also clearly laid out, with simply phrased directions matched to clear color photos or photorealistic images followed by questions about what young experimenters have observed (e...
How Do You Burp in Space?: And Other Tips Every Space Tourist Needs to Know
Gr 4–6—Aimed at readers who will be part of the first generation of true space tourists, this breezy guide offers general advice about how to prepare for the trip, what to pack, what food and accommodations are going to be like, and suitable recreations both in Earth's orbit and on the Moon...
Healthy Eating
K-Gr 1—Uniformly sized to fit small hands but massively divergent in breadth of topic, these primers pair easy-to-comprehend color photos, one per page, with simple descriptive captions of one-to-three short sentences...
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