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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From V.E. Schwab, the critically acclaimed author of Vicious, comes a new universe of daring adventure, thrilling power, and parallel Londons, beginning with A Darker Shade of Magic. Kell is one of the last Travelers--magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes--as such, he can choose where he lands. There's Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there's Red London, where...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Combining science, history, and DIY pyrotechnics, this book for the workbench warrior explains humankind's most useful and paradoxical tool: fire. William Gurstelle, author of the bestselling Backyard Ballistics, presents 25 projects with instructions, diagrams, photos, and links to video demonstrations that enable people of all ages to explore and safely play with fire. From Franklin's stove to Diesel's engine, explosive and fascinating tales are...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
DNA, RNA, and the protein molecules they assemble are so interdependent that it’s hard to picture how life got started in the first place. Survey a selection of intriguing theories, including the view that genetic information in living cells results from eons of natural computation.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The science of information is the most influential, yet perhaps least appreciated field in science today. Never before in history have we been able to acquire, record, communicate, and use information in so many different forms. Never before have we had access to such vast quantities of data of every kind. This revolution goes far beyond the limitless content that fills our lives, because information also underlies our understanding of ourselves,...
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This Level 2 guided reader teaches how to classify objects by color and sort them into categories. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning how to identify and sort objects by one of their key attributes, color.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair's breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger. Drawing on his own groundbreaking work, Silver examines the world of prediction.
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
Light heats our skin, helps us see in the dark, and even helps cure cancer. Light is also used for many things that we may not know about. Learn how light is formed, how it helps us every day, and much more by diving into the pages of this engaging book. High-interest text and vibrant images and photographs fill the pages of this book to make learning about light and its effects fun and interesting. A "Think Like a Scientist" lab activity that supports...
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This Level 2 guided reader teaches how to classify objects by shape and sort them into categories. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning how to identify, compare, and describe shapes and sort them by their key attributes.
12) Let's Sort Money
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This Level 2 guided reader teaches how to count and classify coins and paper money and sort them into categories. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning how to identify and sort different forms of money.
13) Timeline
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Yale history professor travels back in time to 15th century France and gets stuck, unable to return to the present. His colleagues organize a rescue and on landing in France become involved in the Hundred Years War.
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
Matter is everywhere. It is anything that can be touched, moved, or interacted with physically. But when breaking matter down into its tiniest pieces, we find that atoms are made almost entirely of empty space. Join nuclear physicists in exploring how matter acts to make predictions about the world in this engaging physical science book. Fifth-grade readers will examine subatomic particles and electron shells, elements and compounds, covalent and...
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This Level 2 guided reader teaches how to classify objects by size and sort them into categories. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning how to identify and sort objects by one of their key attributes, size.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In a tight, enlightening narrative, Leah Hager Cohen explores why, so often, we attempt to hide our ignorance, and why, in so many different areas, we would be better off coming clean. Weaving entertaining, anecdotal reporting with eye-opening research, she considers both the ramifications of and alternatives to this ubiquitous habit in arenas as varied as education, finance, medicine, politics, warfare, trial courts, and climate change. But it's...
18) What are germs?
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains the history of germs which cause disease along with germs which are good for making cheese and yogurt. Also discusses specific diseases like the Black Death, the Flu, Malaria, and Smallpox. Also clarifies why hand washing is so important in disease prevention.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Is our universe dying? Could there be other universes? In Parallel Worlds, world-renowned physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku-an author who "has a knack for bringing the most ethereal ideas down to earth" (Wall Street Journal)-takes readers on a fascinating tour of cosmology, M-theory, and its implications for the fate of the universe. In his first book of physics since Hyperspace, Michio Kaku begins by describing the extraordinary advances...
20) Line Graphs
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Readers will discover line graphs through examples that include waiting to ride a roller coaster, recording sales at a lemonade stand, and counting clouds. Colorful graphs teach readers, while fun illustrations keep their attention. Activities help readers explore the topic further.
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