Describes the world of maggots, including characteristics, life cycle, and their role in the food chain.

Harvey Green eats everything in sight from fish to meat to pies, including the dishes, until one day when he eats too much and something unexpected happens.

Ambitious in its historical scope and its broad range of topics, Tied to the Great Packing Machine tells the dramatic story of meatpacking’s enormous effects on the economics, culture, and environment of the Midwest over the past century and a half. Wilson Warren situates the history of the industry in both its urban and its rural settings—moving from the huge stockyards of Chicago and Kansas City to today’s smaller meatpacking communities—and thus presents a complete portrayal of meatpacking’s place within the larger agro-industrial landscape. Writing from the vantage point of twenty-five years of extensive research, Warren analyzes the evolution of the packing industry from its early period, dominated by the big terminal markets, through the development of new marketing and technical innovations that transformed the ways animals were gathered, slaughtered, and processed and the final products were distributed. In addition, he concentrates on such cultural impacts as ethnic and racial variations, labor unions, gender issues, and changes in Americans’ attitudes toward the ethics of animal slaughter and patterns of meat consumption and such environmental problems as site-point pollution and microbe contamination, ending with a stimulating discussion of the future of American meatpacking. Providing an excellent and well-referenced analysis within a regional and temporal framework that ensures a fresh perspective, Tied to the Great Packing Machine is a dynamic narrative that contributes to a fuller understanding of the historical context and contemporary concerns of an extremely important industry.

Haven't you ever wondered where time comes from, or what it's made of? Does it go on endlessly, or is there just a certain amount of it, like grains of sand in an egg timer? Is every bit of time the same as every other, or are there different types here and there? Why do some people struggle to cope if they have too much time, whilst others never seem to be able to find enough?What if time works differently for some people? People like Timothy Swift, for instance. He's always trying to find some time, to make time, to buy a little time...because he always has too much to do, and never enough time to do it in.But the funny thing is, no matter how little time Timothy has, he somehow gets everything done. And, remarkably, even when he doesn't have a single moment to spare, he can almost always find enough time do one more thing.And what about dreams? Does time work the same in dreams?

Inquire, investigate, integrate . . . and inspire! In this book, Kaye Hagler presents thematic units that touch on core content in science with a common thread of literacy throughout. The integrated units not only engage students in content such as landforms, forces and motion, weather, life cycles, and food chains, but they also include reading and writing activities that engage students and connect content to literacy. Options for differentiation allow for all students to access important concepts across the content areas. Correlations to the NEXT Generation Science Standards and Common Core State Standards are also included for each activity. By design, these books are not printable from a reading device. To request a PDF of the reproducible pages, please contact customer service at 1-888-262-6135.

From schoolboy author, Eric Richardson, comes The Demonfall, a collection of 3 books including the last and concluding chapter in the trilogy – The Hordes of Rakshar. Decimated by the horrors of The Medtak Bridge, the remnants of the band of heroes which set out to save the land of Richareme from the tyranny of evil Lord Ladracsin have been scattered along the banks of the mighty Medtak river. To resurrect their quest, they will need to draw on magical forces, both good and evil; only then can they hope to confront Ladracsin, his vampiric servant Thomz, and defeat The Hordes of Rakshar. Can they reach the malevolent city of Rakshar? Can they summon the power to defeat Ladracsin? How much must they sacrifice to complete their quest? . . . This 3 book volume brings together all 3 episodes in The Demonfall trilogy – The Brink of Chaos, The Medtak Curse and The Hordes of Rakshar – and reflects the development of author Eric Richardson from 12 year old debut novelist to 18 year old veteran of 3 published books. A non-stop kaleidoscope of blood-spattered action and magical warfare, a fantastic tale of betrayal, resurrection and redemption, Eric has combined all of these in a fi ttingly dramatic conclusion to the Rakshar adventures.

What can The Walking Dead teach us about the gospel? For fans of the hit TV show and newcomers alike, Danielle Strickland explores the ways that the show can help us think about survival, community, consumerism, social justice, the resurrection life of Jesus, and what it means to be human.