Learn about energy by building a balloon rocket or discover how temperature affects motion by making a hot-air balloon. Readers will forget about their screens with these fun projects--and learn science while they create

Step away from the screen and learn science in the real world. Discover amazing tricks of the human body with these hands-on projects like optical illusions, involuntary movement, and balance challenges. Step-by-step instructions and photos guide readers through each activity and Science Takeaway sidebars explain the science behind the results. All projects use common materials found around the house.

You can learn a lot about science by observing the natural world. And you don't need fancy lab equipment, computer software, or other technology to do it! You can do experiments in nature or inspired by nature with some household items and a bit of curiosity. Helpful photos and step-by-step instructions guide readers through projects that introduce them to the science of nature. While making a volcano or a thermometer, readers will learn about light, temperature, and more.

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Secondary schools are continually faced with the task of preparing students for a world that is more connected, advanced, and globalized than ever before. In order to adequately prepare students for their future, educators must provide them with strong reading and writing skills, as well as the ability to understand scientific concepts. The Handbook of Research on Science Literacy Integration in Classroom Environments is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the importance of cross-curriculum/discipline connections in improving student understanding and education. While highlighting topics such as curriculum integration, online learning, and instructional coaching, this publication explores practices in teaching students how to analyze and interpret data, as well as reading, writing, and speaking. This book is ideally designed for teachers, graduate-level students, academicians, instructional designers, administrators, and education researchers seeking current research on science literacy adoption in contemporary classrooms.

She knew why he deserved it. He wasn’t a good man. Not a good lover. Not a good father. Living with him daily confirmed he had not the knowledge or the heart to engage Christine on her level. She was a model of capability, mastering almost every area of her life, but secretly tormented by the fact that, once again, happiness in a crucial relationship had eluded her. Frank, well, Frank was damned too. Unable to fathom its design, the way of love seemed hopelessly beyond his grasp. Now free for the most part from the world’s distractions, this unlikely pair, cuffed together for what seemed like an eternity, cautiously ventured into their retirement years. One had gained an unfair advantage over the other. With love no longer at stake and a shadow falling over their lives, one hatches a plot to fully exploit the other as a crowd of memorable friends and dysfunctional family slowly watches it all fall part.

Professor Dalton Parker is about to complete his invention 'The Infinity Device, ' the world's first matter transmission machine. Shrouded in secrecy by the US government, this device represents the next great step in space travel. But on the night before final testing, a horrible accident destroys the laboratory and all its contents. Or does it? Caught in a web of deceit and treachery, Professor Parker finds himself and his invention spirited thousands of miles away by Heinrich, a notorious arms dealer, who hungers for the power this new technology can bring to him. His carefully planned sabotage has delivered his prize to within inches of his grasp. Now the US government's most elite Black Ops unit, commanded by Major John Starling, must race against the clock to rescue the Infinity Device and Professor Parker from the terrorists who will use its awesome power as a weapon of mass destruction. The race is on for the possession of the swirling power that comes Out Of The Blue