Emphasis on helping students in grades 2-6 learn a variety of research methods. Features one continent and related topic per chapter. Methods include IQueST worksheets, keyword tic-tac-toe, KWL (Know, What, Learn) forms, graphic organizers, and more.

What difference is there between the visual experience of watching the moon in the sky and the visual experience of seeing a snake slither by your foot? It is easy to believe our interpretation of the world is split into a binary mode, between the bodily self and everything outside it. There is, however, a buffer zone in the immediate surrounding of the body, known as peripersonal space, in which boundaries are blurred. The notion of peripersonal space calls into question not only our entrenched theories of perception, but also has major implications on the way we perceive personal and social awareness. Research has yielded a vast array of exciting discoveries on peripersonal space, across a variety of disciplines: ethology, social psychology, anthropology, neurology, psychiatry, and cognitive neuroscience. The World at Our Fingertips: A Multidisciplinary Exploration of Peripersonal Space brings these perspectives together for the first time, as well as introducing a philosophical dialogue to the questions. Edited by a team of leading psychologists and philosophers in the fields of peripersonal space and bodily awareness, this comprehensive volume presents the reader with a fresh, accessible dialogue between authorities from vastly different areas of thought.

Quick reference to the major religions of the world. With World Religions at Your Fingertips, readers can quickly learn anything they need to know about Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Mormonism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, and more. From reincarnation to resurrection, the Four Noble Truths to the Ten Commandments, this book covers the gamut of religious concepts and beliefs throughout the world in concise but complete bites that are easy to find and simple to understand. • Allows readers to dip in quickly to get the information they need immediately • Thumb tabs and other navigational aids make this the quintessential reference book on world religion • Content is thorough and even-handed

A sparkling biography tells the incredible story of a woman who overcame her dark, silent world.

Steve Welker hasn't always been blind. And most people have never been blind. So most people can't fully understand Steve--but Steve Welker can understand them. That's what his inspiring book; The World at My Fingertips is all about: it's about a tragedy that has been turned into a triumph of spirit in a world so many of us simply take for granted--but that Steve Welker cannot. It all begins on a happy note, with Steve and his wife, Kristi joyfully anticipating the birth of their twins-conceived in a most unusual way! They attracted national attention as Leeza Gibbons featured them on her network television talk show. It was all working--until April 30, 1994. Then, in a matter of seconds, everything changed! In one seemingly senseless, unfathomable moment of disastrous coincidence, just days before the birth of their twin boys, both Steve and Kristi were severely injured in a car crash, and Steve lost his sight forever. The World at My Fingertips tells their story of tragedy transformed to triumph in a truly nourishing, soul-satisfying way, driven from within by an indomitable spirit (Steve's) coupled with an iron will (Kristi's) and a love that transcends every appearance of negative reality, no matter how dark and foreboding the world might seem. As Leeza Gibbons has written in her foreword, "I always consider it a blessing when someone allows their story to find its way to the public through me; but Steve and Kristi Welker did more than bless us with their story. They softened hearts and healed souls. They educated and empowered. They offered a quiet example of selflessness and hard-fought-for love that has sustained them.

One of America's greatest storytellers, Samuel Clemens had something witty and wise to say on just about any topic. Gathered from his classic novels, diary entries, newspaper articles, and correspondence, this collection of wry quips and quotes reflects his keen observations on animals, critics, doctors, laughter, politics, youth, and more.

The purpose of this book is to introduce you to one of the most simple, elegant and powerful self-help tools that you may ever come across to change your energy. It's called EFT which is short for Emotional Freedom Techniques. EFT is based on leveraging the wisdom and healing of using energy meridians which have been around for thousands of years. Unresolved negative emotions are often the cause behind many mental and physical issues. With EFT, by simply tapping with your fingertips on certain points on your face and body, while you concentrate on whatever bothers you, EFT helps clear the energy blocks of negative, uncomfortable emotions. "Freedom at Your Fingertips," is the ultimate question and answer guidebook for using Emotional Freedom Techniques to feel more energized and alive. We all have barriers, beliefs and blocks that show up in our lives as physical and emotional limitations. Now with EFT, you'll learn a breakthrough system that offers you a simple, powerful way to erase unwanted negative feelings, clearing the way to more positive ones. It's a self-help tool that you'll have at your fingertips for resolving just about any physical or emotional issue that bothers you. Using EFT, typically a problem or condition is gone or greatly diminished in just a matter of minutes. In fact, people are usually amazed. They're surprised to find that EFT often works when nothing else seems to help. "Freedom at Your Fingertips" is loaded with a wealth of ideas and information you can put to practical use in all areas of your life immediately. There are 19 topics areas, over 300 examples of specific EFT setup phrases and 50 real life cases stories of proven results for ways you can use EFT to overcome some of the most common emotional and physical issues. Of course, as you'll learn in the book, we encourage you to try EFT on everything and discover its surprisingly wondrous results for yourself. "Freedom at Your Fingertips" is the only book available that has been co-authored by 20 World Class EFT practitioners: Gloria Arenson, Ron Ball, Gwenn Bonnell, Paul & Layne Cutright, Lindsay Kenny, Dr. Alexander R. Lees, Carol Look, Angela Treat Lyon, Rebecca Marina, Betty Moore-Hafter, Carol Solomon, Loretta Sparks, Mary Stafford, Carol Tuttle, Stacey Vornbrock, Maryam Webster, Rick Wilkes, Brad Yates and Jan Yordy. The foreword is by Dr. Joseph Mercola.