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Each of the 19 Native American stories here is a natural teaching tool sparking curiosity in children. Keepers Of Life provides a complete program of study in botany, plant ecology and the natural history of North American plants, from desert to seashore, rainforest to alpine tundra. ... Read more

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in great shape
The book came as listed and when it was supposed to be here.Thanks!

Be careful. They have the title wrong!
...It is meant to accompany the book "Keepers of Life: Discovering Plants Through Native American Stories and Earth Activities for Children" The teachers guide is good, but it is not simply a teachers edition of the other book. It doesn't just have a bunch of answers (there are no tests or quizes in the first book anyway). It has suggestions and activities to add to the experience of the the first book, but it isn't necissary for you to have this book to get good use out of the main book, which is written to be used by a teacher anyway, not individual students. ... Read more

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Students travel into the Earth's ancient past to see what the world was like and how life has evolved in an engaging introduction to biological evolution. These extensive, content-rich activities combine a variety of topics that have proved very popular with students, including: observing living animals and plants; examining fossils and bones; erupting volcanoes; and creating dioramas with plastic animals. ... Read more

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No Better Way to Introduce Evolution!
I love this teaching unit for introducing my sixth grade students to the concept of evolution.They are actively engaged in investigating evidence and developing formative ideas about how life has changed through geologic time.By investigating five time periods and their geologic features and determining the characteristics and adaptations of the organisms that thrived during those eras helps students to see how geology impacts biology.It's a great unit that is worth the prep time involved! ... Read more

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This unique resource offers activities in earth, life, and physical science as well as science inquiry and technology. The Grades 6-12 level book provides labs on life, physical, and earth science as well as critical thinking. Like real-life forensic scientists, students observe carefully, organize, and record data, think critically, and conduct simple tests to solve crimes like theft, dog-napping, vandalism and water pollution. For added fun, each resource features an original cartoon character, Investi Gator for the Elementary level and Crime Cat for Grades 6-12. All activities include complete background information with step-by-step procedures for the teacher and reproducible student worksheets. Whatever the teacher's training or experience in teaching science, Crime Scene Investigations can be an intriguing supplement to instruction. ... Read more

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A Unique Gem
After purchasing countless science kits throughout the years for use in my homeschool, I found most to be lacking in some way. Many failed to actually teach anything. Not so with this book. For high school level students I found it an excellent way to incorporate labs which were not only fun and captivating, but educational. Granted this book is written for group purposes, but I did not have much trouble using it with only one or two students. I particularly liked the fact that I could purchase the supplies I needed online in the amount that I needed, and was not paying a fortune for a premade kit which contained 30 of everything, far more than I was ever going to need.

Do note that I purchased this book online [...] where every supply needed for this entire book was stated and available for purchase...something I greatly appreciated. Even with having some of the supplies already on hand, like a microscope, labs like this cost money. It was nice however to have everything I needed, with no suprises, and know that this book would not end up on the back of some shelf because I did not have "the common items found in most household kitchens" which is what most science experiement books state. You will not find everything you need for this book in your kitchen!

For the Forensic Science fan it is a blast! Students, while learning, really do get to solve mysteries. There were times when I set up entire crime scenes, complete with crime scene tape, dead bodies (not real ones of course), and many needed-to-find clues. As a homeschooler I even added a trial to one lab which was not something stated in the book. My "scientist" used his diagram and findings as testimony. It was quite a unique and memorable experience.

The book is divided into 4 Sections with 7 to 9 labs in each section, many that take 2 or 3 days to complete. The beginning of the book, Section 1, has to do with Critical Thinking and contains labs having to do with Forgery, Tire Track Evaluation, etc.... Section 2 covers Physical Science with Glass Fractures, Fingerprinting, Blood-drop Analysis, etc.... Section 3 is Life Sciences. The books gets more fun as it moves along and requires more hands-on lab work. Section 3 contains Urinalysis, Dental Forensics, DNA, Hair Identification, etc.... The last section, Section 4, covers Earth Science, Archaeology, and Anthropology. That's when you learn about Preserving Flesh, Identifying Missing Bones, Dating-Radioactive Style, etc.... Sounds like fun, doesn't it?

I could see this book becoming a source of frustration if you tried to determine and locate every supply needed for every lab. However, if you manage to find the site I did, or one similar, who can provide you with everything you need, this can be an excellent way to incorporate labs at home, have fun, and learn all at the same time.

Just as promised!
The person wrote that the book was new but was selling it cheaper to get rid of it.I was slightly skeptical but bought it anyway.The book IS new and in excellent condition.It looks like it just came off the store's shelf.Thank you for being truthful!

a fun resource
I teach 6th grade science and this book has lots of practical hands-on ideas for classroom use.The labs are fairly easy to implement and they are engaging for the students.This book is especailly good for a summer school program or enrichment work.Perfect for middle school level.I don't think it would work well for much beyond middle school.

Science Supplement or It's Own Science Course
Fully developed lesson plans for 6th-12th graders on various aspects of forensic science.Requires some gathering of materials, all easily obtainable, but not necessarily household items.Requires some prep on the part of the teacher, but not excessive prep work.Includes activities that can be completed in one day, and activities that involve observation over a time span of days or weeks. There is an elementary school edition for younger children.I wish it were still offered in the original spiral binding, though.

High quality addition to traditional science curriculum or good as a stand-alone special course.

Reading and Math Teachers
I am the math teacher but I am partnering with a reading teacher to co-teach the lessons in this book.We have already completed the handwriting lab and the logic lab with a dead boyfriend.This lab was very engaging to my "player" boys in junior high and they they had to figure out which of the 6 girlfriends killed the boyfriend.Lots of fun!

The next lab we are doing is a self-generated lab involving fingerprints.We read through the lab and didn't like the story so we are inspired to write our own, once again because of the book.

Personally, I love this book and am ordering my own copy of it.It promotes reading because the students read the lab and find the answers.All we do is monitor the kids and it is lots of fun to see who they think committed the crime.

Great book! ... Read more

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Guns have existed in various forms for hundreds of years, and few objects have had such an immense impact on world history. Firearms traces their evolution -- from the hand-held weapons of ancient humans to the medieval guns of China to modern assault rifles and hunting tools. This rich and surprising story uncovers centuries of trial and error and shows how the gun changed as new technological innovation focused on accuracy, power, speed, and ease of use. With graphic prints, photographs, a timeline, and a glossary, this engaging and insightful technography sheds light on one of the most important inventions in the history of the human race.

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A great resource for teachers and parents, this book is filled with creative ideas for activities that encourage youngsters to make their own discoveries while learning about different types of insects and arachnids. ... Read more

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This book is a plea to everyone but especially to politicians, administrators, farmers and businessmen to take conservation seriously and as a result to integrate conservation with other activities. Through research work and land management the author shows how he came to realise that conservation matters much more fundamentally than is accepted by conventional wisdom. He maintains that the significance of conservation will not be recognised until it is seen within its proper contents of time and this provides the theme of the book. The newness of conservation as an idea and its complexities still provide obstacles to understanding its real significance. In the past too much emphasis has been put on the negative and esoteric aspects of conservation. This book is important because it emphasises its positive and common-sense aspects and in so doing demonstrates that conservation should now be accepted as a major national and international objective of vital concern to everybody now and in the future. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Wilshire Book Co. in 1909 in 137 pages; Subjects: Socialism; Political Science / General; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism; ... Read more

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O'Dougherty has captured the spirit of an era when middle-class dreams met rampant inflation head-on. She analyses the role neighborhoods, ethnic origins, government programs, and personal connections played in the widely differing fates of her informants, but time and again theories give way to the fascinating concrete details of Brazilians trying to get ahead, or merely to stay afloat, in the midst of a swollen tide of economic chaos. Implicit in her critique is the notion that the dream itself was highly suspect, and detrimental to the Brazilian ethos, but Hey! Doesn't everyone want to go to Disneyworld? ... Read more

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Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) for Pesticide Regulatory Purposes stems from the experience of the EC funded project DEMETRA. This project combined institutes involved in the regulatory process of pesticides, industries of the sector and scientists to develop and offer original software for the prediction of ecotoxicity of pesticides. Then to be used within the dossier preparation for pesticide registration. The basis of this book is more than three-years of research activities, discussions, studies and successful models. This experience represents a useful example not only for the case of pesticides, but also for the prediction of ecotoxicity and toxicity in general.

QSAR is used to link a given property of a chemical compound with some features related to its structure. The theoretical toxicological, chemical and information technology aspects will be treated considering the regulatory issues. Innovative hybrid systems will be described, for the toxicity prediction of pesticides and related compounds, directly useful for pesticide evaluation within the Dossier preparation for pesticide registration. Five endpoints will also be discussed, addressing issues as standardisation, verification, validation, accessibility, reproducibility.

The driving force for Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) for Pesticide Regulatory Purposes is that all the issues of concern for end-users are analysed, discussed and solutions proposed further. An innovative feature is that, in order to offer powerful QSAR models, the book discusses and reports on integrated QSAR models, combined into a unique hybrid system.

* Assesses the needs of regulators for pesticide approval and how these needs affect QSAR models
* Combines theoretical discussion with practical examples, including five worked examples of hybrid systems
* Refers to original software available through the internet ... Read more

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This book presents 616 compounds isolated and identified from plants that present antioxidant activity. These substances have been classified by chemical groups and each provides the most relevant information of its pharmacological activity, action mechanism, chemical structure, spectroscopic date and other properties. Chemical structures have been drawn to indicate the stereochemistry. In this handbook a summary of the scientific information of plants that present biological activity and the compounds responsible for this activity is presented, which introduces the reader to the study of medicinal plants and also provides bibliographic references, where a detailed study of its chemistry and pharmacology can be found. This dictionary will be of great help for pre and post-graduate students, as well as professors, research in the medical industry, and those who work in some way with isolated bioactive compounds obtained from plants. ... Read more

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Role of Procoagulant Activity in Health and Disease discusses different aspects of the pathobiology and consequences of the induction of cellular procoagulants. The first part of the book addresses the molecular and cellular biology of procoagulant activity induction (PCA). This includes the recent data on cellular pathways of induction of PCA and the molecular nature of the different procoagulants identified to date. The book addresses interactions between macrophages and endothelial cells, focusing on those aspects most relevant to induction of procoagulant activities, including the role of adhesion molecules. The second portion of the book describes the relevance of PCA to a number of human and experimental diseases, including infectious diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, liver disease, renal disease, neoplastic diseases, allograft rejection, and pulmonary disease. This book will not only be of value to the basic scientist, but also to pathologists and clinicians, and to others wishing to understand the role of immunologically mediated induction of cellular coagulants and their relevance to disease. ... Read more

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Why do women live longer than men? Does ownership of paired X chromosomes confer more prolonged survival on females, or is the gender difference in life-expectancy a cumulative consequence of differing life experiences for women and men? The areas of gender differences in aging, functional capacity, and the response to physical activity have often been the basis for speculation rather than informed judgment. Gender, Physical Activity, and Aging draws upon the sound knowledge base of leading investigators to provide objective, evidence-based evaluations of particular facets of the aging process. Focusing on gender differences, it examines the rate of aging, loss of functional capacity, disability, and the quality of life among the elderly and presents evidence of potential modification through physical activity and lifestyle. ... Read more

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Univ. of British Columbia, Canada. Examines effective exercise as it contributes to bone health. For students. Covers basic anatomy and physiology, factors other than exercise influencing bone health, exercising to maintain a healthy skeleton, and the role of exercise in preventing perimenopausal bone loss. ... Read more

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Ideal for graduate students in bone health
This is the first time I have seen a book dedicated to exercise and bone. Usually bone books are about medication, biology, etc. and then they pay lipservice to exercise. The authors are to be congratulated on providing a very readable, beautifully illustrated and yet authoritative text for those of us doing Master's degrees, Honors degrees, or even PhDs in the field of bone research. I imagine that graduate students all over the US are eternally grateful for having all this information in one place. It really clears up those comples issues such as how to interpret DXA scans, why results of different exercise studies differ and the problems of stress fractures, amenorrhea etc.

It even has research suggestions for a wide variety of students - see the later chapters.

My boyfriend is a fitness leader and he loves it because it provides evidence-based exercise programs for women and men of different ages and abilities.

Well done authors - thanks from the bottom of my heart! ... Read more

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This edition provides an updated account of this area of research. It discusses the major systems of enzyme regulation, illustrating the fundamental principles with diverse examples from prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. ... Read more

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Increasing interest in the study of coordinated activity of brain cell ensembles reflects the current conceptualization of brain information processing and cognition. It is thought that cognitive processes involve not only serial stages of sensory signal processing, but also massive parallel information processing circuitries, and therefore it is the coordinated activity of neuronal networks of brains that give rise to cognition and consciousness in general. While the concepts and techniques to measure synchronization are relatively well characterized and developed in the mathematics and physics community, the measurement of coordinated activity derived from brain signals is not a trivial task, and is currently a subject of debate. Coordinated Activity in the Brain: Measurements and Relevance to Brain Function and Behavior addresses conceptual and methodological limitations, as well as advantages, in the assessment of cellular coordinated activity from neurophysiological recordings. The book offers a broad overview of the field for investigators working in a variety of disciplines (neuroscience, biophysics, mathematics, physics, neurology, neurosurgery, psychology, biomedical engineering, computer science/computational biology), and introduces future trends for understanding brain activity and its relation to cognition and pathologies. This work will be valuable to professional investigators and clinicians, graduate and post-graduate students in related fields of neuroscience and biophysics, and to anyone interested in signal analysis techniques for studying brain function.

About the Editors:

J. L. Perez Velazquez was born in Zaragoza, Spain, and received the degree of 'Licenciado' in Chemistry (Biochemistry, universities of Zaragoza and Complutense of Madrid), and a PhD degree in 1992 from the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston), homologated to Doctorate in Chemistry by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in 1997. He is an Associate Scientist in the Neuroscience and Mental Health Programme and the Brain and Behaviour Centre at the Hospital For Sick Children in Toronto, and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto.

Richard Wennberg was born in Vancouver, Canada. He obtained his medical degree from the University of British Columbia in 1990 and completed a neurology residency at McGill University in 1994, followed by a fellowship in electroencephalography at the Montreal Neurological Institute. He is Director of the clinical neurophysiology laboratory at the University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital; Associate professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto; Chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada examination board in neurology, and President of the Canadian League Against Epilepsy.

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Univ. of Montreal, Canada. Overview of neuromuscular involvement in physical activity, including how the neuromuscular system is used and how it responds to fatiguing exercises and changes in chronic activation levels. Assumes completion of a first-year university-level course in general physiology or exercise physiology with knowledge in anatomy and biology. ... Read more