Activities engage students and build the full range of critical thinking skills essential for reading comprehension and understanding of the concepts This collection of Teacher's Resources is based on the Bloom's Taxonomy six levels of thinking. Each 60 page book contains a color teaching guide, reading passages, student activities, tests, answer keys, and 6 color overhead transparencies. Each Big Book contains the contents of all the books in that series (170 pages/18 transparencies). Ecology & the Environment Study the natural world including biotic & abiotic ecosystems. Learn to classify warm and cold-blooded animals and finally, explore plant and animal cells and multi-cellular organisms. Climate Change Learn more about climate change from a scientific perspective that will help students separate fact from fiction in popular accounts in order to make informed decisions about products and lifestyle choices that affect the Earth System. Global Water We look at the Earth's water and how human activity and climate change are affecting its purity and quantity, as well as the health issues facing plant and animal life in water ecosystems. Carbon Footprint Engage your students to become part of the worldwide effort to identify and reduce harmful human-generated carbon dioxide. A comprehensive study complete with carbon footprint calculators. Managing our Waste What is waste? Where does it come from? What are we doing to clean it all up? Take a critical look at how we create and manage our waste, and what we can do to live in more environmentally friendly ways. Human Body Study all aspects of the muscular and skeletal systems. Investigate the major organs along with the five senses. Covers all from mouth to intestine, blood vessels to heart and sperm to newborn. Matter & Energy Learn about properties of solids, liquids and gasses. Explore the invisible world of atoms, molecules, elements and compounds. Examine mechanical, thermal, sound and light energy. Force & Motion Discover various types of forces at contact and at distance. Study about accelerating, rotating and oscillating motion. Learn about the many simple machines in every day life. Space & Beyond Get the big picture about space. Learn about our solar system, moons, galaxies & the universe. Offers current information about space travel & technology from the International Space Station to the Mission to Mars.
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