Blue Planet - Energy (ENHANCED eBook)

Blue Planet - Energy (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Gina Hamilton
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2007-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1429116153

Milliken’s Blue Planet series covers Earth science for grades 9 to 12 in five concise yet thorough volumes: Earth, Water, Atmosphere, Space, and Energy. Each book includes 12 full–color transparencies (print books) or PowerPoint slides (eBooks) to enhance classroom demonstrations, plus 60 reproducible pages. The fifth book in the series, Energy, covers energy on planet Earth. Earth is a dynamic planet, driven by energy. Concepts include energy transfers and thermodynamics, the solar transfer of energy to Earth, and its effects, human energy requirements and use through history, the Industrial Revolution and hydrocarbons, nuclear energy, and renewable energy sources. An in-depth examination of the issues of global warming and likely problems associated with warming concludes the book.

Blue Planet - Space (ENHANCED eBook)

Blue Planet - Space (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Gina Hamilton
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2007-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1429116145

Milliken’s Blue Planet series covers Earth Science for grades 9 to 12 in five concise yet thorough volumes: Earth, Water, Atmosphere, Space, and Energy. Each book includes 12 full–color transparencies (print books) or PowerPoint slides (eBooks) to enhance classroom demonstrations, plus 60 reproducible pages. Space focuses on astronomy. The Earth was created by cosmic forces, and is impacted by the Sun, the Moon, and its neighbors in space on a daily basis. The book covers the composition of the Sun and solar effects, the Moon and its effects on Earth, solar system astronomy, stellar types, temperatures, and life cycles, galaxies and deep sky objects, theories of the origin of the universe, relativity, and fundamental force theory.

Blue Planet - Water (ENHANCED eBook)

Blue Planet - Water (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Gina Hamilton
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2007-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1429116129

Milliken’s Blue Planet series covers Earth Science for grades 9 to 12 in five concise yet thorough volumes: Earth, Water, Atmosphere, Space, and Energy. Each book includes 12 full–color transparencies (print books) or PowerPoint slides (eBooks) to enhance classroom demonstrations, plus 60 reproducible pages. Water focuses on the oceanic and water-based portion of geology. It covers aspects of the hydrosphere, including the evolution of water on Earth, the physics and chemical nature of water, water movement through the hydrologic cycle, oceans and ocean currents and waves, tides, surface and groundwater systems, and glaciers.

Blue Planet - Earth (ENHANCED eBook)

Blue Planet - Earth (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Gina Hamilton
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2007-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1429116110

Milliken’s Blue Planet series covers Earth Science for grades 9 to 12 in five concise yet thorough volumes: Earth, Water, Atmosphere, Space, and Energy. Each book includes 12 full–color transparencies (print books) or PowerPoint slides (eBooks) to enhance classroom demonstrations, plus 60 reproducible pages. Earth focuses on the Earth-centered part of the Earth system. It covers important aspects of the system, including Earth's composition, rocks and minerals, layers of the planet, plate tectonics, tectonic expressions, and geochemical changes on Earth. Gravitation and magnetism are covered. Also included in this book are changes over time on planet Earth, including the geological ages.

Blue Planet - Air (ENHANCED eBook)

Blue Planet - Air (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Gina Hamilton
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2007-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1429116137

Milliken’s Blue Planet series covers Earth Science for grades 9 to 12 in five concise yet thorough volumes: Earth, Water, Atmosphere, Space, and Energy. Each book includes 12 full–color transparencies (print books) or PowerPoint slides (eBooks) to enhance classroom demonstrations, plus 60 reproducible pages. Air focuses on the atmosphere, and occurrences within the atmosphere, including the atmosphere's composition and evolution, the layers of the atmosphere, the physics of light, sound, and heat within the atmosphere, winds in the atmosphere, moisture in the atmosphere, including cloud formation, and weather.

Water

Water
Author: Gina Hamilton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Water
ISBN: 9780787706388

Science Action Labs Astronomy (ENHANCED eBook)

Science Action Labs Astronomy (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Nadine Rogers
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2002-03-01
Genre:
ISBN: 1429112379

Astronomy helps students discover the universe, question whether or not there may be life on other planets in the solar system, see how gravity works and understand the importance of the sun to the whole system. They'll enjoy experimenting with rotation, speed and gravity; discovering some moon superstitions; learning about astronomy heroes; creating their own Martian; making their own rainbow; and taking periodic quizzes to see how much they have learned.

More Than Pink & Blue (ENHANCED eBook)

More Than Pink & Blue (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Dr. Linda Karges-Bone
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1998-03-01
Genre:
ISBN: 1429111372

It's not pink and blue but gray that matters! Modern research shows amazing differences between the ways boys and girls acquire and use knowledge. Here are practical, sensible and immediately useful classroom applications.

The Blue Planet

The Blue Planet
Author: Brian J. Skinner
Publisher: Wiley Global Education
Total Pages: 674
Release: 2011-08-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1118139720

The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Sciences, 3rd Edition is an innovative text for the earth systems science course. It treats earth science from a systems perspective, now showing the five spheres and how they are interrelated. There are many photos and figures in the text to develop a strong understanding of the material presented. This along with the new media for instructors makes this a strong text for any earth systems science course.

Kingdoms of Life - Plants (ENHANCED eBook)

Kingdoms of Life - Plants (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: Gina Hamilton
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2006-09-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1429116099

Milliken's Kingdoms of Life series is aligned with national science standards and reflects current teaching practices. Each book includes approximately 50 black and white reproducible pages, 12 full-color transparencies (print books) or PowerPoint slides (eBooks), comprehension questions and lab activities for each unit, an answer key, a glossary of bolded terms, a timeline of biological discovery, a laboratory safety guide, as well as a national standards correlation chart. Plants details the anatomy and behavior of this kingdom of multicellular eukaryotic, mostly photosynthetic organisms. They typically lack locomotion or obvious nervous or sensory organs, and possess cellulose cell walls.