Flip Turns

Flip Turns
Author: Catherine Arguelles
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2022-09-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1631636367

After 13-year-old Maddie tells Lucas she doesn’t want to date him, a string of vandalism breaks out at her family’s community pool. Worried it’s her “admirer” getting even, Maddie and her friend, Ez, launch their own investigation.

Flip Turn

Flip Turn
Author: Monique Polak
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2004-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781550288186

When the family situation takes a grim turn, swimmer Victoria finds help -- in and out of the pool -- from the person she least expects.

Guided Math Stretch: Flip, Turn, and Slide!

Guided Math Stretch: Flip, Turn, and Slide!
Author: Lanney Sammons
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 6
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 1425880355

Engage your mathematics students at the beginning of class with this whole-class warm-up activity. This product features a step-by-step lesson, assessment information, and a snapshot of what the warm-up looks like in the classroom.

The Science of a Flip Turn

The Science of a Flip Turn
Author: Tamra B. Orr
Publisher: Cherry Lake
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2015-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1633627632

This book discusses the science behind various elements of swimming, particularly a flip turn. The chapters examine case studies of famous sports moments, explain how the athletes perform these actions, and document the history of how scientists, doctors, and coaches have been working to make these sports safer. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. A timeline provides history, key developments, and advancements associated with the sport.

Flipping Schools: Why it's time to turn your school and community inside out

Flipping Schools: Why it's time to turn your school and community inside out
Author: John West Burnham
Publisher: John Catt
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2020-01-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1398382787

This brilliant book, focused on the education of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, offers a radical critique of traditional approaches to school improvement. The text argues for a movement away from the focus on social mobility to placing equity at the heart of school leadership. It suggests moving from improvement to social justice through a re-examination of the school's role in relation to its communities. The book is evidence-based and combines a focus on moral leadership with strategies to turn principle into practice.

FTCE Elementary Education K-6

FTCE Elementary Education K-6
Author: Janet B. Andreasen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2015
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0544313534

This 2nd Edition of CliffsNotes FTCE Elementary Education K-6 test prep captures the recent changes to this Florida teacher certification test that would-be elementary school teachers must pass in order to be teacher-certified in Florida.

Surveys on Discrete and Computational Geometry

Surveys on Discrete and Computational Geometry
Author: Jacob E. Goodman
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2008
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821842390

This volume contains nineteen survey papers describing the state of current research in discrete and computational geometry as well as a set of open problems presented at the 2006 AMS-IMS-SIAM Summer Research Conference Discrete and Computational Geometry--Twenty Years Later, held in Snowbird, Utah, in June 2006. Topics surveyed include metric graph theory, lattice polytopes, the combinatorial complexity of unions of geometric objects, line and pseudoline arrangements, algorithmic semialgebraic geometry, persistent homology, unfolding polyhedra, pseudo-triangulations, nonlinear computational geometry, $k$-sets, and the computational complexity of convex bodies.

The Acorn Stories

The Acorn Stories
Author: Duane Simolke
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2003-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595288642

A lush tangle of small-town life branches out in this engrossing collection of short stories. -Kirkus Discoveries Each of Simolke's stories lets us look into the lives of some of the most interesting characters I have ever read about. -Amos Lassen, Literary Pride The ability to depict such a wide cross section of humanity, including details of each character's breadth of knowledge and experience, takes a talented, insightful author, and Duane Simolke is such a writer. -E. Conley, Betty's Books "A well-crafted collection of short stories." -L. L. Lee, author of Taxing Tallula "It was a real pleasure to read about the fictional town of Acorn, Texas, and get to meet all the different and varied people that Mr. Simolke so eloquently fleshed out." -Mark Kendrick, author of Desert Sons Visit the West Texas town of Acorn! Enjoy the German festival, a high school football game, homemade apple pie from the Turner Street Café, and the cool shade of a hundred-year-old oak tree. Meet dedicated teachers, unusual artists, shrewd business owners, closeted gays, and concerned neighbors. See how lives become intertwined in moments of humor or tragedy. Just be careful, because in Acorn, the sky is always falling! From romantic comedy to razor-sharp satire to moments of quiet reflection, Duane Simolke's award-winning tales transform a fictional West Texas town into a tapestry of human experiences.

Slides, Flips, and Turns

Slides, Flips, and Turns
Author: Claire Piddock
Publisher: My Path to Math (Paperback)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780778752981

Sofia makes a special birthday card for her Grandma by sliding, flipping, and turning shapes. Using the same simple steps, young children will learn about transformations as well as concepts such as diagonal, horizontal, and vertical.

Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming IX

Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming IX
Author: Jean-Claude Chatard
Publisher: Université de Saint-Etienne
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2003
Genre: Human mechanics
ISBN: 9782862723037

The IXth International World Symposium on Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming was held in Saint-Etienne in France from June 21 - 23 2002, under the auspices of the World Commission of Sport Biomechanics and the Steering Group of Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming. The main conference organisers were the Laboratoire de Physiologie of the Medical Faculty and Service d'Exploration Fonctionnelle Cardio-Respiratoire et Médecine du Sport of Saint-Etienne Hospital. The conference was a joint effort with several other organisations as well. The Department of Physical Education of the University of Saint-Etienne, the City of Saint-Etienne, the Conseil Général de la Loire, the Conseil régional Rhône-Alpes, the Association des Chercheurs en Activités Physiques et Sportives, the French Swimming Federation, the INSERM, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Société de la Loire de Médecine du Sport and the société française de Médecine du Sport were the main public sponsors of the Symposium.