Homework Helpers: Biology, Revised Edition

Homework Helpers: Biology, Revised Edition
Author: Matthew Distefano
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2011-09-15
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1601636628

Homework Helpers: Biology is a user-friendly review book that will make any student—or those trying to help them—feel like he or she has a private Biology tutor. The book covers all of the topics included in a typical one-year Biology curriculum, including: An approach to the study of biology using the scientific method and the skills and equipment used by most biologists. The concept of the cell as the unit of structure and function of all life. DNA and the chemical processes of inheritance. The evolution of life on this planet and how humans are part of the process. The study of the environments of life and how all life is interconnected on this planet. Each chapter includes detailed questions that allow students to assess how well they’ve mastered each idea. Not only does the author provide the right answers to these self-study questions, but also detailed explanations of why the wrong answers are wrong.

Homework Helpers: Physics, Revised Edition

Homework Helpers: Physics, Revised Edition
Author: Greg Curran
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2012-03-22
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1601635796

Homework Helpers: Physics is the latest book in the popular series that has been designed to help students master the material and tackle the tests. It will help any student unravel the formulas that describe the world around him or her. Each lesson is written in clear, easy-to-understand language, and supported with review questions. Answers and detailed explanations are found at the end of each chapter. Homework Helpers: Physics covers all of the topics included in a typical one-year physics curriculum, including: Straight-line kinematics, free-fall, and projectile motion. Forces, friction, and motion on an incline. Electrostatics, electricity, and magnetism. Waves, light, and optics. Nuclear reactions. The Homework Helpers Series is an excellent review for any standardized Physics test, and is invaluable in providing support and guidance throughout a year’s course of study.

Homework Helpers: Chemistry, Revised Edition

Homework Helpers: Chemistry, Revised Edition
Author: Greg Curran
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2011-04-15
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1601636636

Homework Helpers: Chemistry is a user-friendly review book that will make every student—or parent trying to help their child feel like he or she has a private Chemistry tutor. Concepts are explained in clear, easy-to-understand language, and problems are worked out with step-by-step methods that are easy to follow. Each lesson comes with numerous review questions and answer keynotes that explain each correct answer and why it’s correct. This book covers all of the topics in a typical one-year Chemistry curriculum, including: A systematic approach to problem solving, conversions, and the use of units. Naming compounds, writing formulas, and balancing chemical equations. Gas laws, chemical kinetics, acids and bases, electrochemistry, and more. While Homework Helpers: Chemistryis an excellent review for any standardized Chemistry test, including the SAT-II, its real value is in providing support and guidance during the year’s entire course of study.

Homework Helpers: English Language & Composition

Homework Helpers: English Language & Composition
Author: Maureen Lindner
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2005-06-17
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1601638485

Essential preparation for the new SAT Writing and Grammar Section. Homework Helpers: English Language & Composition is a user-friendly review book that will make any student—or those trying to help them—feel like he or she has a private tutor. Each chapter includes detailed questions that allow students to assess how well they've mastered each idea. Not only does the author provide the right answers to these self-study questions, but also detailed explanations of why the wrong answers are wrong. When is a comma used? Why are some titles capitalized? How are dangling modifiers prevented? There are hundreds of grammatical and compositional rules, many of them difficult to understand and memorize. And just as many exceptions to the rules! Homework Helpers: English Language and Composition focuses on all aspects of writing, with clear lessons and exercises on:• Parts of speech• Punctuation• Tone• The writing process• Types of sentences• Types of essays• Revisions• Common errors to avoid Students from high school through college will find this book to be an essential writing tool. Younger students can follow the lessons from beginning to end to learn everything they need to know about language and composition. The more experienced student can pick and choose lessons and exercises according to need—especially if they're facing the new SAT. The Homework Helpers Series is just what students need to boost their confidence and give them the help they need to ace even the most challenging classes and tests.

Homework Helpers: Essays & Term Papers

Homework Helpers: Essays & Term Papers
Author: Michelle McLean
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2011-01-20
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1601636873

A fun, user-friendly guide that takes the confusion out of writing essays and papers for students of all ages. Unlike other books that are so full of technical jargon that they confuse more than help, Homework Helpers: Essays and Term Papers uses straightforward language and simple steps to guide students through the essay-writing process. Homework Helpers: Essays and Term Papers: • Describes in detailed “plain English” each element and step involved in writing a dozen different types of essays. • Includes a rough, edited, and final draft sample of each type of essay discussed. • Explains the necessity of proofreading and citing sources, providing tips and instruction on how to accomplish these tasks. • Presents step-by-step instructions on how to write a great SAT essay. • Discusses what students can expect when they reach college-level courses. Students of all ages can find help in writing essays for every major subject in high school or college. Neophytes will find guidance on the basics, while those further along in their educational career can adapt the detailed instructions for more in-depth assignments.

The Basics of the Human Body

The Basics of the Human Body
Author: Anne Wanjie
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2013-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1477705678

This is a stunningly comprehensive roadmap to the human body, and a vividly compelling account of the long history of the study of anatomy and the many breakthroughs that inform our current notions of the human body, health, and disease. Equally intriguing are the cutting-edge research, treatments, and procedures that continue to advance our understanding of the body, its possibilities, and its limitations including: the systems of the body, digestion and excretion, blood and circulation, breathing, muscles and bones, the nervous system, the senses and health and the immune system. Full-color photographs, illustrations, and diagrams, archival images, and intriguing fact-filled sidebars, make this a resource that is perfectly suited to both the biology classroom and the high-interest section of the library. In addition, this is a superb text to use when integrating the Common Core curriculum standards for the reading of scientific texts. It satisfies all the relevant reading standards pertaining to key ideas and details, craft and structure, integration of knowledge and ideas, range of reading, and level of text complexity.

Homework Helpers

Homework Helpers
Author: Greg Curran
Publisher: Homework Helpers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781601632098

Provides information and questions with solutions to aid readers who are taking a class in physics and find the subject hard to understand or are in need of a review.

Everything You Need to Ace Biology in One Big Fat Notebook

Everything You Need to Ace Biology in One Big Fat Notebook
Author: Workman Publishing
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2021-04-27
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1523504366

Biology? No Problem! This Big Fat Notebook covers everything you need to know during a year of high school BIOLOGY class, breaking down one big bad subject into accessible units. Including: biological classification, cell theory, photosynthesis, bacteria, viruses, mold, fungi, the human body, plant and animal reproduction, DNA & RNA, evolution, genetic engineering, the ecosystem and more. Study better with mnemonic devices, definitions, diagrams, educational doodles, and quizzes to recap it all. Millions and millions of BIG FAT NOTEBOOKS sold!

The Best 386 Colleges, 2021 Edition

The Best 386 Colleges, 2021 Edition
Author: Franek The Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review
Total Pages: 882
Release: 2020-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0525569723

The Best 386 Colleges is a comprehensive guide with reviews and rankings based on responses from 139,000 college students. Written for students or parents mystified by the confusing college admissions process, it provides the essential facts about the best schools in the country, popular college ranking lists, and all the information needed to make a smart decision about which schools to consider. Plus, direct quotes from students throughout the book provide unique insight into each school's character.

Growing Up with Science

Growing Up with Science
Author:
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2006
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780761475057

Volume seven of a seventeen-volume, alphabetically-arranged encyclopedia contains approximately five hundred articles introducing key aspects of science and technology.