Heather Miller
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A two-hour school-night routine that helps parents support their children's social, emotional and intellectual development
School nights are a real challenge for most parents. Just as your energy flags, a slew of parenting duties looms ahead. Learn how to create a two-hour school night routine that works for both parent and child. By following this two-hour ritual, you'll be able to:
Bond with your children Prepare and enjoy a nutritious dinner...
2) Smoking
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Examines the basic concepts of smoking through the lens of the latest scientific studies and finding. Provides tools for evaluating conflicting and ever changing ideas.
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Heather Miller's first encounter with cancer came at a tender age of 17 when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Displaying immense courage and an unshakeable spirit, she faced this challenge head-on, undergoing rigorous treatments and emerging victorious. This early experience with cancer kindled a passion within Heather to raise awareness about the disease, becoming a vocal advocate for early detection and support for young cancer patients.
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The Hoover Dam is more than just enormous concrete wall. It is an engineering marvel achieved by careful planning and hard, dangerous work. By using gravity and the force of flowing water, 17 turbines inside the Hoover Dam produce electricity for millions of people. Correlates with STEM instruction. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading.
5) Matter
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The Hands on Science series provides students with background on key concepts in Science. Each title includes engaging hands on exercises that bring the concepts to life for kids. Real World Science: Matter, covers the topics of what is a solid, liquid, and gas, how to measure and compare matter, and the useful properties of matter.
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The Hands on Science series provides students with background on key concepts in Science. Each title includes engaging hands on exercises that bring the concepts to life for kids. Real World Science: A Changing Earth, provide information on how landforms change, how mountains form, what causes volcanoes and earthquakes, and the movement of continents.
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The Panama Canal was an engineering project that changed the face of the earth. More than 61 million pounds (28 million kg) of TNT was used to blast away mountain rock. 96 million cubic yards of dirt was hauled away in rail cars. The project connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, giving ships a shortcut that saves 7,872 miles (12,669km). Correlates with STEM instruction. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading.
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In 1849, mercurial Rollin Ridge leaves his family behind to avoid hanging after avenging his father and grandfather's assassinations.
After his crime, Rollin runs west with his brothers to mine California gold, packing sin and grief in his saddlebags. Through letters home, he finds his justice only after unearthing how the father's sins have followed the son. Within the frame, from 1827-1835, Rollin's parents, Cherokee John Ridge, and his white...
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Home. Heritage. Legacy. Legend.
'Tho I Be Mute is the captivating true love story of John and Sarah Ridge unfolding through the eyes of their adult daughter, Clarinda. As an interracial couple in early 19th century America, a time of deep prejudice, their journey is one of resilience and determination.
Daughter to the Foreign Mission School Steward, Sarah Bird Northrup lives a simple life in Cornwall, Connecticut, but finds her quiet world shaken...
10) Subway Ride
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Down, down, down. Step down below to see the world. A fantastical journey introduces young readers to subway travel. Five children pay the fare, pass through the gates, and zip through the tunnels of subway stations in ten cities around the globe. The trip around the world underscores how travel and cultural connections create community. Back matter includes information about the ten stations mentioned: Atlanta, Cairo, Chicago, London, Mexico City,...