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Steven Caney's Ultimate Building Book: Including More Than 100 Incredible Projects Kids Can Make!
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-12-23 Summary: Steven Caney's Ultimate Building Book ... This is an excellent book whether you're an adult or child. Not only are there interesting projects to do, the author explains about the different types of architecture (buildings, bridges,etc.) found throughout the world. He also includes nature made structures such as beehives, spider webs, beaver dams, nests, termite mounds, etc. A very detailed, but easy-to-read and understand book to share with your child. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-12-19 Summary: Building Wow!! ... My son enjoys this book so much!! It is a huge book full of ideas!! Worth the price!! ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-07-17 Summary: Excellent resource for teachers and parents!!! ... This book really is the "Ultimate Building Book." I am a teacher of third and fourth graders and plan to use this book to supplement my teaching in the upcoming year. It has wonderful construction ideas for children, step-by-step pictures, key vocabulary, great descriptions of all kinds of buildings in both the natural world and those constructed by people, and even includes stories and other language arts connections. Of course the connections to science, social studies, and math are natural outcomes of the projects. ...more
[4] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-05-14 Summary: fantastic building book ... Our homeschool group met yesterday and the kids had a fantastic time building with 5 of the different building systems in this book. My kids and I were inspired to make a swimming pool noodle raft using a building system of our own. All of the moms at our meeting are ordering this book after seeing mine. As others have said, the first half of the book is all about every kind of building type you can think of, skyscrapers to wigwams. The second half of the book includes very simple, clear instructions for many different ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Ever wonder how a suspension bridge can cross a gap thousands of feet wide? Want to know how to build a comfortable lounge chair out of cardboard boxes? Or what keeps a massive cathedral dome from collapsing? Discover the answers to these and many more questions in Steven Caney’s Ultimate Building Book , a wonderfully comprehensive exploration of design, construction, and invention that will stimulate the curiosity of children and adults alike. Much as David Macaulay's blockbuster The...more
Quick & Easy Internet Activities for the One-Computer Classroom: American Revolution: 20 Fun, Web-based Activities With Reproducible Graphic Organizers ... Kids to Research and Learn-On Their Own!
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Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | 20 Fun, Web-based Activities With Reproducible Graphic Organizers That Enable Kids to Research and Learn‹On Their Own! Great for Independent Learning! Did you know that "Yankee Doodle" was written to poke fun at the Colonial army? Or that several women, such as Deborah Sampson, played important roles in the American Revolution? Students build Internet research skills while learning these and other fascinating facts. Great graphic organizers aid students in recording information to use...more
We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns: The Kids Who Fought for Civil Rights in Mississippi
Feature: ... ISBN13: 9780815609384; Condition: NEW; Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | No one experienced the 1964 Freedom Summer quite like Tracy Sugarman. As an illustrator and journalist, Sugarman covered the nearly one thousand student volunteers who traveled to the Mississippi Delta to assist black citizens in the South in registering to vote. He interviewed these activists, along with local civil rights leaders and black and white residents not directly involved in the movement, and drew the people and events that made the summer one of the most heroic chapters in...more
Spectacular State Report Projects-For Any State!: Ready-to-Go Templates and Easy Instructions for 20 Fun-Filled Projects That Invite Kids to Research, Write About, and Create Great Reports
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-09-13 Summary: Someday I'll hopefully get to change grades and use this ... Exceedingly handy little book. It has plenty of ideas, all explained with pictures for the morons like me among the teachers. I especially love the variety--perfect for reaching students of different learning styles and interests. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2005-06-30 Summary: Helpful State Project Book ... I haven't tried it yet but I'm betting that this book will be great in helping my students create a project about a state. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Ready-to-Go Templates and Easy Instructions for 20 Fun-Filled Projects That Invite Kids to Research, Write About, and Create Great Reports Exciting Activities and Projects! Showcase students¹ learning about any state with these fun projects!...more