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Gale In Context: Science is an engaging online resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative reference content with headlines and videos, learners see how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity. Users can explore millions of full-text articles from national and global publications, 200+ experiments and projects, and top reference content.
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"Produced in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, SI Math Maker Lab is designed to appeal to math geeks and those that prefer practical projects. To complete these engaging projects, kids don't need to be math geniuses or even know how to use a calculator. Each task comes with easy-to-follow instructions, photographs, and illustrations to help whip up super cool mathematics creations!"--
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Henri has attended a special school for her learning disability, dyscalculia, but when she is mainstreamed, she finds herself struggling to balance other parts of her life, and not just in math class--a family feud, drama on the soccer team, and a passion for poetry.
9) Garden math
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Explains how math applies to gardens by applying math to plant spacing, building a raised bed, measuring the size of a pumpkin, and both watering and fertilizing plants. Includes math problems focused on gardening such as finding parameter and area and converting gallons to liters. Features story problems, an answer key, a glossary, resources for further information, and photographs.
14) Why pi?
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ntroduces the concepts of measurement and mathematics, discussing their use throughout history, along with examples of how they are used in everyday life in calculating temperature, light, electricity, time, music, and objects in space.
16) Math
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Offers students interested in math information on different careers in the field, with an overview of each job's training requirements, responsibilities, salary, and outlook.