In only seven days you can finish any of these 50 colorful afghans, pillows, baby quickies, and many more. A great variety...special section on baby afghans, as well as afghans to suit each room in the house....Fifty afghans are illustrated in color, and diagrams and step-by-step instructions are all very easy to follow.
Fires in the Mind: What Kids Can Tell Us About Motivation and Mastery
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.45 | Only for teachers, Non-Fiction | 25 June 2010
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Teens talk to adults about how they develop motivation and mastery Through the voices of students themselves, Fires in the Mind brings a game-changing question to teachers of adolescents: What does it take to get really good at something? Starting with what they already know and do well, teenagers from widely diverse backgrounds join a cutting-edge dialogue with adults about the development of mastery in and out of school. Their insights frame motivation, practice, and academic challenge in a new light that galvanizes more powerful learning for all.
Hands-on science centers are one of America's newest and most popular types of museums. Beginning with a history of the science center movement in the United States, this book then presents detailed entries on more than 260 museums and sites where the visiting public can touch, handle, and interact with exhibits or objects in entertaining and educational ways. Each entry includes a description of the center's hands-on exhibits, programs, and events, along with contact information, hours, and ticket information. The book contains 75 photographs of the exhibits in action.