•Levels: 6 levels (Beginner to Low-Intermediate) •Ages: 12 to 17 •We Can Do It! takes an action-oriented approach concerned with learning language in order to achieve real-world outcomes. It gives students a clear goal for their learning and allows them to assess the extent to which they meet the goal.
All aboard for the Great Transcontinental Mystery Race! This glittering event will take international racing VIPs and their thoroughbreds to races across Canada aboard a luxury train. Along the way, an intriguing mystery enactment will provide entertainment. Tom Kelsey is the security agent assigned to keep tabs on one of the most vicious figures of the racing underworld. For years he has been after Julius Apollo Filmer, a slippery criminal who "persuades" owners to sell their prize horses. Now Filmer has bribed his way onto the Mystery race, and the murder mystery threatens to become all too real. Narrated by Simon Preble
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Audiobook)
A drunkard's walk is a type of random statistical distribution with important applications in scientific studies ranging from biology to astronomy. Mlodinow, a visiting lecturer at Caltech and coauthor with Stephen Hawking of A Briefer History of Time, leads readers on a walk through the hills and valleys of randomness and how it directs our lives more than we realize. Mlodinow introduces important historical figures such as Bernoulli, Laplace and Pascal, emphasizing their ideas rather than their tumultuous private lives...
Excellent! is a four-level Primary course that offers the right level of challenge to help pupils achieve real results. Pupils practise the four skills from the beginning through tasks that relate to their own lives and stimulate their imaginations. Clear pair-work activities make learning more memorable and encourage collaboration in the classroom. The Teacher's Guide provides: Clear, step-by-step lesson notes, with tapescripts and answer keys. Lots of ideas for projects and extra activities. Eight photocopiable tests. Photocopiable worksheets for use with the recommended Penguin Young Readers.
With the skill of a forensic scientist, Dr. Mallory traces the immediate origins of each of the Indo-European peoples of Europe and Asia. By comparing their languages he demonstrates their common cultural heritage, and through the technique of comparative mythology he examines their earliest beliefs.