The Companion Encyclopedia of Geography provides an authoritative and provocative source of reference for all those concerned with the earth and its people. This Companion examines both physical and human geography, and the relationship between the two. An international team of forty-seven geographers, all recognized figures in their discipline, chart the development of humankind's diverse habitat and the social and economic activities within that habitat up to the present day, and look to the future.
Offering a uniquely strong emphasis on earth systems and an increased emphasis on environmental topics, Earth Science and the Environment stands out among other earth science introductory textbooks. Discussion of how the solid earth, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and living organisms interact, as well as the effects of these interactions, is presented throughout the text. This introductory textbook provides a rich overview of all Earth-related disciplines, including geology, geography, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy.
GeoGenius World Test your knowledge of world geography with the "Quiz Me" feature of GeoGenius World! Full-screen color maps are easy to read, and the game is broken down into regions: Canadian Provinces, United States, Central America, South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Northern Asia, Southern Asia, and Oceania.
Ages: 8 and up.
Where is Iggy in the USA?
Iggy loves to travel across the USA by bus, train, airplane and automobile. Follow Iggy across the USA and earn points by solving puzzles with the clues provided! This program helps reinforce many learning skills such as mapping skills, reading charts, money, time, US state capitals, and many more! Ages: 8 and up.
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT was written especially for you. The program was designed to enrich your personal “word bank” with many hundreds of high-frequency and challenging words. There are six thematic books in the series—Everyday Living Words, Workplace and Career Words, Science and Technology Words, Media and Marketplace Words, History and Geography Words, and Music, Art, and Literature Words. Each worktext presents topic-related readings with key terms in context. Follow-up exercises provide a wide variety of practice activities to help you unlock the meanings of unfamiliar words. These strategies include the study of synonyms and antonyms; grammatical word forms; word roots, prefixes, and suffixes; connotations; and the efficient use of a dictionary and thesaurus. Thinking skills, such as drawing conclusions and completing analogies, are included as reinforcement.
On Location: Settings from Famous Children's Books
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Fiction literature | 16 February 2009
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Introduce students to the settings of well-loved children's books with engaging selections and a variety of geography and extension activities from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods, Marion Dane Bauer's On My Honor, Carol Ryrie Brink's Caddie Woodlawn and Magical Melons, Sterling North's Rascal, and Irene Hunt's Across Five Aprils. Also included are attractive and detailed maps, drawings, and photographs. As readers experience stories in the context of their settings, they build their knowledge of geography, literature, history, social studies, mathematics, and science. Grades 3-8.
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT was written especially for you. The program was designed to enrich your personal “word bank” with many hundreds of high-frequency and challenging words. 
