This user-friendly main text focuses on what people do and links the activities to what people and things are and the circumstances in which actions take place. Features include key vocabulary sideboards in every unit, a detailed index for every key term, usage notes, guides to use of main verb tenses, and helpful appendixes. It is highly versatile, allowing students the capability to move with ease from ideas to words or from words to ideas. The audio CD contains captions and dialog in text from each picture in the main text.
In Nuclear Energy, kids will discover the incredible power stored inside the tiny atom! The key concept is that huge amounts of energy can be released when the forces that hold the nucleus of an atom together are disturbed. That can happen through fission, the splitting of an atom's nucleus or fusion, the combining of protons and neutrons from two different atoms. Pioneering scientists Lise Meitner and Marie Curie are introduced, and students learn how their research led to a greater understanding of the atom.
A grammar reference practice with 5 levels, New Grammar Time is specially written for learners in Primary and mid-secondary schools for use either in the classroom or at home. The lower levels of New Grammar Time has simplified grammar boxes and an oral activity at the end of each unit which gives students plenty of opportunity to use the language. New Grammar Time can also be used as a supplement to any course book.
Journey across the Pacific for a handsomely photographed look at Japan's past and present, from the former imperial capital of Japan in Kyoto, which stood as the center of Japanese culture for more than 1,000 years, to the Itsukushima Shrine, featuring harmoniously arranged buildings that reveal great artistic and technical skill while illustrating the Japanese concept of scenic beauty. From there, students will visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial -- also known as the Genbaku Dome
What is environmental print? It is the highly recognizable print on common products, signs, and logos that kids see around them every day. It is also a superb opportunity for meaningful literacy experiences that make children feel like successful readers and writers. Organized along a learning continuum that matches students' abilities and develops along with students' literacy skills, this resource contains terrific ideas for using environmental print with young learners.
