"Mathematics: Applications and Concepts" sets the standard in Middle School mathematics. This three-course program provides a unique blend of instruction, daily practice, intervention, standardized test preparation, and practice in reading and writing math, and gets students ready for testing success. Reading age for native speakers: Middle School students (6th grade)
The Golden Science Guides were instrumental in sparking my interest in science when I was a kid, and my favorite was what I called "the weather book." Though this book hails from a time when weather satellites were brand-new and El Nino meant nothing to non-Spanish speakers, it nonetheless offers much valuable information about basic concepts in meteorology, clearly explained with simple yet beautiful illustrations.
Intelligent Business Upper-Intermediate (Workbook with Audio CD)
What happens when your students haven’t worked in business before? They need to learn business concepts like mergers and acquisitions. They need to know essential career skills, like presenting and summarising. On top of this, they need to learn useful business English.
Before you write off your lunch break for the next 12 weeks as extra planning time, take a look at the Intelligent Business Workbook.
Inspired by a range of ecological movements, ecocriticism explores the ways in which we imagine and portray the relationship between humans and the environment in all areas of cultural production, from Wordsworth and Thoreau to Disney and BBC nature documentaries. Greg Garrard's animated and accessible volume traces the development of the movement and explores the concepts which have most occupied ecocritics, including:
A definitive introduction to the English language through the medium of English literature. Through the use of illustrations from poetry, prose and drama, it offers a lively and accessible guide to concepts and techniques in English language study.