Adventures with plants and fungi is an immersive encounter with more than 20 representatives of a group of living organisms essential to animal life. How do plants and fungi receive nutrients? How do they reproduce? How do some plants escape predators and "hunt" prey, all white rooted to one spot? Admire the useful baobab tree. Discover the world's hottest chili peppers. And join the hunt for t…
With their signature sounds, athletic tongues, and bulging eyes, there’s a lot to love about frogs! But did you know that they soak up air and even liquid through their skin? Or that they use their eyes to swallow food? From tiny tadpoles in water to boisterous bullfrogs on land, the life cycle of these amphibious acrobats is one of the coolest examples of metamorphosis around. So pull up a l…
Modern comics are now written and printed in various forms and stories to spark students' interest in reading. CAMPUS JUNIOR caters to students' preferences and is suitable as reading material for primary and secondary school libraries. Its casual style and educational articles make it a suitable series for the NILAM program
In Math with Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals what math is all about. His tools are unorthodox: jokes, cartoons, strange-but-true stories, and beneath it all, the empathy of a veteran teacher who believes that math should belong to everyone. Orlin helps us to think like mathematicians by teaching a brand-new game of tic-tac-toe, profiling the ten people you meet in line for the lottery, and docu…
Discover the wonderful word of animals in this interactive and fun-filled book! Little hands will love lifting the flaps to uncover fascinating creatures, from the jungle to the ocean , and the farm to the forest. Each page is filled with colorful illustrations, delightful surprises, and fun facts about animals both big and small. Whether it's a seedy cheetah, a playful dolphin, or a busy bee, …
Parents guide : young children can discover the fascinating world of bugs and slugs with this awesome book. With fun facts, photographs and illustration, this book is the ideal introduction to creepy-crawlies.
In The Math of Life and Death , Yates takes us on a “dizzying, dazzling” ( Nature ) tour of everyday situations and grand-scale applications of mathematical concepts, including exponential growth and decay, optimization, statistics and probability, and number systems. Along the way he reveals the mathematical undersides of controversies over DNA testing, Ponzi schemes, viral marketing, and …
In Math Cats, mathematician and professor Daniel Look, along with a clowder of his feline friends, reveals the charming connections between mathematics and cats with 22 fun and fur-filled lessons. We know all cats are cute, but only some are acute. Others are obtuse (no offense) and more are always right (and never let you forget it), as you'll learn by exploring how kitties represent different…