From an American hero and dedicated scientist: A compelling introduction to the changes taking place in Earth's climate, written for the audience that matters most to our planet's future. Beginning with Sally Ride's unique, astronaut's-eye view of Earth's fragile atmosphere, Mission: Planet Earth describes how water, air, and other climate systems shape our world, and how a disruption in one…
Using powerful, easy-to-grasp graphics, this book cuts through the noise and gets straight to the facts on climate change, overpopulation, pollution, over-consumption, and much more. In How We're F***ing Up Our Planet Tony Juniper distills wide-ranging, heart-stopping research into one reliable and eye-opening book. He charts the dramatic explosion of human population and consumption and its…
Elizabeth is desperate to play the piano in the school concert. Only one student can be chosen and her rival Arabella is practicing hard! Elizabeth knows Arabella is very good, so she spends every waking minute practicing. But piano practice leaves Elizabeth with no extra time, and exams are looming. Will the Naughtiest Girl have to stay in her grade another year?
The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn’t felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and unnecessary tasks? These are the modern-day hazards of working, and they can slowly drain the joy from work, limit our chances of career progress, and undermine our well-being. There is another way. In Joy at Work, bestselling author and Netflix star Marie …
Sparked by observing teachers struggle to implement rich mathematics tasks to engage students in deep thinking, Peter Liljedahl has translated his 15 years of research into this practical guide on how to move toward a thinking classroom. Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12 helps teachers implement 14 optimal practices for thinking that create an ideal setting for deep mathe…
Nothing less than the fate of life on earth lies in the balance, which makes for an engrossing plot, made more poignant by the scientific research and data that back it up. All packaged in gonick's unmatchable humor that helps lightening the dark realization of the sad state of the earth today. Do you think that the ozone hole is a grunge rock club? or that the food web is an on-line restaurant…