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The Plate Tectonics Interactive E-book* explores the materials that make up Earth and the processes they undergo, providing a framework for understanding how continents are created and changed over time. Earth is not a static planet. Rather, Earth is...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Gravity and Orbits (Student Edition)
The Gravity and Orbits Interactive E-book* investigates concepts related to Earth’s universal gravitation and how gravity affects the universe around us. All objects that have mass have a gravitational force and every object exerts a gravitational ...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Different rocks have different mineral compositions and different textures. Observing and documenting these differences provide insight into a rock’s larger geologic context and natural setting. Observations of rocks can tell us about the processes...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Heredity and Variation (Student Edition)
The Heredity and Variation Interactive E-book* explores patterns of inheritance and discusses how offspring can look similar to their parents yet still possess differences within their genetic code. These differences can sometimes affect (positively ...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Force and Motion (Student Edition)
The Force and Motion Interactive E-book* explores the effects of forces on the motion of objects for both a conceptual and real-world understanding, using common, observable examples, like running, billiards, and motion of vehicles. Learn about conce...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Interdependence of Life (Student Edition)
Interdependence of Life explores the interactions between organisms and the environments in which they live—Earth spheres, ecosystems, abiotic factors, biotic factors, populations characteristics, limiting factors, and carrying capacity—as well a...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Nature of Light (Student Edition)
The Nature of Light Interactive E-book* explains the characteristics of light, discusses the concept of light as waves, explores the idea of light and color, and ultimately answers the question, "What is light?" Topics covered include reflection and ...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Nutrition is an interdisciplinary subject. To maintain a healthy lifestyle, individuals need to make informed decisions about personal nutrition, taking into account information about cells, body systems, energy, matter, and molecules. The Nutrition ...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Science of Food Safety (Student Edition)
Bacteria live in close association with humans. Bacteria are masters at exploiting a variety of niches in the human body. Most of these bacteria are harmless to the human body and many are important in assisting its normal, healthy functioning. Disea...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
The Universe Interactive E-book* explores how the organization of stars and galaxies comprise a universe and how research scientists use specialized instruments to collect data about stars and galaxies. This Enhanced E-book takes a closer look at our...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Solar System (Student Edition)
The Solar System Interactive E-book* explores what we know about our solar system’s planets, moons, and other celestial bodies. This e-book focuses on asteroids, comets, meteorites, and each of the eight planets in our solar system, including their...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Atomic Structure (Student Edition)
By asking questions, conducting investigations, and interpreting results, scientists now have a better understanding of what makes up the smallest unit of matter that has properties of an element. The Atomic Structure Interactive E-book* uses investi...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Cell Structure and Function (Student Edition)
The Cell Structure and Function Interactive E-book* explores how cells, the basic building blocks of all organisms, function as systems of organelles and associated structures in a dynamic equilibrium between their internal and external environments....
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Cell Division and Differentiation (Student Edition)
Cells carry on the many functions needed to sustain life, including cell growth and development. The genetic information encoded in DNA molecules provides instructions for assembling protein molecules, which are both necessary for producing more cell...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Cells and Chemical Reactions (Student Edition)
All organisms—from single-celled bacteria to multicellular animals—need to obtain and use energy. The Cells and Chemical Reactions Interactive E-book* takes a closer look at the process of metabolism in cells, including photosynthesis in plant ce...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Chemical Reactions (Student Edition)
The Chemical Reactions Interactive E-book* describes the abundance of chemical reactions in our environment and the variety of reactions involved in biological, chemical, and physical phenomena and how it relates to the electron configurations of an...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Coral Reef Ecosystems (Student Edition)
The Coral Reef Ecosystems Interactive E-book* explores the structure and inhabitants of a living reef. From the anatomy and reproduction of corals, to their interdependence on other inhabitants of the reef, to the impact of disasters on a reef ecosys...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Earth, Sun, and Moon (Student Edition)
The Earth, Sun, and Moon Interactive E-book* uses diagrams, illustrative visual aids, and multimedia to help teachers, students, and other readers understand the interplay between Earth, Sun and Moon, and the characteristics that make Earth unique. I...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Earth's Changing Surfaces (Student Edition)
Earth is a system that exists in dynamic equilibrium. The Earth of today does not look the same as it did millions of years ago. Even the Earth thousands of years ago has distinct differences from the Earth we know today. The Earth’s Changing Surfa...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Electric and Magnetic Forces (Student Edition)
The Electric and Magnetic Forces Interactive E-book* uses everyday events and items, like lightning, flashlights, batteries, compasses, and maglev trains, to examine electricity and magnetism. It provides detailed explanations of key science concepts...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Most of what goes on in the universe—from exploding stars and biological growth to the operation of machines and the motion of people—involves energy being transformed from one form into other forms....
NSTA Press Book
More Everyday Engineering: Putting the E in STEM Teaching and Learning
What makes a windup toy get up and go? How does an earbud operate? And why does the line you’re waiting in always seem the slowest? Get middle-schoolers engaged in the fascinating science behind familiar items with More Everyday Engineering. Like E...
By Richard H. Moyer, Susan A. Everett
eBook
More Everyday Engineering: Putting the E in STEM Teaching and Learning (e-book)
What makes a windup toy get up and go? How does an earbud operate? And why does the line you’re waiting in always seem the slowest? Get middle-schoolers engaged in the fascinating science behind familiar items with More Everyday Engineering. Like E...
Book Chapter
UV or not UV? That Is a Question for Your Sunglasses
What makes a windup toy get up and go? How does an earbud operate? And why does the line you’re waiting in always seem the slowest? Get middle-schoolers engaged in the fascinating science behind familiar items with More Everyday Engineering. Like E...
NSTA Press Book
Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K–12
Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K–12 offers a great new way to ignite your creativity. Authors Tom McConnell, Joyce Parker, and Janet Eberhardt show you how to engage students with scenarios that represent real-world science ...
By Tom McConnell, Joyce Parker, Janet Eberhardt
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Flow of Matter and Energy in Ecosystems (Student Edition)
The Flow of Matter and Energy in Ecosystems Interactive E-book* explores the systemic interplay and flow of matter and energy throughout ecosystems, populations, and organisms. Webs and pyramids are used to model and communicate about the transfer o...