Download or read book Blunder Or Brainstorm written by Nancy Polette and published by Pieces of Learning. This book was released on 2006 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poses fact or fiction questions about famous inventors and provides answers with details about each person's life.
Download or read book 100 of the Worst Ideas in History written by Michael Smith and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous illustrated gift book with history's biggest fails hailing from politics, pop culture, international relations, business, sports, and more. From skinny-dipping Presidents to toxic tooth fillings to singing pop stars who can't carry a tune, 100 of the Worst Ideas in History is a celebration of humanity's historical—and often hysterical—missteps that have started wars, sunk countries, wrecked companies, scuttled careers, lost millions of dollars, and even endangered the Earth. Interesting stories from history include: How a confused chauffeur helped start World War I Who turned down the greatest product placement opportunity in Hollywood history How a Chicago White Sox game helped hasten the demise of disco The toad that nearly ate Australia The most dangerous children's game ever invented Spanning politics, pop culture, fashion, sports, technology, and more, this irreverent and witty book is packed with fun photos and sidebars, tracing how these thundering brainstorms turned into blundering brain farts—and the astonishing impacts our faux pas and foibles still have on us today. Great for gifting! Funny Father's Day gift White elephant gag gift Unique gift for the history major Fun teacher gift
Download or read book 100 of the Worst Ideas in History written by Michael N. Smith and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What were they thinking? Ever since Adam snacked on the forbidden fruit and was chased naked out of the Garden of Eden, mankind has bitten off a bevy of bad ideas. From skinny-dipping Presidents to toxic tooth fillings to singing pop stars who can't carry a tune, 100 of the Worst Ideas in History is a celebration of humanity's historical—and often hysterical—missteps that have started wars, sunk countries, wrecked companies, scuttled careers, lost millions, and even endangered the Earth. Discover: • How a confused chauffeur helped start World War I • Who turned down the greatest product placement opportunity in Hollywood history • How a Chicago White Sox game helped hasten the demise of disco • The toad that nearly ate Australia • The most dangerous children's game ever invented • And so much more (of so much less!) Spanning politics, pop culture, fashion, sports, technology, and more, this irreverent and witty book is packed with fun photos and sidebars, tracing how these thundering brainstorms turned into blundering brain farts-and the astonishing impacts our faux pas and foibles still have on us today.
Download or read book The Galilean Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brainstorm written by Jack Gabolinscy and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Picture Book Almanac written by Nancy J. Polette and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential guide has exactly the right books to help you celebrate special days throughout the year—even "holidays" you've never heard of—and provides hundreds of fun titles and activities that could inspire your students to become life-long readers. Young students need to continually be presented with a vast variety of types of books, authors, illustrators, and subject matter in order to find the perfect concept or image that sparks their imagination, takes their comprehension to a new level, or helps them turn the corner to becoming a book lover. Nancy J. Polette's The Picture Book Almanac: Picture Books and Activities to Celebrate 365 Familiar and Unusual Holidays can be used year-round as a key to open that great literary treasure vault. The books Polette has painstakingly selected for their value as learning opportunities tie into both familiar and unusual holidays, ranging from official, nationally recognized holidays to obscure ones such as Milk Day and Thesaurus Day. The daily featured book titles cover the classics, such as books in the Paddington Bear series and Cinderella to outstanding current and just-published titles, collectively representing the best choices for collection building over time. This book is an excellent tool for collection development as well as an indispensable resource for reading teachers and classroom teachers.
Download or read book Mae Jemison written by Nancy Polette and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 2003 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the life of Mae Jemison, engineer, physician, and astronaut.
Download or read book Blunder written by Zachary Shore and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Blunder" identifies seven cognition traps that lead to bad decision-making. With examples drawn from history, politics, business, health care, even folk tales and pop culture, Shore illustrates the profound impact cognition traps can have on individuals, corporations, and entire nations.
Download or read book Teaching Thinking Skills with Picture Books K 3 written by Nancy Polette and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2007-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Directed to teachers, librarians, and staff development personnel, an introduction to teaching thinking skills in the primary grades covers over thirty-five skills and includes reproducible pages of activities for practice.
Download or read book The Brainstorm written by Jenny Turner and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supposing one day at the office, you simply forgot why you were there... Would anybody notice? Would anybody care? Would it make any difference, so long as you went on doing the job you were paid to do? Lorna comes to work one morning in a buzzing newspaper office, high up in a shining tower block. A colleague offers to bring her a smart new sandwich and fancy coffee in a paper cup. Emails, boyfriends, sparkling parties follow. The problem is that Lorna has had a brainstorm. She can't remember what she does, where she came from, where she's supposed to go next. An acid yet poetic comedy set in the booming London of the 1990s, THE BRAINSTORM is very funny about offices and newspapers, about friends and enemies, about ambition, love and life. It's also a mystery story, with a solution quite different from what you'd probably expect.
Download or read book Stop the Copying with Wild and Wacky Research Projects written by Nancy J. Polette and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know A famous French chef created her greatest recipe BEFORE she learned to cook! The first airmail letters went by train. McDonald's opened its first restaurant as a barbecue stand. The best way to prevent a toothache is to wear a dead mole around your neck. These and many other wacky but true facts serve as springboards to research about people, places, food, animals, and historical events. Students are asked to create poems, games, quizzes and other products in lieu of traditional written reports in this new book of ideas keyed to standards in writing, reading comprehension and information literacy. Based on one of Nancy Polette's most popular workshops (Research Without Copying), this book will appeal to school librarians and teachers in grades 4-8. Extensive bibliographies of recommended resources add to the usability of this title.
Download or read book The Little Old Woman and the Hungry Cat written by Nancy Polette and published by Greenwillow. This book was released on 1989 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hungry cat eats everyone he sees, until he swallows the little old woman who owns him and she takes steps to put a stop to his gluttony.
Download or read book Pocahontas written by Joseph Bruchac and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1607, when John Smith and his "Coatmen" arrive in Powhatan to begin settling the colony of Virginia, their relations with the village's inhabitants are anything but warm. Pocahontas, the beloved daughter of the Powhatan chief, is just eleven, but this astute young girl plays a fateful, peaceful role in the destinies of two peoples. Drawing from the personal journals of John Smith, American Book Award winner Joseph Bruchac reveals an important chapter of history through the eyes of two legendary figures. Includes an afterword, a glossary, and other historical context.
Download or read book Research Without Copying written by Nancy Polette and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Research Without Copying is based on the premise that students can locate, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information if they are motivated to do so. The standard research paper encourages both copying and data dumping. Our goal is to encourage students to think critically about what they read and hear by seeking facts that support the data, and to allow students to use information in a variety of ways rather than to simply copy information. Research Without Copying contains sample functional skills activities, product models, an explanation of brain compatible research, an explanation and exercises centered around the Mini-Research Theme, and lists of topics for research related to every day of the school year"--Part of Introduction, p.5
Download or read book The Illustrated London News written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gifted Biographies Gifted Readers written by Nancy Polette and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book from Nancy Polette discusses how to use picture book biographies to help students recognise traits of giftedness that they possess themselves. Stretch young minds to creative and productive thought with some of the best picture book biographies currently available.
Download or read book Backgammon The Final Wind written by Chris Bray and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-05-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The material in this book covers not only the development of backgammon theory but also looks at the history of the game including some of its more famous and colourful players. Backgammon has never been short of interesting and colourful characters ranging from Emperor Nero to Lord Lucan. The timeless characters such as the Dowager Duchess, Quentin Quickcube, Barry Bigplay and the Enigmatic Englishman that make up Chris's menagerie continue to paint a vibrant picture of life in the high stakes chouette. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are on hand to lend instruction and Jeeves and Wooster provide some light-hearted moments. Chris's articles are targeted at a broad range of players and everyone from the casual player to the expert will improve their game by studying the diverse positions in this book.
