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This guide provides the most up-to-date requirements and strategies for the ACT Writing Test. Contains several sections including a complete Writing Diagnostic Test prompt, an explanation of the writing process, seven comprehensive chapters to review essential ACT Writing strategies and skills, and two complete practice Writing prompts. The teacher's ACT Writing Answer Key contains a sample response and scoring explanation for the Diagnostic prompt as well as for the suggested practices found in the chapters.

Addition practice is more fun than ever—with a super-simple board game that’s "crawling" with bugs! Kids just roll the dice to move from one space to the next...collecting and losing bugs along the way. The player who collects the most bugs wins the game! 16" game board comes with everything you need for 2-4 players, including 45 plastic bugs, 2 soft dice and 4 clear storage jars with magnifying lids.

Children build addition & subtraction skills in a flash—with a hands-on discovery can they explore on their own! Part of our Math in a Flash series, our easy-tote can includes 25 different question cards that focus on addition and subtraction concepts, plus a ten-frame and colorful frog manipulatives that get kids excited about learning! Best of all, the activities are designed for independent use: Children just select a question card, then use the manipulatives to solve each self-checking problem! Can is 6 1/2" tall. 

Problems are matched to the answers in domino style through the use of 24 plastic triangles. The 2 games offer problems in addition and subtraction of numbers up to 20. Instructions included.

Our self-checking Addition Machine makes it easy for children to master math facts! Kids just press the operation buttons…and the answers pop up for immediate reinforcement! 81 buttons are locked securely in the 8 1/2" x 9 1/2" plastic frame.

In this fun-filled game, the excitement & suspense build with each player’s turn—along with essential addition skills! To play, children remove one block at a time from the tower of math, then solve the problem on the block aloud. If they answer correctly, they keep the block…but if they make the tower tumble, they’ll have to start again! At the end of the game, the player with the most blocks wins! Game includes 48 wooden blocks, plus a guide with an answer key & instructions for more ways to play. Blocks are 3" long.

For the fossil enthusiast! A comprehensive advanced collection of 30 fossils selected to show the diversity of fossil groups in both animal and plant kingdoms. Specimens are numbered in a display box with descriptive key (has old earth dating).

Students practice putting events in order as they race through a fun-filled obstacle course! The game is super-easy to play—students simply choose a card, read the passage, then answer a question about the order of events. If they get it right, they get to move ahead…the first player to reach the finish line wins! Includes game board, 50 question cards, secret decoder, 4 pawns and a die. For 2-4 players.

A fun adventure camp where kids practice sequencing skills—as they rush to complete the ultimate obstacle course! Our action-packed, interactive game is played just like a regular board game—only with lively animation and sound effects that get kids super-excited about learning…plus pop-up hazards & surprise bonuses that add to the fun. To play, children simply read short, level-appropriate passages on the screen and answer questions about the order of events. Each correct answer moves the campers ahead on the obstacle course—but to reach the finish line, they’ll have to hop through tires, balance themselves on a floating log, zoom down a zip line and more! For Mac/Win.

Kids master earth and space science concepts as they travel from glaciers to volcanoes in search of hidden treasure! Our game features all the fun of a traditional board game—only with engaging animation, realistic sound effects, and pop-up bonuses and hazards to grab children’s attention. Kids simply move around the game board by answering questions about weather, biomes, landforms and more. Each correct answer could earn the brave explorers a treasure—and get them one step closer to completing the expedition! For Mac/Win.

Who will be the first brave explorer to collect all 4 adventure flags? It could be you…if you can answer questions about earth and space science correctly! In this skill-building game, students race from glaciers to volcanoes by answering questions about weather, biomes, land forms and more. Each correct answer could earn them an adventure flag…and get them one step closer to completing the expedition! Includes an 18" x 18" game board, 50 question cards, 20 flag pieces, 4 pawns, 1 die and an answer card. For 2-4 players.

Composed of reports, analyses, informative charts, graphs, and equations which detail the latest aeronautical techniques and research. Topics include: aircraft design, construction, production and fabrication, aerodynamics, propulsion, policy, law, operations, management and history.

Build working models of an excavator, tank, backhoe, forklift, helicopter, and rocket car that are powered by the pumping action of water and air. The 45-page manual includes step-by-step illustrations for building 15 different models, including some that use a water recycling method. You can also perform experiments with how much water to add to the model. You provide one AA rechargeable battery.

Contains historical accounts by the men who lived in the belly of a B-17 bomber or in the cockpit of a P-51 Mustang. Also provides photographs of historic aircraft and air battles.

Explore air pressure and air flow with the Air-Stream Machines physics kit from Thames & Kosmos. This is a great kit for learning how science concepts can be applied to address real technology and engineering problems. Learn about air-cushion vehicles, the Coanda effect, magnetic levitation, and more as you assemble a functional hovercraft, carousel, and race car with the included blower motor, soft-blade fan, and other additional parts! Other models include a basketball launcher and batting machine and more—all powered by air! Kids discover physics principles with the experiments, trivia, illustrations, and photos in the 32-page full-color manual. This award-winning kit includes 59 pieces and instructions to build 10 different models and perform 10 experiments. You provide common household items like AA batteries, pen, and paper.

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The ideal mix of spine-tingling mystery and suspense. Each issue offers at least seven new mystery short stories plus one "Mystery Classic" - an outstanding tale from the genre's past.

For your Common Core curriculum. Ease into algebra concepts with these fun and engaging readers! Each reader features high-interest nonfiction text, problem-solving activities, supporting graphics, highlighted content-area vocabulary, sidebars, photographs, graphs, glossary, and index. Based on the NCTM Math Standards. Set of 4 books includes Music Around the World, Crafty Kids, Our Garden in the City, and Our School Garden. 32 pages each.

For your Common Core curriculum. Ease into algebra concepts with these fun and engaging readers! Each reader features high-interest nonfiction text, problem-solving activities, supporting graphics, highlighted content-area vocabulary, sidebars, photographs, graphs, glossary, and index. Based on the NCTM Math Standards. Set of 6 books includes The World of Trade, My Lemonade Stand/i>, Patterns Around Us, Patterns in Nature, It Started With Pizza, and Night Skies. 32 pages each.

Students build geometric models of polynomials exploring firsthand the concepts related to them with Learning Resources’ Algebra Tiles Classroom Set. Includes enough sets for 30 students. Each Classroom Set also includes the Overhead Set and a 40-page book enabling students to be actively involved in teacher-directed lessons.

Part of our Math in a Flash series, our ready-to-use math can is overflowing with fun hands-on activities children complete on their own—providing targeted practice with algebra concepts! Inside, kids discover 25 self-checking question cards, plus all the manipulatives to solve each problem. Children simply grab a card and the corresponding manipulatives—then practice identifying pattern rules with number tiles, determining unknown numbers in equations, creating arrays with plastic chips and more! Can measures 6 1/2" tall.

Children get an up-close look at over 170 amazing animals…and learn fascinating facts about each one! Full-color photo cards have the name of each animal on front and helpful facts on back—so students can get to know each animal. We’ve even included sorting cards, so children can group the animals by category. Over 200 cards in all; 4 1/2" x 5 3/4".

Captivating science topics come to life—with our incredibly engaging interactive software! The software features 10 fascinating movies & 10 follow-up activities that focus on important science topics, from animal homes and life cycles to habitats, mothers & babies, and more. Just select a topic from the interactive menu…then kids watch a 2- to 3-minute movie that brings the subject to life. Each follow-up activity reinforces information from the movie using a fun interactive format that grabs children’s attention…and provides the skill-building feedback they need to really master each concept! 

Captivating science topics come to life—with our incredibly engaging interactive software! The software features 10 fascinating movies & 10 follow-up activities that focus on important science topics, from animal homes and life cycles to habitats, mothers & babies, and more. Just select a topic from the interactive menu…then kids watch a 2- to 3-minute movie that brings the subject to life. Each follow-up activity reinforces information from the movie using a fun interactive format that grabs children’s attention…and provides the skill-building feedback they need to really master each concept! 

Help children build their English vocabulary one work at a time - with full-color cards that make it easy to integrate students' native languages! Perfect alone or for expanding on a self-awareness theme, our library has 50 cards with a photo on front...and the word on back in English and 13 other languages - from Spanish to Vietnamese. Plus; the 4 1/2" x 5 3/4" cards have phonetic pronunciations, so anyone can use them!