"Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences provides detailed instruction on researching, drafting, revising, and documenting the most commonly assigned projects in biology courses. With updated coverage of research methods and new student examples from a wider variety of subdisciplines in biology, the seventh edition is designed to support you through all of your biology writing assignments"--page 4 of cover

Interactive guide designed to test the viewer's knowledge of various topics in science using clips from episodes of "Bill Nye, the science guy."

Includes activities, art projects and games for classroom use in teaching about geology; intended for grades K-7.

Discusses the benefits of using "number talks," in the classroom, which are five- to fifteen-minute conversations that encourage students to mentally solve a computation problem and explains how to plan for and design number talks for kindergarten through fifth-grade classrooms. Includes a DVD with classroom footage and additional resources for teachers.