Sara L Latta
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How would you like to have a robot for a teacher? While robots will never replace human teachers, they are helping students learn in and out of the classroom. Informational text, fun facts, and full-color images about educational robots stimulate the curiosity of young readers. A "Words to Know" feature helps students master new vocabulary. This cutting-edge book includes a fun activity that will help students learn about programming and supports...
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Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals can help you feel better when you are sick. Robots can too. They check up on patients, help paralyzed people move again, and even perform surgery. Informational text, fascinating facts, and full-color images tell the story of how robots are helping transform medicine. A "Words to Know" feature helps students master new vocabulary. The book includes a hands-on activity that will help students understand...
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They build cars and computers and carry heavy boxes throughout warehouses. They even make pizzas. They are quick and accurate, and they can work 24/7 without tiring. They are industrial robots. Engaging text, fascinating facts, and full-color images tell the story of how factories and warehouses use robots. A "Words to Know" feature helps young readers master new vocabulary. This book includes a fun group activity in which students role-play as robots...
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Mining can be a dirty and dangerous business. Some mines are difficult, if not impossible, for humans to reach. Enter our ever-evolving world of robotics. They help clean up mining disasters, drill into the ocean floor, and more. Young readers will "dig" the informational text, intriguing facts, and full-color images. A "Words to Know" feature helps students master new vocabulary. Mining Robots includes an activity that shows readers how to make their...
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Do you like the cold? Do you like solving mysteries and discovering answers? Are you interested in Earth's history? Then a career as an polar scientist might be for you! Through case studies and interviews, you'll discover what it means to be a polar scientist, studying the ice for answers to some of history's biggest questions.
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Take a crash course in middle school science, and see how chemical reactions, energy, and engineering can be powerful tools in todays world. See why chemistry is a piece of cake. Live large with life science and learn what makes living thinks tick. You'll soon discover that science is the real deal for real life.
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Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals can help you feel better when you are sick. Robots can too. They check up on patients, help paralyzed people move again, and even perform surgery. Informational text, fascinating facts, and full-color images tell the story of how robots are helping transform medicine. A "Words to Know" feature helps students master new vocabulary. The book includes a hands-on activity that will help students understand...
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In-depth analysis and comprehensive text delve into the psychology of medical serial killers, such as Dr. Michael Swango and Dr. Harold Shipman, in order to examine their motives, behaviors, and methods. Readers can also take a personality disorder self-assessment quiz to learn more about psychopathy-the most common psychological condition for serial killers.
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If a trip to an active volcano is your idea of a dream adventure, then perhaps a career in volcanology is for you! Through case studies, photographs, interviews, and facts, you'll discover what it means to be a volcanologist, why we need them, and how you can become one too.
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This book explains why we have seasons and when the spring season starts. It also suggests some spring activities that people do as well as what animals may do during this season. There is an easy experiment relating to spring included in the back of the book. Author Sara L. Latta creates a fun learning environment about science for emerging readers.