Prentice Hall Science Explorer 2009 Animals Inside The earth 1. Plate Tectonics 2. Earthquakes 3. Volcanoes 4. Minerals 5. Rocks.
Prentice Hall Science Explorer, the nation's leading middle school science program, is the perfect fit for today's classroom. Lead author Michael Padilla weaves together content with hands-on science inquiry that's sure to reach every student.
Available in 16 small books or as the Life, Earth, and Physical series, you'll find the option that best matches your curriculum. Use the textbook alone or in tandem with our exceptional ancillaries and technology. Science Explorer provides you with more options so you can deliver lessons aligned to your standards and preferences. Our commitment to middle school students is unmatched in the areas of inquiry opportunities, visual learning, reading support, and educational technology.
Features and Benefits < strong>Integrate labs with ease! More than 1,400 labs and activities are right at your fingertips with the Lab zone™ Easy Planner CD-ROM. Easily search all labs by time, content, or state standard.A Prentice Hall exclusive partnership! Emmy Award-winning Discovery Channel School™ videos and DVDs provide visual support for every chapter and support learning with current, real-world examples.A proven formula for reading success Before, during, and after reading support in every lesson enables students to fully understand the big ideas of science.One-of-a-kind virtual experiences Active Art and virtual labs help students see science in a new way by providing virtual explorations of key concepts that reinforce learning
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Carole Garbuny Vogel is the award-winning author of 26 nonfiction books for children and young adults. Fascinated by the power of nature, she conveys her passion for unusual geological and meteorological events in Shock Waves Through Los Angeles; The Great Midwest Flood; and Nature's Fury: Eyewitness Reports of Natural Disasters, the last of which was chosen the 2001 Boston Authors Club Book of the Year. She has also written a number of books with author Kathryn A. Goldner.
Her writing is not only devoted to nature-related subjects; her Will I Get Breast Cancer? Questions and Answers for Teenage Girls was named 1996 honor book in the science category by the Society of School Librarians. She also functioned as compiler, editor, and was a contributor in the 1994 book We Shall Not Forget: Memories of the Holocaust, a 500-page book containing 42 essays about the Holocaust.
Vogel is a member of of The Author's Guild, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and the National Writers Union.