Close Encounters With Deadly Dangers

Author : Kendall Haven
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1998-12-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313078699

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Close Encounters with Deadly Dangers by Kendall Haven Pdf

The sounds of an anaconda slithering along the steamy jungle floor in search of prey; a lion's breath rippling through the dry savannah grass as it crouches, waiting to spring; the frantic thrashing of a seal pup's tail as it recoils from the vicious attack of a tiger shark-these are part of the natural drama of the animal world and daily events when deadly predators come face to face with their prey. This book includes 15 exciting tales that are packed with accurate scientific information. Students will thrill to the dramatic, spine-tingling accounts of natural predators in the wild. As they read the stories, they will learn about many of the world's ecosystems from tropical rain forests to the Arctic tundra, from African watering holes to the Pacific reef, from Siberian forests to the Midwest prairie. Each story is followed by suggestions for research and other activities. References on predators and ecosystems are also listed.

Author : Kendall F. Haven
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1417655771

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Close Encounters With Deadly Dangers by Kendall F. Haven Pdf

Presents a collection of stories highlighting predatory animals along with discussion questions and resources for classroom use.

Author : Marcus Baynes-Rock
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780271074061

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Among the Bone Eaters by Marcus Baynes-Rock Pdf

Biologists studying large carnivores in wild places usually do so from a distance, using telemetry and noninvasive methods of data collection. So what happens when an anthropologist studies a clan of spotted hyenas, Africa’s second-largest carnivores, up close—and in a city of a hundred thousand inhabitants? In Among the Bone Eaters, Marcus Baynes-Rock takes us to the ancient city of Harar in Ethiopia, where the gey waraba (hyenas of the city) are welcome in the streets and appreciated by the locals for the protection they provide from harmful spirits and dangerous “mountain” hyenas. They’ve even become a local tourist attraction. At the start of his research in Harar, Baynes-Rock contended with difficult conditions, stone-throwing children, intransigent bureaucracy, and wary hyena subjects intent on avoiding people. After months of frustration, three young hyenas drew him into the hidden world of the Sofi clan. He discovered the elements of a hyena’s life, from the delectability of dead livestock and the nuisance of dogs to the unbounded thrill of hyena chase-play under the light of a full moon. Baynes-Rock’s personal relations with the hyenas from the Sofi clan expand the conceptual boundaries of human-animal relations. This is multispecies ethnography that reveals its messy, intersubjective, dangerously transformative potential.

Author : Yoel Mansfeld,Abraham Pizam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136352713

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Tourism, Security and Safety by Yoel Mansfeld,Abraham Pizam Pdf

The topic of safety and security in the tourism industry is of vital importance globally. In recent years, and mainly after the 9/11 event, both academics and practitioners have started to look into crisis management issues seeking workable solutions in order to mitigate the negative impacts of safety and security incidences on the tourism industry and affected destinations. Tourism, Safety and Security: a multi dimensional analysis brings together the writings of international leading academics and practitioners in this field to discuss prevention measures and crisis management options, in incidences of tourism safety and security. The layout and content of the book are aimed at analyzing different types of safety and security problems as well as finding managerial strategies and tactics to address them. Divided into four sections this book looks at: · Tourism and security issues: including the impact of terror in the hotel market in Israel · Tourism and crime issues: including premises liability, drug trafficking, theft and street robbery · Tourism and safety Issues: including the impact of SARS in Asia and Foot and Mouth Disease in the UK · Tourism crisis management issues: including the 9/11 crisis, public relations, and the aftermath of the Bali bombings Each chapter has a user friendly structure including study objectives, concept definitions and review questions.

Author : J. William Turner
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : Australia
ISBN : 9781608601080

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Dangerous Days, the Autobiography of a Photojournalist by J. William Turner Pdf

This four-part novel follows the lives and adventures of three teenage boys, from Victoria, Australia, to the seat of government in Whitehall, England, during eleven turbulent months. In Storm Ridge, we meet 14-year-old Wesley, his best friend, Graham, and their worst enemy, Scott. A class hiking trip turns to disaster as Wesley, Graham and Scott are trapped on a snow-capped mountain with nine others and forced to lay aside their differences for a chance at survival. Months later, on a camping trip with Wesley's cousins, the three experience a terrifying game of cat-and-mouse with violent drug traffickers, in Paddle Hard. Emily, an exchange student from England, becomes the kidnapping target of foreign terrorists after a failed assassination attempt on her father in Paris. Guided by an aboriginal tribal elder, the boys follow her captors through the remote desert as they plan to rescue her before it is too late, in Outback Heroes. And when Wesley and Graham travel to England as Emily's guests, they're determined to discover how the terrorists were able to find Emily in the vast Australian outback. What's uncovered is an appalling, twisted history of cruelty, betrayal, and attempted murder as the Enemies Within are finally revealed. Author Bio: Author J. William Turner was born the youngest of three children in Reading, England. His family immigrated to south-eastern Australia during the mid-1960s where he attended school and began working for the Australian Commonwealth Public Service in Melbourne and Geelong. Dangerous Days is his second published novel.

Author : Kendall F. Haven
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 1555919995

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That's Weird! by Kendall F. Haven Pdf

Readers can explore 16 of science's toughest mysteries through stories, activities, and examination of what scientists are doing to try to solve them.

Author : Ralph E. St. Andre
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1993-11-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313080166

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Simple Machines Made Simple by Ralph E. St. Andre Pdf

This book allows you to present scientific principles and simple mechanics through hands-on cooperative learning activities. Using inexpensive materials (e.g., tape, paper clips), students build simple machines-such as levers, pulleys, spring scales, gears, wheels and axles, windmills, and wedges-that demonstrate how things work. Activities have easy-to-locate materials lists, time requirements, and step-by-step directions (usually illustrated) on presentation. Ideas for bulletin boards, learning centers, and computer-assisted instruction are an added bonus.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : PSU:000052067136

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kendall Haven
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780897899598

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Wonders of the Sea by Kendall Haven Pdf

Renowned story teller, Kendall Haven brings his expertise as an oceanographer to the authorship of this third book in a four- book series intended for teachers to use with students in the upper elementary and middle school grades. It focuses on natural phenomena of the sea (tides, tsunamis, sea spouts, giant squid, killer whales) through the eyes of ancient myth and looks at the modern day science that explains each myth, using the interdisciplinary style of teaching. Haven, bringing his knowledge of the science of oceanography, integrates various scientific fields of oceanic study—Physical Oceanography, Geologic Oceanography, Biological and Chemical Oceanography, etc.—to further integrate science curricular areas with the study of myth. Students will not only be encouraged to appreciate the magic in myth and science, but to understand the commonality of all human experience with nature over all time. The book contains myths from several different cultures along with accompanying scientific explanations to use with students. Included are bibliographies, recommended Web sites, student projects, and discussion and activity ideas. Illustrations and diagrams enhance student interest. The book is to be used by teachers and librarians with students and by students in libraries and classrooms. Grades 4-8.

Author : Ardith Cole
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781003842422

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Better Answers by Ardith Cole Pdf

Student's writing skills are improving tremendously... Last year's fourth-graders started using the sandwich method mid-year and almost all of them scored in the highest possible category when they took the state's standardized English-language arts test just a few months later. Wells Central Schools, Wells Central is just one of numerous schools that attribute their success to Ardith Davis Cole's Better Answers process. Since 2002, her book Better Answers has offered teachers and school districts a powerful alternative to test-prep workbooks. It presents a dramatically different instructional model that helps students construct thoughtful test responses, but it also prepares them for any task requiring thorough, cogent answers to questions and prompts -- both in and out of school. Now, with students tested more frequently than ever, and with teachers increasingly concerned about incorporating substantive test-taking skills into children's learning, Ardith Cole responds with a new updated and expanded edition of Better Answers. Informed by Ardith's ongoing work in classrooms where students struggle over constructed-response tasks, the new edition makes the Better Answers sandwich even easier to implement. The book has also been significantly reorganized, as well as expanded to include two new chapters, Understanding the Prompt and What to do When. Also included is a resource-packed CD-ROM that contains everything teachers need to support their lessons and is a great tool for staff development: lesson plans for text-based and self-based responses; power point slides, charts, and other visual supports; sets of sample texts with prompts; sample student responses; assessment forms; extensive bibliography of print and online resources. The Better Answers process is easy to grasp and uses a gradual-release instructional process that begins with teacher modeling, invites increasing amounts of student participation, and eventually moves students into independent response writing. The book clearly explains each element of the process and provides helpful activities, authentic classroom vignettes, and tips on how to handle typical stumbling blocks along the way.

Author : Norma J. Livo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313079252

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Celebrating the Earth by Norma J. Livo Pdf

Invite young readers to observe, explore, and appreciate the natural world through engaging activities. Livo shows you how to use folk stories, personal narrative, and a variety of learning projects to teach students about amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, constellations, plants, aquatic creatures, and other natural phenomena. Designed to build a Naturalist Intelligence in young learners and give them an appreciation of and respect for the natural world, these stories and activities are packed with scientific information.

Author : Dr. David Stoop
Publisher : Revell
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781441235572

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Rethink How You Think by Dr. David Stoop Pdf

Did you know most of our patterns of behavior are set by the time we are six years old? No wonder it's so hard to change! Even when we're committed to making a change in life, it's always an uphill battle. But there is a secret to lasting change that God gave us long before modern neuroscience and self-help gurus were the norm. Rethink How You Think is for anyone who has been frustrated by an inability to change habits, overcome fears, or keep up new healthy patterns of living and thinking. Dr. David Stoop shows readers that the true way to lasting change is in the renewing of our minds, which we accomplish when we faithfully read God's Word and meditate on it daily. He clearly shows how to move from fear to love, from resentment to gratitude, from lust to purity, from loneliness to connection, from idolatry to contentment, and from mistrust to trust. Anyone eager to find change that lasts will welcome this practical and encouraging message.

Author : Dr. David Stoop
Publisher : Revell
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-19
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781493414901

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Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life by Dr. David Stoop Pdf

Did you know most of our patterns of behavior are set by the time we are six years old? No wonder it's so hard to change! Dr. David Stoop shows readers that the true way to lasting change is in the renewing of our minds, which we accomplish when we faithfully read God's Word and meditate on it daily. He clearly shows how to move from fear to love, from resentment to gratitude, from lust to purity, from loneliness to connection, from idolatry to contentment, and from mistrust to trust. Anyone eager to find change that lasts will welcome this practical and encouraging message.

Author : Charlton Clayes
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781663259578

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A Dangerous Weapon by Charlton Clayes Pdf

DEDEP strikes back! They have engaged the Swarm in several skirmishes and inflicted a number of casualties against the Enemy. They have also captured one of the invaders' warships and used it to good effect. And two new members to the secret society have contributed to the defense significantly. Meanwhile, the mystery of the Dangerous Weapon is finally resolved, and DEDEP seeks to enlist it in what is hoped to be the final show-down between humankind and the aliens. Third book in the trilogy.

Author : Marc McCutcheon
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781438125572

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The Facts on File Student's Thesaurus by Marc McCutcheon Pdf

Includes listings for more than 9,000 of the most commonly used words in the English language. Arranged in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format, this thesaurus includes words carefully selected for junior and senior high school students, making it far more accessible than references designed for adults.