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Photography (Merit Badge Series)

by Boy Scouts of America Staff

Outlines requirements for pursuing a merit badge in photography and examines such topics as making good photographs, cameras and how they work, film versus digital, telling stories with pictures, illustrating a topic or theme with pictures, a career in photography, and photography resources.

Photography (Merit Badge)

by Boy Scouts of America

Outlines requirements for pursuing a merit badge in photography and examines such topics as making good photographs, cameras and how they work, film versus digital, telling stories with pictures, illustrating a topic or theme with pictures, a career in photography, and photography resources.

Photography for Kids: A Beginner's Book

by JP Pullos

Become a photographer with this guide to photography for kids ages 8 to 12A good photo can tell a story, express your creativity, and document moments from your life in a way that only you can capture. Learn how to create incredible images that are uniquely yours with this guide to photography for kids. All you need is the most basic digital camera or smartphone camera—no fancy equipment required. You'll learn all about framing, composition, lighting, depth, dimension, and lines. Then, put your new knowledge into practice with engaging exercises that include step-by-step instructions.This book about photography for kids includes:Photography fundamentals—Discover how a camera works, a brief history of photography, what makes a photo good, and a checklist for getting started.Example photos—Explore high-quality photographs that illustrate the concepts you're learning and inspire you to get creative.Tips and how-tos—Find pointers that explain the technical details of great photos and show you ways to make adjustments in a variety of real-life situations.Discover the joy of photography with this beginner-friendly book about photography for kids.

Physical Challenges

by Joan Esherick

There are many kinds of physical challenges. Some of these are the result of an injury, while other challenges are caused by a condition with which the person was born. Many of these conditions will last forever, and some will get worse as the individual gets older. When fourteen-year-old Samantha discovers that her new neighbor, Jenny, has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, Samantha's not sure what to expect. Through her growing friendship with Jenny, though, Samantha meets other kids with physical challenges. Each of these new friends has a different physical condition and faces different difficulties--and each one teaches Samantha a new lesson about how to look at others.

Physical Science

by Barbara Ferrier Timothy Eimer

Learn all about matter, energy, electricity and magnetism in this book.

Physical Science

by Dean Hurd

Prentice Hall Physical Science presents science as a process that involves research, experimentation, and the development of theories that can hold great explanatory and predictive power. This approach reflects the challenges and intellectual rewards available to students in the ever-changing discipline of science.

Physical Science

by Donald H. Jacobs Robert H. Marshall

With the full-color Physical Science text, students learn the properties of matter, elements, compounds, electricity, and sound and light. Students reading below grade level gain practice in working with data and sharpen their abilities to infer, classify, and theorize.

Physical Science

by Donald H. Jacobs Robert H. Marshall

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Physical Science

by Rita Ann Calvo Kenneth Cutler James Trefil

Science is central to daily life. As consumers, we are besieged by new products and processes, not to mention a bewildering variety of warnings about health and safety. As taxpayers, we must vote on issues that directly affect our communities - energy taxes, recycling proposals, and more. A firm grasp of the principles and methods of science will help you make life2s important decisions in a more informed way.

Physical Science

by Rita Ann Calvo Kenneth Cutler James Trefil

Science textbook

Physical Science

by Thomas C. Hsu

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Physical Science

by Thomas C. Hsu

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Physical Science (Grades 6-8)

by Cpo Science

Science textbook

Physical Science 2: Why Do Some Things Stop While Others Keep Going? (IQWST)

by Joseph Krajcik Brian Reiser

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Physical Science Investigations

by Thomas C. Hsu

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Physical Science Second Edition

by Barbara Ferrier Timothy Eimer

Science textbook for middle school students

Physical World (student)

by Debbie Lawrence Richard Lawrence

Study introductory physics and the mechanisms of heat, machines, and technology with this accessible course. Machines & Motion: Learn about many fascinating inventions, such as the physical principles behind flight and the advances in communication as you study airplanes, rockets, telephones, computers, and more! Heat & Energy: Discover many kinds of energy that power our lives. From fossil fuels to nuclear power plants, see how God provides our energy needs and learn the wonders of electricity, magnetism, light, and sound. Inventions & Technology: Understand simple machines such as levers and inclined planes. Learn about the law of motion. You will enjoy experimenting with friction, racing rollerskate cars, and making pendulums.

Physicians' Assistants & Nurses: New Opportunities in the 21st-Century Health System

by Cordelia Strange

Some medical careers involve working closely with patients, but there are also many behind-the-scenes workers who are vital to the health industry. Medical technicians work in laboratories, respond and perform basic lifesaving procedures during medical emergencies, or specialize in medical record keeping and health care information access. Which medical technician career is right for you? The young adults of today will be the job force of tomorrow, so choosing a career that will best fit with the needs of the changing world will be important to job satisfaction and a successful life. With the vast array of career and job options, it will also be important for young adults to understand which work will be the best match for their interests, talents, goals, and personality types. Certain careers are expected to gain importance within the early decades of the twenty-first century. According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of jobs for medical technology is expected to increase much faster than the average rate for all occupations. If you are interested in becoming a medical technician, it is never too early to start learning your options or to begin gaining experience.

Physics Experiments for Children (Dover Children's Science Books)

by Muriel Mandell

What better way is there to learn than by doing? This unusual book enables children to carry out more than 103 different experiments and demonstrations, carefully planned to illustrate principles of modern science. Clear step-by-step instructions, frequent diagrams, and clear statements of conclusions all enable the young student to carry through these experiments with minimal supervision, yet full success.The science projects included demonstrate what things are made of and how substances are affected by the different forms of energy, heat, light, sound, mechanical energy, electricity, and magnetism. The experiments show how a thermometer measures temperature, how an electric bulb gives light, how shadows are formed, how a stethoscope works, how to make a periscope, how to make a rainbow, how straws work, how water changes size, and many other fascinating facts. Little is required in the way of equipment other than simple materials found at home, such as bottles, cardboard, wire, nails, cork, paper, and magnets.This volume offers upper grade school, junior high school, and high school students a very entertaining way to enrich their background in science and its applications. It is also a very valuable aid to parents, teachers, and others who wish to make clear, forceful demonstrations to children.

Pi in the Sky

by Wendy Mass

Joss is the seventh son of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe, and all he gets to do is deliver pies. That's right: pies. Of course these pies actually hold the secrets of the universe between their buttery crusts, but they're still pies.Joss comes from a family of overachievers, and is happy to let his older brothers shine. But when Earth suddenly disappears, Joss is tasked with the not-so-simple job of bringing it back. With the help of an outspoken girl from Earth named Annika, Joss embarks on the adventure of a lifetime and learns that the universe is an even stranger place than he'd imagined.

Pia's Plans (Orca Currents)

by Alice Kuipers

Key Selling Points A girl tries to cope with her parents’ divorce by controlling everything she can. This book examines the serious issue of perfectionism in a lighthearted manner. Many kids today mask their anxiety with control mechanisms. Alice Kuipers has written many novels for readers of all ages, including the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile/YA Crime Book-winning The Worst Thing She Ever Did (HarperCollins). The author herself suffered from crippling anxiety at a young age. New, enhanced features (dyslexia-friendly font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.

Piano Lessons Can Be Murder: Piano Lessons Can Be Murder; The Werewolf Of Fever Swamp; You Can't Scare Me!; One Day At Horrorland (Goosebumps #13)

by R. L. Stine

Convinced that there is something creepy about his new piano teacher, Jerry soon hears terrifying stories about Dr. Shreek's music school and students who never completed their lesson alive.

Piano Man

by Joyce Sweeney

Entranced by a neighbor's music, a teenage girl learns what it means to love At fourteen years old, Deidre is just beginning to notice boys. Her cousin Susan is about to go on her first date, with a drop-dead gorgeous sixteen-year-old, but Deidre doesn't feel ready--that is, until she hears Jeff Elliot play. She's making dinner for her mother when the sound of the piano comes down through the ceiling--a haunting melody of heartbreak and loss that fills her with a joy she never imagined. When Deidre meets Jeff by their apartment building's pool, she knows immediately that she loves him. Although he is much older than she, Deidre believes she understands him like no one else can. But as she and Susan begin to find, nothing is as blinding as love at first sight.

Pica: The Gaia Trilogy (The\gaia Trilogy Ser. #1)

by Jeff Gardiner

Luke hates nature, preferring the excitement of computer games to dull walks in the countryside, but his view of the world around him drastically begins to change when enigmatic loner, Guy, for whom Luke is reluctantly made to feel responsible, shows him some of the secrets that the very planet itself appears to be hiding from modern society.Hidden behind the everyday screen of school family-life, Luke tumbles into a fascinating world of magic and fantasy, where transformations and shifting identities become second nature.Luke gets caught up in an inescapable path that affects his very existence, as the view of the world around him drastically begins to change.

Pick a New Dream (Beany Malone Series, #11)

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

Beany Malone hoped to have a great sumer job on The Call, the newspaper where her father works. But when her plans go awry, her friend Carlton Buell offers her work at Lilac Way, the recreation center where he helps kids from many ethnic backgrounds. Beany has a lot to learn both about dealing with children and teens and about athletics she's never been interested in, especially tennis and swimming. One of the girls, a beautiful eighteen-year-old from Mexico named Ofila, is particularly hard to handle. Meanwhile, Beany's beau Andy is having new dreams of his own, dreams that could change Beany's future. What surprises does the summer hold?

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