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Working with Young Children
by Judy HerrWorking with Young Children introduces students to the fast-growing field of early childhood education. Students will develop skills for guiding children effectively while keeping them healthy and safe. Working with Young Children applies child development principles to child care settings. On-site photos enhance the inviting, colorful format. This text provides current health, safety, and nutrition information plus additional coverage of technology, cultural diversity, family stressors, and child care careers. · New sections address licensing rules and regulations in addition to historical influences on early child care and education. · New chapter-opening activities include Key Concepts, Graphic Organizers, and Reading Advantage pre-reading activities. · New features appearing throughout the chapters include Safety First, Focus on Health, Learn More About..., and Workplace Connections. · Expanded chapter reviews provide more Cross-Curricular Links and new Thinking Critically, Using Technology, and Portfolio Project activities. · Appendix now includes NAEYC's Core Values.
Working
by Larry J. BaileyThis revision of Working: Career Success for the 21st Century introduces high school seniors and community college students to career planning, working, money management, and essential skills for independent living. Learning features include chapter summaries, activities, and vocabulary exercises, plus boxes on high growth occupations, math connections, and career decision making. This edition spans the entire life/work cycle, and material reflecting the Department of Education's 16 career clusters has been added. Bailey is affiliated with the Department of Workforce Education and Development. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Workbook to Accompany Simmers DHO Health Science
by Louise Simmers Karen Simmers-Nartker Sharon Simmers-KobelakThe workbook, updated to refl ect the eight edition text, contains perforated, performance-based assignment and evaluation sheets. The assignment sheets help students review what they have learned. The evaluation sheets provide criteria or standards for judging student performance for each procedure in the text.
Workbook to Accompany Simmers DHO Health Science
by Louise Simmers Karen Simmers-Nartker Sharon Simmers-KobelakNIMAC-sourced textbook
Workbook to Accompany Diversified Health Occupations, 7th Edition
by Louise Simmers Karen Simmers-Nartker Sharon Simmers-KobelakThis workbook, updated to reflect the Diversified Health Occupations, seventh edition text, contains perforated, performance-based assignment and evaluation sheets. The assignment sheets help students review what they have learned. The evaluation sheets provide criteria or standards for judging student performance for each procedure in the text.
Woodworking
by Nancy MacdonaldUser-friendly and complete with full-color photos and illustrations, Woodworking offers a comprehensive guide for beginning woodworkers and aspiring cabinetmakers alike. Beginning with a brief introduction to the industry, as well as descriptions of the tools and materials used in the trade, the book then progresses on to illustrate and explain the hands-on skills that are essential to success in project creation. Step-by-step projects are accompanied by engaging photos and illustrations that walk through the process of building wood products, including tables and chairs, chests, cabinet-making, and more! These projects provide learners with a sense of accomplishment as they demonstrate their skills through successful completion of a finished product.
Wood Technology & Processes
by Mark D. Feirer John L. FeirerHelp students learn about today's woodworking techniques and tools with Glencoe Wood Technology and Processes! Comprehensive content with basic and advanced woodworking operations offers clear instructions and a strong illustration program. The Woodworkers Handbook identifies tools and materials used in woodworking; Advanced Woodworking Techniques offers advanced techniques for the experienced woodworker. Academic Integration is provided in every chapter with Math and Science features. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced projects from Better Homes and Gardens® Wood Magazine provide projects using skills learned in the text. Projects include a compact disc tower, a drafting/reference center, a birdhouse in the round, a doghouse, and more, giving your students practical, enjoyable experiences working with wood!
What on Earth?, An Ecology Reader
by the editors at Perfection Learning CorporationNIMAC-sourced textbook
What Is Life? A Guide to Biology with Physiology
by Jay PhelanThe most successful new non-majors biology textbook in a decade returns in a vigorously updated new edition--with every chapter of the book carefully revised by Jay Phelan, based on the feedback of hundreds of instructors and students. The Second Edition brings forward the book's hallmark features (clear and consistent illustrations, beautiful photographs, Take-Home Message summary sections, StreetBio: Knowledge You Can Use, and Red Q Questions) while adding new pedagogy, updated content, and expanded media/supplements package. Click here to watch a sample of our Lecture Videos featuring What Is Life? with Physiology author, Jay Phelan.
Western Civilization, Since 1300
by Jackson J. SpielvogelMuslim Societies in Africa provides a concise overview of Muslim societies in Africa in light of their role in African history and the history of the Islamic world. Roman Loimeier identifies patterns and peculiarities in the historical, social, economic, and political development of Africa, and addresses the impact of Islam over the longue duree. To understand the movements of peoples and how they came into contact, Loimeier considers geography, ecology, and climate as well as religious conversion, trade, and slavery. This comprehensive history offers a balanced view of the complexities of the African Muslim past while looking toward Africa's future role in the globalized Muslim world.
Western Civilization
by Jackson J. SpielvogelThe goal of this undergraduate text is to present a balanced work in which political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military aspects of Western civilization are integrated into a chronologically ordered synthesis. The latest research on social history and women's history is integrated, rather than isolated in separate chapters. For this seventh edition, Spielvogel (The Pennsylvania State University) adds material reflecting current scholarship on everything from the Neolithic Age to the war in Iraq, and including considerable new material on the impact other parts of the world have had on the West. Pedagogical features include boxes of primary source documents, detailed chronologies, illustrated timelines, chapter outlines, critical thinking questions, and a glossary. The text's updated color maps feature detailed captions. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
The Well-Crafted Argument: A Guide And Reader
by Fred D. White Simone J. BillingsNIMAC-sourced textbook
Welding Technology Fundamentals
by William A. Bowditch Kevin E. Bowditch Mark A. BowditchWelding Technology Fundamentals covers the equipment and techniques associated with the welding and cutting processes most widely used in industry today. These processes include: oxyfuel gas welding and cutting, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, flux cored arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, and resistance welding. Technical information regarding weld inspection and testing, welder qualification, drawing interpretation, and welding symbols is also included. The text is organized into eight sections, which can be studied independently or in sequence. Written in easy-to-understand format, this text is extensively illustrated and includes many tables and charts for selecting the variables required to make a good weld.
Welding Skills
by B. J. Moniz R. T. MillerThis third edition of a book/CD-ROM text now contains color photos and diagrams on every page, and has been updated and expanded to reflect the latest welding technology. There are new chapters on areas such as repair welding, metallography, weld discontinuities, metal identification, and distortion control. Learning features include step-by-step exercises, key points and boxed facts, and a glossary. The CD-ROM contains a quiz for each section of the text, an illustrated glossary, media clips, and welding reference material. Author information is not given. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Welding Principles and Applications, Sixth Edition: Study Guide/Lab Manual
by Larry Jeffus Dewayne Roy William ThompsonNIMAC-sourced textbook