Science

Interactive Notebook: Life Science enhances learning through personalized note-taking.

Encourage students to create their own learning portfolios with Interactive Notebook: Life Science for grades five through eight. This Mark Twain interactive notebook includes 29 lessons in these three units of study:

• structure of life
• classification of living organisms
• ecological communities

This personalized resource helps students review and study for tests.

Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

Made up of magnetic rods, steel spheres and different shaped panels, this Swiss-made product is the symbol of the magnetic construction system that has brought worldwide recognition to the Geomag brand. Thanks to these simple components and the magic of magnetism, endless 3D structures can be created with total freedom of imagination and creativity.

Our introductory set ensures all students find the elementary principles of Euclidean geometry fun, easy to grasp and stimulating. Model building and discussion in the classroom encourage proactive participation, leading to positive results from an early age. Contained in a plastic Gratnells SmartCase® for easy storage. 164 pieces.

TEACHING TOPICS

• Constructing 2D and 3D shapes
• Right and acute angles, perimeter of squares
• Properties of regular and irregular polygons
• Duplication, symmetry and mirror lines
• Pattern theory and mathematical nets
• Measuring and drawing lines
• Probability
• Mathematical language, notation, symbols
• Verbally describing shapes, movements and transformations
• Collecting data, recording findings, classifying objects
• Solving problems by breaking down into smaller tasks