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The Healthy You 8-Book Set for Grades 1-2 introduces students to the basics of body systems, fitness, and healthy habits through accessible nonfiction text and vivid visuals. This English-language collection helps young readers explore how the human body works and how to take care of it. Titles in this 8-book set include: Lungs, Muscles, Staying Healthy, Keeping Fit with Sports, Eating Right, Heart, Bones, and Brain. Designed to support science and health education, this set encourages curiosity, critical thinking, and classroom discussion around wellness. English-language set designed for Grades 1-2 Explores body systems and healthy living habits Builds health literacy and science vocabulary Encourages young readers to think critically about personal wellness Great for health units, science centers, or home learning collections

Motivate beginning readers with these books featuring engaging TIME FOR KIDS(R) content, familiar concepts, science and social studies themes, and a variety of colorful graphics. 12-20 pages per book. This 10-title set includes Shapes; My Big Family; Places to Go; Water; Animal Mothers and Babies; A Bee's Life; Going Buggy!; Make a Gingerbread Man; Eating Right; and Places Around the World.

Offer a fun and natural progression in reading with colorful books that feature content from TIME FOR KIDS(R), and science and social studies themes. Children will want to read these books that include familiar concepts, high-interest content, and a variety of colorful graphics. 12-20 pages per book. This 10-title set includes Big and Little; This Is Me; On the Go; Land; How Plants Grow; A Frog's Life; Things with Wings; Make Papel Picado; Staying Healthy; and Homes Around the World.

Teach readers about parts of the body, healthy habits, emergency preparedness, and more with these 32-page books that feature engaging text, and colorful, vivid photographs. Titles in this 7-book set include Make It Healthy; Find Your Sport; Emergency! Be Prepared; Eat Healthy; Get Moving; Healthy Habits, Healthy You; and Investigating the Human Body.

From deserts to rainforests, from wetlands to oceans, this set takes an in-depth look into key life science topics. This set of 7 books for reading levels 2.5-4.7 features high-interest nonfiction text, supporting graphics and photographs; some include a lab activity. Titles include: Inside Ecosystems and Biomes, Life in the Ocean Layers, African Grasslands, Deserts, Forests, Rainforests, and Wetlands.

Be amazed at the wonders of the human body and find out what makes us really tick! Like a fine-tuned machine, the human body is an awe-inspiring marvel worthy of further investigation. This 7-book set, for reading levels 2.7-4.9, features engaging text and vivid graphics; some books also include TIME FOR KIDS(R) content. Titles include: Investigating the Human Body, The Brain, The Five Senses, The Heart and Lungs, The Skeleton and Muscles, The Digestive System, and The Human Life Cycle.

To meet the demands of the past decade of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has adopted a rotational strategy based on the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) model, but equipping policies have not yet been adapted to the model. This report analyzes how the Army might reduce equipment in early phases of the ARFORGEN cycle, how changes might be applied across Army units and equipment, and how changes might affect near- and far-term budgets.

Get your game on with high-interest books for reading levels 2-5 that spotlight your favorite sports and feature science and mathematics concepts. Each 32-page book in this 4-book set includes motivating nonfiction text, a lab or problem-solving activity, eye-catching photographs and supporting graphics, key vocabulary, and sidebars. Titles include Basketball Angles, Bikes and Boards, Climbing and Diving, and The Quest for Personal Best: Individual Sports.

This companion to "Toward Affordable Systems: PortfolioAnalysis and Management for Army Science and Technology Programs" (Brian G. Chow, Richard Silberglitt, and Scott Hiromoto, Santa Monica, Calif.: RANDCorporation, MG-761-A, 2009) describes the continued development anddemonstration of a method and model to incorporate lifecycle cost into theportfolio analysis and management process for U. S. Army Science andTechnology programs.

Distributed learning (DL) is a key element of the Army?straining strategy, and the Army plans to expand the use of DL and change howit is developed and delivered. Several studies were undertaken to developand test new tools and metrics to assess training and to document the impactof Army DL courses at the program level. The project also assessed theabilities of Army information systems to support efficient data collectionfor DL evaluation.

Discover plate tectonics, weather, and our changing Earth with this 5 book set written in Spanish. Each 32-page book features high-interest nonfiction text, a lab activity, sidebars, photographs, and supporting graphics. Titles include: Las inundaciones y las ventiscas (Floods and Blizzards), Los huracanes (Hurricanes), Los incendios (Fires), Los tornados (Tornadoes), and Los volcanes (Volcanoes).

Discover motion and machines in a fun and inspiring way with this set! Written in Spanish, each 32-page book features high-interest nonfiction text, lab activity, sidebars, photographs, and supporting graphics. Titles include: Bicicletas y tablas (Bikes and Boards), Como funcionan los juguetes (How Toys Work), Como funcionan los parques de diversiones (How Amusement Parks Work), La busqueda de la velocidad: Los vehiculos (The Quest for Speed: Vehicles), and La busqueda de lo mejor personal: Los deportes individuales (The Quest for Personal Best: Individual Sports).

From deserts to ocean, you'll want to explore biomes and ecosystems with these 32-page high-interest readers written in Spanish. This 5-book set takes an in-depth look into key life science topics and encourages exploration through engaging nonfiction text, lab activity, sidebars, photographs, and supporting graphics. Titles include: Las selvas (Forests), Las selvas lluviosas (Rainforests), Los desiertos (Deserts), Los oceanos (Oceans), and Los pantanos (Wetlands).

Featuring world cultures themes, these 24-page scripts invite readers to perform with character roles written at multiple levels, full-color illustrations, and a related song and poem. Titles in this 8-book collection include: The Trojan Horse; Anansi; The Frog Who Became an Emperor; Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl; Vishnu; Romulus and Remus; Atrahasis; and The Prince and the Sphinx

Introduce young readers to familiar folk and fairy tales with this 8-book collection presented in fun scripts! This set includes eight scripts and all feature narrator and character parts at varying reading levels and bonus "Tips for Performing Reader's Theater" adapted from Aaron Shepard. Each book includes full-color illustrations, glossary, plus song and poem. The titles in this collection include: Goldilocks and the Three Bears; Hansel and Gretel; Little Red Riding Hood; The Emperor's New Clothes; The Gingerbread Man; The Little Red Hen; The Three Billy Goats Gruff; and The Three Little Pigs.

Readers will have fun connecting to social studies, language arts, mathematics, and science themes with these engaging scripts written in Spanish! This collection includes eight scripts and all feature narrator and character roles at varying reading levels, "Tips for Rehearsing Reader's Theater," and "Tips for Performing Reader's Theater" by Aaron Shepard. Scripts include full-color illustrations, glossary, plus song and poem. Titles include: Desde el sol hasta mas alla de pluton (From the Sun to Beyond Pluto); Dos amigos planos viajan por el mundo (Two Flat Friends Travel the World); El inventor: Benjamin Franklin (The Inventor: Benjamin Franklin); El viaje matematicos de una vida (The Mathematical Journey of a Lifetime); En equipo con el Sr. Supercoyote (Teaming with Mr. Cool!); Historias del abuelo (Grandfather's Storytelling); Los wigz seran wigz (Wigz Will Be Wigz); and Una maestra y una amiga (A Teacher and a Friend)

Motivate children to want to read with these fun, colorful scripts with connections to social studies, language arts, mathematics, and science! This collection includes eight scripts written in Spanish and each script features narrator and character roles at varying reading levels. Each book includes full-color illustrations, song, poem, and glossary. Titles include: Animales sorprendentes (Amazing Animals); El dinero cuenta (Money Counts); Lucky el perro de la estaction de bomberos (Lucky the Firehouse Dog); Marcha hacia delante (Moving Forward); Muchas manos ayudan (Many Helping Hands); Poesia? Que horror! (Poetry? Yuck!); Telaranas de belleza (Webs of Beauty); and Un huerto en la cuidad (A Garden in the City)

Here's a great start to the exploration of matter! Books are written in Spanish and each features a lab activity, vibrant photographs, colorful graphics, charts, tables, and sidebars. Each book has 32 pages. Titles in this 5-book set include: La evaporacion (Evaporation); La condensacion (Condensation); Los gases (Gases); Los solidos (Solids); and Los liquidos (Liquids).