Summary: Origami may seem an unlikely medium for understanding and explaining the world. But around the globe, several fine artists and theoretical scientists are abandoning more conventional career paths to forge lives as modern-day paper folders. Through origami, these offbeat and provocative minds are reshaping ideas of creativity and revealing the relationship between art and science. This film...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Green Fuse Films 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BETWiezorek, Jan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 372.6 WIEKohl, MaryAnn F.
Summary: "Using everyday materials and hands-on activities children learn the essential math skills of sorting, matching, one-to-one corresondence, patterning, counting, measuring, number values, and more."--Cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gryphon House 1996
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Kids will unleash their creativity and learn some early education basics with these interactive games, books, and sing-alongs! Play songs and discover different instruments; Read along with interactive stories; Paint by number; Develop logic, spatial intelligence, and cognitive skills"--
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Is there such a thing as a just war? Is terrorism ever morally acceptable? And can ancient art change the current view of history? This program investigates these and other questions with political philosopher Michael Walzer, who examines the origins of modern terrorism; classicist Glen Bowersock, whose study of ancient mosaics is helping him deepen his understanding of great conquests from...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Kozol, Jonathan
Summary: "An eloquent and passionate call for educational reparations, from the New York Times bestselling author"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2024
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Summary: "An intimate portrait of a small Southern town living through tumultuous times, this propulsive piece of forgotten civil rights history--about the first school to attempt court-ordered desegregation in the wake of Brown v. Board--will forever change how you think of the end of racial segregation in America. In graduate school, Rachel Martin volunteered with a Southern oral history project. One...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379.2 MARSummary: Zingo brings fast-paced excitement and learning to the classic game of Bingo! Slide the Zinger to reveal picture tiles, make a match and fill your card to win. Images with printed words and two levels of play make this the perfect game to grow with.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Captivating and colorful, the Folkmanis® Small Chameleon puppet is a perfectly sized pet toy. High quality printed fabric and intricate design details along with a movable mouth bring this exquisite creature to life in your hands.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Folkmanis 2019
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Summary: "These interactive activities will help kids learn about everything from emotions and healthy habits to education fundamentals. Recognize letters, colors, and shapes; Practice creative problem solving; Discover different emotions; Develop reading, writing, and spelling skills."--Publisher description.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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Summary: Argues that affirmative action actually harms minority students and that the movement started in the late 1960s is only a symbolic change that has become mired in posturing, concealment, and pork-barrel earmarks.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379.26 SANSummary: Practice and reinforce important skills in a variety of ways. Includes 53 double-sided cards. Adding whole numbers, 0-10 adding single-digit and double-digit numbers adding numbers horizontally and vertically.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teacher Created Resources 2018
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1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: J STEM KIT 153Summary: Practice and reinforce important skills in a variety of ways.Includes 53 double-sided cards. Multiplying whole numbers, 0-10 multiplying single-digit and double-digit numbers multiplying numbers horizontally and vertically.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teacher Created Resources 2017
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1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: J STEM KIT 155Summary: Practice and reinforce important skills in a variety of ways. Includes 53 double-sided cards. Dividing whole numbers with quotients between 0 and 10 dividing single-digit numbers from double-digit numbers dividing numbers using two different division symbols.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teacher Created Resources 2017
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1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: J STEM KIT 156Summary: Practice and reinforce important skills in a variety of ways.Includes 53 double-sided cards. Subtracting whole numbers, 0-14 subtracting single-digit and double-digit numbers subtracting numbers horizontally and vertically.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teacher Created Resources 2018
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1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: J STEM KIT 154-ASummary: Provides in-depth subject review of the reading, writing and language, and mathematics sections of the SAT, along with diagnostic tools, test-taking strategies, and full-length practice exams with detailed answer explanations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Peterson's 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 378.1662 PETAnthony, David
Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTWillingham, Daniel T.
Summary: "Written by a cognitive psychologist who has spent decades studying low we learn, OUTSMART YOUR BRAIN is the definitive guide to help students master the skills of understanding material and retaining information. In clear, accessible prose, Dan Willingham lays out the techniques necessary for students at any stage to succeed and thrive when learning, studying, and taking exams. When studying,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023