Small, Cathleen
Summary: "It's never too early to become an informed, active citizen. Citizens of the United States have certain rights and duties. Readers learn about these freedoms and responsibilities as they are presented with useful facts about U.S. citizenship. This accessible main text delves into what it means to be an active citizen, the importance of learning about the government and political leaders, why...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Press, an imprint of Greenhaven Publishing, LLC 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.65 SMAKachur, Matthew
Summary: Covers such topics as the beginning of slavery in North America, the development of slavery in Central and South America, the Commercial Revolution and its impact on slavery, and the international slave trade.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Facts On File 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.3 KACSummary: Melissa Leapman provides beginning crocheters with basic instructions so that even novices will be able to learn enough stitches and techniques to complete the simple projects that are included. Parallel instructions for left-handed crocheters are displayed in a separate box on the screen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Leisure Arts 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.434 ICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Nonfic ISummary: Because of its wide availability, NaCl is the starting material for many inorganic chemicals. In this program, salt is seen being pumped to the surface from deposits of 1011 tons in salt fields as a brine solution, and into a chemical plant where chlorine and sodium hydroxide are produced by electrolysis. Three types of cells used to separate the products at the anode and cathode-mercury...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This program traces the water cycle, beginning with the collection of rainwater in rivers and lakes, in great detail through a water treatment plant, to some of the places where water is used, and finally back into the atmosphere. Treatment of the water begins with the use of chlorine to destroy organisms; the water is then filtered through various sedimentation tanks to remove solid matter....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: An elephant and a racing car don't have much in common-except for the remarkable fact that they're made of similar fundamental building blocks. This program takes a simulated subatomic look at a glass of water to better understand the nature of matter, a minuscule world of molecules, atoms, and elementary particles. The behavior of matter under the effects of gravity, electromagnetism, and the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Campbell, Andrew
Summary: Examines the food chain of animals in the desert.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smart Apple Media 2007
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 577.54 CampbGwynne, Carrie
Summary: In Doing household chores, learn more about how cleaning smart can lead to a healthier life. In Keep it clean, Jake finds out what happens when a person does not keep up with chores.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648 GWYHiggins, M. G.
Summary: Job interview basics teaches the reader about interviewing for a job, and Job ready is a story about a teenage boy who goes on his first job interview.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650 HIG1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 650 HIG
Simms, Susan Rose
Summary: Build students' personal finance skills. --Publisher
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 SIM1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 332 SIM
Snedden, Robert.
Summary: Examines the food chain in the city.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smart Apple Media 2007
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 577.5 SneddSummary: In New York City, there are many ways to travel. Of course, it's a lot easier if you're a bird. Using the Big Apple as a living laboratory, this program addresses speed and distance using a pigeon, a taxi, and a tour boat. Additional situations such as the deployment of a Mars rover, a zero-G flight in NASA's Weightless Wonder, a walk on a conveyor belt and a cruising aircraft carrier, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Iron ore is reduced and manufactured into steel in a modern plant where, in a continuous process, ore is crushed and mixed with coke and then fed into the top of a blast furnace. Molten iron flows off from the bottom; slag is skimmed off; and iron is converted to steel by blowing oxygen through it to remove residual carbon, adding lime and magnesium powder to remove other trace solid...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Limestone, or calcium carbonate-made of the skeletons of billions of sea creatures-is mined in large quantities. Carefully blasted out of the ground, it is first crushed with huge pestles to eliminate large boulders, then passed through a series of sieves to separate large chunks for further crushing. When sufficiently small, it is washed to remove clay, dust, and sand. The grades are...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The Earth is like a living, breathing organism. From its molten core to the upper reaches of the atmosphere, nothing is still. How was the planet formed, and what are the forces that continue to sculpt it? This program uses animated topographical maps, a broken pane of glass, a fortune in diamonds, a floor-sanding machine, stalactites, flowing glaciers, a merry-go-round, a greenhouse, and more...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Gardner, Jane
Summary: Build students' personal finance skills. --Publisher
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 GAR1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 332 GAR
Gwynne, Carrie
Summary: In Moving In, learn how to move smart. In Pack Up, Grace and Hope find out what can go wrong with a move.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 GWYHiggins, M. G.
Summary: Important aspects of jobs and managing basic skills on your own are explored in these nonfiction/fiction flip books. This book focuses on employee rights.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 344 HIGSummary: Two very important products derived from air are ammonia and nitric acid. Ammonia is produced when hydrogen gas is extracted from natural gas and steam, mixed with nitrogen from the air, and heated. The resulting ammonia gas is condensed into liquid form, to be made into other chemicals. Ammonia is also used to make nitric acid, basic in the production of fertilizers, detergents, and many other...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Polyethylene is one of many commercially important organic compounds derived from crude oil. This program demonstrates the polymerization of ethylene at different pressures and in the presence of different catalysts, depending on the intended end use of the polyethylene-low-density polyethylene for flexible products like film and plastic bags is produced at between 1500 and 2000 atm with trace...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Major research has been devoted to making the processes of coal combustion more efficient and reducing the pollution they cause. Coke, the first smokeless fuel made from coal, has important industrial uses which depend on the grade and strength of the coke. Coke can be carbonized to remove volatile matter which is in turn processed to provide a wide range of industrial materials: pitch,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Gwynne, Carrie
Summary: In Finding A Place To Live, learn how to find the right place to live. In A Place of Our Own, best friends Nina and Jill look for an apartment to share.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 GWYHiggins, M. G.
Summary: Important aspects of jobs and managing basic skills on your own are explored in these nonfiction/fiction flip books. This title focuses on preparing a resume.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650 HIG1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 650 HIG
King-Cargile, Gillian
Summary: "From smallpox to Covid-19, this book examines the histories of the world's pandemics, explaining what vaccines are and why we need them. Told with a story-like narrative that holds readers' interest, this book is a definitive guide to vaccines"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2022