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"Station Eleven meets The Martian in this brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them--and their families--changed forever In an age of space exploration, we search to find ourselves. In four years Prime Space will put the first humans on Mars. Helen Kane, Yoshi Tanaka, and Sergei Kuznetsov...
2) The creative training idea book: inspired tips and techniques for engaging and effective learning
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English
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Trainers have to be creative if they want their participants to feel excited, challenged, and involved. The Creative Training Idea Book is packed with instructions for using activities, games, puzzles, toys, and props to increase energy and active participation in the classroom, and reveals how to think creatively about training in any situation. Based on the author's nearly three decades of training experience, this invaluable resource gives trainers...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 5000 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Visual learning systems is an educational science publisher who's mission is to reignite a passion for teaching and learning science. Specifically designed for and customized to the curriculum of primary through to introductory college science courses, these series explore key topics on the life of vertebrates and helps instructors to teach challenging concepts. The films, and accompanying teacher materials, are a great asset for teachers and teachers...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 15 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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During Collaborative conferences, teachers observe a lesson or conference and provide explicit feedback on the teaching and learning interaction. Collaborative conferences use a team approach (with two or more teachers) to support student learning. During the pre-conference, the student's teacher identifies the instructional goal and asks the observing teachers to notice specific writing behaviors. After the lesson, the teachers engage in purposeful...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
2nd edition.
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xii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Coaching & Mentoring For Dummies is the playbook to help supervisors change their role from doer/manager to coach/mentor. Leadership and coaching expert Leo MacLeod shares the secrets of motivating employees to find purpose in their work and grow as independent problem solvers-without micromanaging them. Written for today's changing workplace, the book provides guidance on leading diverse teams, working with younger generations, and working remotely....
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 48 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Good managers, wanting to do the right thing, can miss the boat when it comes to getting the best out of a diverse workforce. Not wanting to offend, they often choose peace over honest feedback, thereby limiting their people's potential. Not understanding what motivates each individual, they offer incentives that are not meaningful or encouragement that backfires. Doug Harris asks us to step outside our comfort zone and reap the benefits of expanding...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 22 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Listen 2 the kids as they talk about the inclusion of their friends with special needs in the classroom, on the playground and in the lunchroom. This brief study of the inclusion process in an exemplary elementary school accents the joys and challenges of everyday life. The culture of acceptance is evident throughout. This film is a "must see" for teachers, teachers in training, counselors, psychologists, parents and advocates for the education of...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 89 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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A series of demonstrations by Andrew Yung, of equipment commonly used in nursing, and the concepts behind their operation. Topics include: radioactive substances; suction & drainage; fluid flow & hydrostatic pressure; siphonage; pressure - volume of gas; sound; nerve & muscle function; application of Bernoulli's Principle; pressure & suction; pressure in heart & lungs; electricity; static electricity; light.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
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English
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What skills do you need to become an astronaut? Why do astronaut trainees spend time underwater and in dark caves? And how does it feel to experience zero gravity? In this new Science Slam! title, kids will discover what it takes to become an astronaut.
13) The still point
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English
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"When Etienne Bernay, enfant terrible of French ballet, arrives. documenting his search for one special student who will receive a full scholarship to the Ballet de Paris Academie, three mothers, amidst backstabbing, jealousy, disappointment and triumph, reveal the sacrifices they've made for their children, for friendship and for art"--
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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
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334 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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The author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can't walk for a year? have sex? smell flowers?...
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English
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Go the distance-a triathlon training guide for athletes
Maybe you love to run, swam competitively in high school, or enjoy riding your bike. Perhaps you're looking for a fun, new athletic challenge? Whatever the case is, you're in the right place. Athlete to Triathlete delivers the ultimate triathlon training plan for Sprint and Olympic races to help you gain the fitness and confidence to complete your first race-and enjoy doing it.
Transition...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 120 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
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Teachers of adolescent readers face many challenges. Some students are skilled at decoding text but have few strategies for understanding complex genres. Others have entered their teen years struggling to decode even the simplest books and articles. Through her highly successful book, I read it but i don't get it, Cris Tovani, a high school teacher in Denver, Colorado, has provided welcome advice to teachers on the reading strategies that worked...
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English
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No matter how hard it is to get out the door, it's on the road that we meet our strengths and weaknesses, have the space to contemplate our hopes and dreams and ultimately find what makes us happy. Not every workout is an epiphany. Instead, each time out on the road-no matter how much of a battle it was to get there-is an exercise in getting to know ourselves a little bit better. It's on that road that we learn our strengths and weaknesses, ponder...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
910L
Physical Desc
264 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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In this adaptation of his best-selling book, The Heart and the Fist, Eric speaks directly to teen readers, interweaving memoir and intimate second-person narratives that ask the reader to put themselves in the shoes of himself and others. Readers will share in Erics evolution from average kid to globe-traveling humanitarian to warrior, training and serving with the most elite military outfit in the world: the Navy SEALs. Along the way, theyll...
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
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English
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This e-book offers an in-depth overview of a field that is expected to grow significantly over the next decade and beyond. As a caseworker, you work to help others achieve a better, more satisfying life, whether it's through helping a young adult transitioning from foster care to independent living, finding adequate housing for a single mother, or providing support to a homebound elder. Some of the highlights of the book include lists of professional...
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