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DESCRIPTION OF BOOKS
OUT OF STOCK
(NEW VERSION COMING THIS SUMMER)
1. The
Living Environment- Biology Lessons. (5th
Edition)
(Laminated covers, comb
binding: $24.95 each
This is a unique
book. It is especially
good for hard to reach students,
but has
separate
advanced sections for your regular groups.
Research shows
that connecting new information to previous
information that students
are
familiar with is essential
for good learning. With this in mind, each lesson in
this book
begins with an analogy or metaphor to give your
students an
understandable model that they can use as a link
to the
new biology concepts being taught.
The Main Ideas, Essential Questions, Objectives, and
Performance Indicators are life savers if you are doing
curriculum mapping or need to write comprehensive lesson
plans for your administrator. This is my #1 seller.
Plastic comb binding (above; 5th edition)
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Plastic
comb ring book binding
Lies flat on desk
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Book
Features
1. Black
and
white print
text pages
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2.
Colored cover (as shown above)
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3. Durable,
laminated card stock
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4.
Summary
"Lesson Links" at
beginning of each unit
(explains how unit
lessons are
tied together)
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5. Hundreds
of illustrations and
diagrams
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6.
Includes
"Stop, Think, Discuss
Questions," "Problems," "Excursions," and "Enrichment" sections
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7. Appendix
includes RNA genetic
code, lab requirements, covers all Standard 4 information, and a
condensed
Standard 1
Scinetific Inquiry outline (with "Performance
Indicators" and "Major
Understandings" with
practical examples),practice Regents
exams, internet URL listing
of great
biology sites, index with
vocabulary
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8.
300
pages
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9. Use as
a
class text, supplementary review book, or home
schooling
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2. The Living Environment- L.E.A.F.
Study Guides
(Living
Environment Abbreviated Facts)
$14.95 Each (14 pages)
Great for
starting
the beginning of
each unit with the
"Big Picture" (whole to parts approach).
These
picture guides are also useful for:
1. Review at
the
end of each unit,
2. Helping absent students catch-up, or preparing
for the
final exam.
3. Each student package
consists of seven, double sided L.E.A.F.
Study Guides (14
pages total).
4. For each unit, all the "major understandings"
are condensed on
one side
of
each page for quick and easy reading (Scientific Inquiry
and Ecology use
two
sides).
5. The colored pages are laminated for
year-long protection, and are printed double sided.
6. Each page has room for a 3-hole punch for a
student's
notebook. The
pages are
similar
to the stiff,
quick review
college study sheets sold in bookstores.
7. In many
cases, the
language used
in
the "Major Understandings"
have been simplified for easier understanding.
These pages are laminated and
printed on both sides
(total of 14 pages/student)
The pages can be 3-hole punched as shown above, but are not
pre-punched.
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3.
BIO-SEQUENCE
CARDS
1 set = $16.95 (ex. 1 topic); 1 set unlaminated = $14.95 (save $3/set)
Capture your
student's attention with these
manipulatives.
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These cards
will force students to read, analyze, sequence,
and
comprehend the concept being reviewed. This active learning
process is perfect for cooperative
group activities.
Bio-Sequence
Cards
offers you 20 topics to choose from (listed below).
Each pack of cards
will contain 6 different colored, laminated picture
cards for the particular topic
purchased. A pouch is
provided
for each
pack.
The pictures represent different
steps in
a process that the students
must learn. After you review
the basic process in class, the students
will be given the cards and asked
to arrange the cards on their desk to
show the proper
sequences of steps in the process being studied
(e.g. steps of
natural selection, mitosis, etc.). A walk around the
room
will allow you to see misconceptions and point out cards
that are not sequenced correctly (for students to try again).
Eventually, they will succeed. You will see
them debating with
each other about the proper sequence.
The cards are also
an excellent way to review each unit.
A great
thing
about the cards is that they are laminated. This
allows you to pick them up
at the end of one class and use
them
over in the next class.
One
master set for
each topic is all you will need for all your classes.
In addition, each set comes with reproducible
student
worksheet
that will allow the
students to record
what they
did and to answer
questions that will further
solidify their
understanding.
A Teacher Guide is provided.
One set will be enough for 12 individual students for 1 topic (or 24
students if teams of 2 students are
used). One set includes 12 packs
of cards with 6 cards on a topic in each pack.
A master Student Worksheet is included.
You will get laminated sheets with 6 cards per sheet that must be
cut-out. It should take students in your first class only a minute
to cut out the 6 cards. You will then be ready for all your classes.
The cards are randomized on the cut-out sheet.
The 2018 card
sets presently available are:
1. The Scientific Method
2. Life's Levels of
Organization
3. Diffusion
4. DNA Synthesis
5. Protein Synthesis
6. Natural Selection
7. Intepreting Fossil
Evidence
8. Mitotic Division
9. Meiotic Division
10. Hormone Feedback
System
11. Immunity Antibody
Reaction
12. Photosynthesis
13. Cell Respiration
14. Enzyme Reaction
15. Food Web
16. Ecological Succession
17. Biodiversity
18. Population Ecology
19. Gobal Warming
20. Invasive Species
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OUT OF STOCK
4. The
Living Environment-
REGENTS MASTERY REVIEW
$19.95 (unbound, unlimited
reproductions for your classroom)
YOU CAN NOW QUICKLY ZERO
IN ON THOSE WEAK AREAS WITHOUT BEING FORCED TO "COVER"
EVERYTHING.
Perhaps the greatest value of this book is access to practice questions
that tend to be repeated on the Regents exam vs. those
that rarely
appear.
FEATURES
INCLUDE:
A. Over 400
reproducible multiple choice Regents questions.
Buy
one book and reproduce as many pages as you wish for your classes.
B. Questions
are grouped by unit topics
1) Scientific
Inquiry and Lab Skills
2) Life
Characteristics
3) Genetics
4) Evolution
5) Reproduction
6) Energenics
7)
Disease
8) Dynamic Equilibrium
9) Ecology
C. Each
section is preceded by a two page "Quick Review"
outline of basic concepts and
terms related to the unit topic
D. The
page opposite each question is left blank
for
the students and the teacher to
write notes that relate tothe question
E. Separate
teacher "Answer Key" for all questions (may be reproduced by topic)
F.
"Answer Key"
relates
each question back to the "Quick
Review" page
G. Separate,
easy to use "Student
Analysis Page" (may be reproduced).
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5.
Bio-Brief Review.
$16.95,
unlaminated cover, not reproducible
Great
for students that need brief, straight to the point explanations
and examples, without
being buried in details. Teachers can use
the book as a scaffold for developing their lesson plans.
FEATURES
INCLUDE:
1. Plastic comb ring book
binders
2.
Pages are printed on two sides
3.
Durable (65 lb card stock)
cover
4.
Outline form
5.
"Performance Indicators" for
all "Key Ideas" include interpretations or examples;
"Major
Understandings"
include examples
and corresponding
questions;
each Key
Idea
6.
Many illustrations and
diagrams
7.
A great review book to
use at the end of the year
to
prepare for Regents
exam
or may be
used as a notebook from September to June
8.
Ideal for resource students
that require pre-printed
notes
9.
Keeps your student's notes
organized,
complete,
readable, and available.
Click to see sample page 1
Click to see sample page 2
Click to see sample page 3
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6.
Teacher Lecture Guide.
$16.95
unlaminated cover, not reproducible
This
outline includes:
1.
Plastic
comb
ring book binder
2.
Pages
are printed two sided
3. Durable
card
stock cover
4. "Teacher Planning Guide" for each chapter to write
lesson plans, etc.
5.
Chapter
"Assignment" pages
6.
Content
notes (based on TLE
"Understandings") in outline form
7.
Suggested
student "Activities" include answers
8.
40
master Illustrations (may copy for student use)
9.
Coded "Vocabulary Word List"
10.
"Internet Resources" list.
Click to see sample page 1
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7.
Student Lecture Guide.
($14.95,
unbound & unlimited reproduction for your classroom use)
FEATURES
INCLUDE:
1. Unbound,
reproducible pages
2. This is a student
companion package
to the Teacher Lecture Guide
3. The topical
outline and content
notes found in The Teacher Lecture Guide
4. A "Lecture Notes" column that includes blank spaces for
student notes
(instead of
teacher activities "Student Review Questions"
(without
answers typed
in)
5. Pages to record assignments
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8.
Case Studies.
Teacher
booklet 16.95, bound, unlaminated
cover, not reproducible
Student booklet
14.95, 2 sided, unbound, unlimited reproduction for your classroom use
The
Case Studies are a
great way to
introduce
each new Performance Indicator !
This booklet includes
29 case studies- one for each Performance Indicator
in the The Living
Environment
Core Curriculum. The case studies
cover both Standard 1 and Standard 4. Each
"Case Study"
is an
article providing a realistic illustration that is related to
the Performance Indicator.
Each booklet
features the following: (see attachment)
FEATURES
INCLUDE:
1. Attractive, durable
(card
stock), colored cover
page (Teacher book only)
2. A brief,
"Example" for
each Performance Indicator (both books)
3.
Performance Indicator codes (ex. Std.1, P.I. 1.2) (both books)
4.
Performance Indicator Statements (from Core Curriculum) (both books)
5. "Internet
Resources" page
to find or develop new cases (Teacher book only)
6. A
plastic comb binding for easy opening (Teacher book only)
7. A
"Teacher Lesson Guide"
for each Case Study with answer key for questions (Teacher book
only)
8.
"Case Study" articles
for each Performance
Indicator (both books)
9. Student "Questions"
for each Case
Study (both books)
10. Reproducible for your classroom use
(unbound, Student booklet
only)
TOPICS INCLUDE:
1.Huntington's disease
2.DNA Discovery
3.Yeast poisoning
4.Panda Evolution
5.Beri Beri
6.Mendel
7.Martian Life
8.Red Dye #2
9.Lynx cycle
10.Standard Deviation
11.Smoking Risks
12.Love Canal
13.Cancer and UV Rays
14.Keystone Species
15.Heart Attacks
16.Balantidium
17.Protein synthesis
18.Recombinant DNA (insulin)
19.Horse Evolution
20.Cloning
21.Lactic Acid Fatigue
22.AIDS
23.Marijuana
24.Food Pyramids
25.Tropical Rain forests
26.Mt. St.Helens
27.Overpopulation
28.Ozone Hole
29.Insecticides
(Titles may occasionally be
changed to provide improvements)
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9.
The Living Environment in 3D.
unlaminated
cover $16.95
Students
will see
biology diagrams that seem to "pop" out of
the page.
Over
60 stereoscopic images. Fun, educational, and a great way to get
students to take that "second look" at important diagrams
and information (see attachment).
Non-reproducible.
FEATURES
INCLUDE:
1. Free plastic stereoscopic glasses with each book
2. Coloring activity with each 3D diagram
3.
Plastic comb bound card stock cover
4. Text and related questions with each 3D diagram
5.
Coded to the Core Curriculum in The Living Environment.
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CLICK TO SEE SAMPLE PAGE 2
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10.
PowerPoint Notes
Std.1 and 4 = $39.95, includes unbound, reproducible
Student Notebook.
Std. 1 + 4 Site license = $49.95 Standard 1
and 4 Answer Key = $9.95
The ultimate solution
for new or busy teachers.
Includes 11 PowerPoint
slide shows for Standard 1
(Scientific Inquiry) and Standard
4 (Scientific concepts, principles,
and theories). Each slide
show includes one reproducible
Student Notebook
(unbound) that is
coordinated with the
Standard that the slide
show purchased represents. The notebooks are richly illustrated
with the same pictures as seen on
the CD. Below each picture is
room for additional notes. Together, the notebook and CD show
will make a great impression
on your students and provide them
with a permanent copy of great looking notes that they can use.
With a click of the
mouse the teacher controls fly-in
"key words" (copied by student into notebook), drawings,
and animations. This program,
a total of eleven PowerPoint
programs, can save you hundreds of hours of prep time.
Mac and PC compatible. A complete
a Power Point Answer Key Manual can be purchased
separately.
Full
set includes:
1.Scientific
Inquiry
2.
Ecosystem Interactions
3.
Cellular interactions
4.
Genetics
5.
Evolution
6.
Reproduction
7.
Energenics
8.
Feedback systems
9.
Immunity
10.
Basic
Ecology
11.
Human
Ecology
SAMPLE SLIDE
(slides are in color)
SAMPLE NOTE PAGE
(notes are in black and white)
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11.
BIO-BAGGIE ACTIVITIES
(1 package containing
5 baggie activities on same topic = $34.95)
The Bio-Baggie Activities
are self-contained, hands-on, manipulative-based lessons.
The activities involve mini-simulation labs,
model building, and games that simulate and/or demonstrate biology
structures
and/or processes such as diffusion, evolution, DNA
replication, etc. Each activity comes in a zip lock baggie that
contains all
the equipment needed for a team of two students.
Also included in the baggie are laminated instructions
and a re-usable, laminated data page* with a water soluble
flow pen*.
A separate master conclusion page, additional master
data page, and teacher answer key/guide are provided.
These activities
are meant to be used as short, hands-on, introductions to major
concepts. Most of the activities should take
only 15-25 minutes
to complete. The activities are re-usable as you proceed from
one class to the next. Just have the
students return everything
to the baggie and they are ready for the next class. These are
great time savers. They are also
perfect for students that have
missed class. All you need to do is hand them a baggie and they
are ready to go. One package
contains 5 baggie activities/topic
that can be used for 5 pairs of students (10 students).
Three baggie
topics are presently available. More activities will be available
in the future. Descriptions of the activities
presently available
include:
*(only
mini-simulation labs come with a Data page and flow pen)
1. DIFFUSION.
Students will simulate kinetic energy, random motion, membrane
selectivity, different molecular
concentrations, and demonstrate
how these processes relate to diffusion (see photo below).
Ex. Diffusion Baggie package
contains 5 labs like the one shown below.
(plus separate master conclusion
page, additional master data page, and teacher answer key/guide)
2. DNA, GENES,
CHROMATIN, AND CHROMOSOMES. Students will create "histone-DNA"
models to demonstrate the
relationship between DNA, genes, chromatin,
and chromosomes. Students will also demonstrate the histone difference
between active chromatin (with genes "on") and
non-active chromatin (with genes "off") . Finally, this
activity is a great
way to show how and why chromatin condenses
back and forth between chromosomes and "loose" chromatin
strands in
the nucelus.
3. CELL MODEL. Each
student team will create a cell, using plastic organelles, based on a
chart that describes what each
organelle looks like. The team will then
place the organelle over a specified (numbered) location on a laminated
outline of a
cell. Teachers can roam the room to see if
each student team was successful. A question page is included that will
require
the student to read a description of how cystic fibrosis
results from problems at the cellular level. Based on what they read,
the team will then assign a function to each organelle that is part of
the model.
Ex.
The Cell Model Baggie package contains 10 hard plastic organelles (very
tough and about the thicknes of a quarter) like
those shown above.
The plastic parts include the mitochondria, lysosome, vacuole, free
ribosomes, nucleus (with nucleolus),
golgi apparatus, cell membrane,
centrioles, rough endoplasmic reticulum, and smooth endoplasmic
reticulum.
The yellow cell body (approximately 6"x 7") is laminated.
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12. Biology
Flashcards
Get your
students ready for the Regents Exam !!
KIT #1 = $34.95 for topics 1-6
(360 cards/total; 5
kits/topic; 72 cards/student;
laminated)
KIT
#2 = $34.95
for topics 7-12 (360 cards/total; 5 kits/topic;
72
cards/student; lamainated)
The proven way to increase retention of
basic facts and concepts for exams.
This kit contains flashcards with multiple choice Regents type
questions on
side 1 and the answers with
explanation on
side 2. The laminated, business size cards are 2"x 3.5". The
flashcards may be used in one class and then reused in
the next class
for review. Each topic
contains 12 carefully
selected
questions/student (sold as 6 Kits with each Kit a different topic; E.g.
Kits 1-6. or Kits 7-12, or both Kits; see below). Cards are pre-cut.
The questions
that have been selected represent important Major Understandings associated
with each Regents unit (Key Ideas).
I have limited the number of cards to allow students time to properly use the cards without discouraging
student use of the cards. A modified Leitner and Distributed Practice system is
explained in the Teacher's
Guide to help teachers
explain how to properly use the flashcards.
There are 12 topics and a total of
144 different flashcards for Standards 1 and 4 and lab skills.
The titles of the
individual kits available at this time include (topics 1-12):
Kit
1: Scientific Inquiry (Std.
1, Key Ideas 1-3).................
Kit
2: Cell Organization (Std. 4, Key Idea 1.1)..........
Kit 3: Population
Ecology (Standard
4, Key Idea 1.2) .....
Kit 4:
Genetics (Standard 4, Key Idea 2).................
Kit
5: Evolution (Standard 4, Key Idea 3)..............
Kit
6: Reproduction (Standard
4, Key Idea 4)
Kit
7: Energetics (Standard 4, Key
Idea 5.1)
Kit
8: Disease (Standard 4, Key Idea 5.2)................
Kit 9: Feedback (Standard 4, Key
Idea 5.3)
Kit
10: Basic Ecology (Standard 4,
Key Idea 6)
Kit
11: Human Ecology (Standard
4, Key Idea
7)
Kit
12: Lab Skills...............
(Questions on
microscope skills, pH, measurements, staining, indicators, graph
interpretation, dichotomous key, gel electrophoresis, paper
chromatography)
Kits 1-6 (topics 1-6) are purchased together (for class of 5
students).
This equals 30 card sets (5
sets of cards for each
of the 6 topics) at
$34.95.*
Kits 7-12 (topics
7-12) are purchased together
(for class of 5
students).
This equals 30 card
sets (5 sets of cards
for each of the 6
topics) at 34.95.*
Any six kits (from Kits 1-12) purchased together (for class of 5
students)
This equals 30 card
sets (5 sets of cards for each of the 6 topics) at
$34.95.*
* (1 set for one topic =
12 cards)
BONUS SALE ! Do the work and save cash.
Uncut, unlaminated sheets provided
(12 cards/sheet).
Students cut-out their own
cards. Order as before but
specify "Uncut Unlaminated Sheets."
$29.95 for Kits 1-6 (save
$5 off $34.95)
$29.95 for Kits 7-12 (save $5 off $34.95)
Genetics Sample
Flashcard (side 1 and 2)
.
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