Books published by publisher Kendall Hunt Pub Co

Based on the latest Occupational Outlook Handbook (the most widely used career book ever), this popular guidebook is deal for helping young people explore careers. It groups together related job descriptions, making it easy to study job options based on interests. The text stresses the connection between school subjects and future careers. Green occupations are included in the job descriptions. In addition, the extensive Web directory of online career resources has been completely updated.

Math Skills: Arithmetic with Introductory Algebra and Geometry has been written for students who need to acquire a better understanding of and facility with arithmetic and need an introduction to algebra and geometry. The text has enough explanations, real-life examples, solved problems, exercises, tests, and review material to meet the needs of both individualized (lab based) and lecture formats. The seventh edition also offers the following:a non-threatening format that encourages the student to work in the text itself, but leaves the explanations and examples intact even if the exercise sets are removed.explanations of the "how" and "why" of developmental mathematics that are concise, readable, and contain many examples and solved problems.a good collection of application problems that use real-life data and situations from today's world.over 4150 problems contained in Set A and Set B exercises, pretests, reviews, practice tests, unit exams, and a final exam that have answers and selected solutions in the Answer Section.sections on conversions with mixed units and divisibility by primes have been added and the sections on reading whole numbers, reading measuring devices, statistical graphs, and the mean and median have been substantially revised.

Not a traditional textbook - the Minds On Physics Student Activities Book is comprised of two parts: Activities and the Reader. The Activities form an integrated set of thoughtful engagements for students, and the Reader organizes and summarizes the ideas of the physics content and is meant to be read after students have engaged in associated activities. Activities The MOP activities all have the same basic structure: Purpose and Expected OutcomeIn this section, we tell students the specific concepts, principles, and other ideas that will be raised and addressed during the activity. This section also tells students what they are expected to learn. Prior Experience / Knowledge NeededWe first list for students the concepts and principles they should know or be familiar with before attempting the activity. Then, if necessary, we provide any additional background needed to do the activity. Main ActivityThis section contains the specific questions and problems that probe students' understanding and prepare them to make sense out of the ideas. ReflectionAfter finishing the Main Activity, students re-examine their answers to look for patterns. They are also asked to generalize, abstract, and relate concepts to the situations they have studied.

Not a traditional textbook - the Minds On Physics Student Activities Book is comprised of two parts: Activities and the Reader. The Activities form an integrated set of thoughtful engagements for students, and the Reader organizes and summarizes the ideas of the physics content and is meant to be read after students have engaged in associated activities. Activities The MOP activities all have the same basic structure:Purpose and Expected OutcomeIn this section, we tell students the specific concepts, principles, and other ideas that will be raised and addressed during the activity. This section also tells students what they are expected to learn. Prior Experience / Knowledge NeededWe first list for students the concepts and principles they should know or be familiar with before attempting the activity. Then, if necessary, we provide any additional background needed to do the activity. Main ActivityThis section contains the specific questions and problems that probe students' understanding and prepare them to make sense out of the ideas. ReflectionAfter finishing the Main Activity, students re-examine their answers to look for patterns. They are also asked to generalize, abstract, and relate concepts to the situations they have studied.

Not a traditional textbook - the Minds On Physics Student Activities Book is comprised of two parts: Activities and the Reader. The Activities form an integrated set of thoughtful engagements for students, and the Reader organizes and summarizes the ideas of the physics content and is meant to be read after students have engaged in associated activities. Activities The MOP activities all have the same basic structure:Purpose and Expected OutcomeIn this section, we tell students the specific concepts, principles, and other ideas that will be raised and addressed during the activity. This section also tells students what they are expected to learn. Prior Experience / Knowledge NeededWe first list for students the concepts and principles they should know or be familiar with before attempting the activity. Then, if necessary, we provide any additional background needed to do the activity. Main ActivityThis section contains the specific questions and problems that probe students' understanding and prepare them to make sense out of the ideas. ReflectionAfter finishing the Main Activity, students re-examine their answers to look for patterns. They are also asked to generalize, abstract, and relate concepts to the situations they have studied. Not a traditional textbook - the Minds On Physics Student Activities Book is comprised of two parts: Activities and the Reader. The Activities form an integrated set of thoughtful engagements for students, and the Reader organizes and summarizes the ideas of the physics content and is meant to be read after students have engaged in associated activities. Activities The MOP activities all have the same basic structure:Purpose and Expected OutcomeIn this section, we tell students the specific concepts, principles, and other ideas that will be raised and addressed during the activity. This section also tells students what they are expected to learn. Prior Experience / Knowledge NeededWe first list for students the concepts and principles they should know or be familiar with before attempting the activity. Then, if necessary, we provide any additional background needed to do the activity. Main ActivityThis section contains the specific questions and problems that probe students' understanding and prepare them to make sense out of the ideas. ReflectionAfter finishing the Main Activity, students re-examine their answers to look for patterns. They are also asked to generalize, abstract, and relate concepts to the situations they have studied.

The fourth edition of BSCS Biology: A Human Approach helps students understand biology concepts through inquiry-based activities and constructivist learning strategies that relate key biology themes to students' lives. BSCS Biology: A Human Approach also strongly emphasizes the development of students' problem-solving, critical-thinking, and inquiry skills. The curriculum allows learners to conduct investigations that are meaningful to them and that highlight experimental design, analysis of data, the formulation of explanations, and the application of concepts, rather than the verification of processes about which students already have learned. And to accommodate the demand that students be able to apply their understanding of biology to the personal, social, and ethical demands of scientific literacy, the program uses real-world connections and thematic approaches that bridge the gap between familiar student experiences and more abstract biology theories. BSCS Biology: A Human Approach is a curriculum that meets the needs of a changing discipline and a changing education environment. The rapid increase in the knowledge base of biology demands that students develop lifelong-learning skills that encourage continued science literacy. This course provides the tools to meet this need by presenting biology in a way that unifies life and establishes a relevance to students' lives. In addition, its careful treatment of the nature and methods of science helps to develop students' own scientific habits of mind. The Teacher Edition has been developed in a wrap-around format that includes reduced student pages, features more in-depth lesson planning support, and offers a wealth of options for differentiated instruction. Concept maps are included for each chapter, and updated, easy-to-use assessment tools help measure student understanding and progress.