Books in Missouri Experience series

Journey across oceans and continents to experience the most extreme weather on the planet. Far out to sea, clouds form together as towering thunderheads, building and gathering strength. As the winds climb to incredible speed, the storm is ready to unleash terrible destruction: and it's heading straight for the city! Fantastic digital imagery takes you right into the heart of devastating tornadoes, hurricanes, storm surges, monsoons and blizzards. See lightning strike, find out how rain develops and visit the foggiest place in the world. Eyewitness accounts from a twister survivor and action-packed scenes turn meeting mother nature into an extreme adventure. Bring the weather inside with the gigantic panoramic poster - it'll blow you away! This book is brilliant for homework and school projects or just for fun.

The Millionaire GameBook is reproducible and allows kids to learn about their state symbols, tree, flower, motto, statehood date, capital city, natural resources, weather and borders. The book includes multiple choice questions that are challenging and fun to answer with established dollar values to tally for extra excitement. This book covers fascinating state facts and meets state standards.

The Wheel of Fortune GameBook is reproducible and allows kids to guess on geography, hypothesize on history, explore economics, speculate on civics and bet on biographies. The Wheel of Fortune GameBook can be used by an individual or by teams who tally their own scores. Having a wheel to spin to establish point values for questions adds a fun element to the game. This book covers fascinating state facts and meets state standards. The book includes game instructions, a pattern for making a Lazy Susan Wheel and prize suggestions.

The Missouri Vocabulary Student Practice Workbook will boost test scores by helping students develop the vocabulary they need for success. The Missouri Vocabulary Student Practice Workbook includes 60 vocabulary words from the Missouri Social Studies Standards. There are 15 weeks of quizzes, a dictionary of 60 vocabulary words and their definitions, plus a page to add Bonus Words. The Student Practice Workbook includes quizzes that correspond with the Teacher's Edition. The Teacher's Edition includes a "week of words" in a straightforward, thought-provoking, and FUN format. Every day for the first four days of the week, you'll give students a new vocabulary word which includes a definition, an interesting fact, and a "Think About It" discussion question. On day five, students will take a quiz on the four words using their companion Student Practice Workbook. There are 15 weeks of quizzes. A must-have for every teacher! The Missouri Vocabulary Student Practice Workbooks use: 1. a focused approach to boost students' comprehension from Missouri's Social Studies Standards. 2. a consistent format that is easy for teachers and effective for students. 3. assessments to measure students' progress as they learn all the vocabulary words. This Missouri Vocabulary Teacher's Edition is a valuable test-prep tool when used with the companion Student Practice Workbook. The vocabulary words are: aerospace • agriculture • archaeology • architecture • Bill of Rights • border • capital city • capitol • city • Civil War • Civilian Conservation Corps • climate • consequence • constitution • contribution • culture • demand • democracy • desegregation • emancipate • emigration • epidemic • executive branch • explorer • flood • Gold Rush • government • Great Depression • immigration • independence • Indian mound • industrialization • interdependent • interest • judicial branch • legislative branch • local government • Manifest Destiny • migration • mountain • Oregon Trail • plains • plateau • Pony Express • population density • region • rural • save • settlement • specialization • state government • statehood date • subsistence • suffrage • supply • tax • telegraph • territory • Transcontinental Railroad • urban To view two sample pages of the Teacher's Edition, click .