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Books in Exploring the Brain series

  • Your Brain: Understanding Your Body's Control Center

    Jeff Szpirglas, Danielle Saint-Onge

    Hardcover (Crabtree Publishing Company, March 1, 2018)
    This comprehensive title examines the structures and functions of the brain. Accessible text and supportive design elements introduce different parts of the brain and explain their key functions. Readers will also discover how the brain interprets and responds to messages received from different sensory receptors. Hands-on investigations help reinforce and extend core concepts. This title supports NGSS Structure, Function, and Information Processing - 4-LS1-1; MS-LS1-8.
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  • Train Your Brain: How Your Brain Learns Best

    Jeff Szpirglas, Danielle Saint-Onge

    Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, March 1, 2018)
    "Your brain has an amazing ability to make changes and reorganize itself throughout your lifetime. This is called neuroplasticity. Supported by the latest in brain research, this motivating title helps readers understand how our brains learn and how each of us has our own personal learning style. Key concepts include brain functions and processes related to learning such as memory, attention, executive functions, and other cognitive abilities, and how neural connections form and grow. Readers are encouraged to take on a growth mindset, which is the belief that we are not just born with certain talents--we can develop them. The book includes several brain-based learning strategies. Each strategy includes a hands-on activity or demonstration to help readers apply the strategy in the real world, be empowered to take more risks in their learning, and to unlock their personal potential."--
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  • Your Brain: Understanding Your Body's Control Center

    Jeff Szpirglas, Danielle Saint-Onge

    Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, March 1, 2018)
    "This comprehensive title examines the structures and functions of the brain. Accessible text and supportive design elements introduce different parts of the brain and explain their key functions. Readers will also discover how the brain interprets and responds to messages received from different sensory receptors. Hands-on investigations help reinforce and extend core concepts. This title supports NGSS Structure, Function, and Information Processing"--
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  • Heads Up!: Concussion Awareness

    Simon Rose

    Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, March 1, 2018)
    "Using evidence-based research and best practices, this informative title provides a thorough introduction to concussions. Content includes causes of concussion, physical, cognitive, and emotional, symptoms, treatments, and the recovery process. Case studies, personal accounts from people who have sustained concussions, and injury-prevention tips encourage readers to advocate for their own health and safety as well as for others."--
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  • Your Changing Brain: A Guidebook

    Jeff Szpirglas, Danielle Saint-Onge

    Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, March 1, 2018)
    "The first few years of life were thought to be the most important in brain development. With the aid of modern brain-imaging technologies, we now know the brain undergoes a substantial remodeling process during adolescence. This insightful title is designed to empower readers as they learn how areas of the brain related to decision-making, planning and goal setting, impulse control, and social interactions are affected by this process of change. They will also discover that personal choices, experiences, and environment play a pivotal role in adolescent brain development. Strategies help readers build emotional intelligence, manage stress, and adopt a proactive, mindful approach to minimize vulnerabilities and maximize their potential for positive personal development during adolescence."--
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  • Train Your Brain: How Your Brain Learns Best

    Jeff Szpirglas, Danielle Saint-Onge

    Hardcover (Crabtree Publishing Company, March 1, 2018)
    "Your brain has an amazing ability to make changes and reorganize itself throughout your lifetime. This is called neuroplasticity. Supported by the latest in brain research, this motivating title helps readers understand how our brains learn and how each of us has our own personal learning style. Key concepts include brain functions and processes related to learning such as memory, attention, executive functions, and other cognitive abilities, and how neural connections form and grow. Readers are encouraged to take on a growth mindset, which is the belief that we are not just born with certain talents--we can develop them. The book includes several brain-based learning strategies. Each strategy includes a hands-on activity or demonstration to help readers apply the strategy in the real world, be empowered to take more risks in their learning, and to unlock their personal potential."--
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  • Heads Up!: Concussion Awareness

    Simon Rose

    Hardcover (Crabtree Publishing Company, March 1, 2018)
    "Using evidence-based research and best practices, this informative title provides a thorough introduction to concussions. Content includes causes of concussion, physical, cognitive, and emotional, symptoms, treatments, and the recovery process. Case studies, personal accounts from people who have sustained concussions, and injury-prevention tips encourage readers to advocate for their own health and safety as well as for others."--
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  • Erosion

    Becky Olien

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Discusses water, wind, ice, and soil erosion.
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  • The Louisiana Purchase

    Elizabeth Dana Jaffe

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Explains the events that led Napoleon Bonaparte to sell the Louisiana Territory and the difficulties that Thomas Jefferson had in making the purchase that doubled the size of the United States.
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  • Erosion

    Becky Olien

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Discusses water, wind, ice, and soil erosion.
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  • The Louisiana Purchase

    Elizabeth Dana Jaffe

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2002)
    Explains the events that led Napoleon Bonaparte to sell the Louisiana Territory and the difficulties that Thomas Jefferson had in making the purchase that doubled the size of the United States.
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  • Soil

    Adele D. Richardson

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2003)
    From the many layers buried inside the earth, to the rocks, soil, minerals, and fossils found just under the earth's surface, children will explore the wonders of earth's changing features.
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