Discover! Work & Machines (ENHANCED eBook)
Discover! Work & Machines (ENHANCED eBook)

Author: Ron Simmons

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 2000-09-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1429109475

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Activities explore the effects of simple machines. Lessons focus on the concepts of force, friction, gravity, and inertia. General background information, suggested activities, questions for discussion, and answers are included. Encourage students to keep completed pages in a folder or notebook for further reference and review.

Discover! Solids, Liquids and Gases (ENHANCED ebook)
Discover! Solids, Liquids and Gases (ENHANCED ebook)

Author: Delores Boufford

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 1999-09-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1429109300

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The activities in this book explain elementary concepts in the study of chemistry, including matter, atoms, molecules, physical properties of matter, and changing states of matter. General background information, suggested activities, questions for discussion, and answers are included. Encourage students to keep completed pages in a folder or notebook for further reference and review.

Machines & Work (ENHANCED eBook)
Machines & Work (ENHANCED eBook)

Author: Edward P. Ortleb

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 1993-09-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 142911083X

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This book presents a program of basic studies dealing with machines and the work they do. The history of machines is presented and the six simple machines identified by scientists and examples of each are illustrated in detail. Additional topics include forces affecting objects, work and power, forms of energy, and compound machines. Each of the twelve teaching units in this book is introduced by a color transparency (print books) or PowerPoint slide (eBooks) that emphasizes the basic concept of the unit and presents questions for discussion. Reproducible student pages provide reinforcement and follow-up activities. The teaching guide offers descriptions of the basic concepts to be presented, background information, suggestions for enrichment activities, and a complete answer key.

Construction Site (ENHANCED eBook)
Construction Site (ENHANCED eBook)

Author: Dana McMillan

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 2000-03-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1429111712

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Somewhere in your community children can probably see a building being constructed. Make the most of their interest by setting up construction site learning centers in your classroom. Here is everything you need to integrate this fun-filled theme into your early childhood curriculum.

Knowledge Discovery with Support Vector Machines
Knowledge Discovery with Support Vector Machines

Author: Lutz H. Hamel

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-09-20

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1118211030

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An easy-to-follow introduction to support vector machines This book provides an in-depth, easy-to-follow introduction to support vector machines drawing only from minimal, carefully motivated technical and mathematical background material. It begins with a cohesive discussion of machine learning and goes on to cover: Knowledge discovery environments Describing data mathematically Linear decision surfaces and functions Perceptron learning Maximum margin classifiers Support vector machines Elements of statistical learning theory Multi-class classification Regression with support vector machines Novelty detection Complemented with hands-on exercises, algorithm descriptions, and data sets, Knowledge Discovery with Support Vector Machines is an invaluable textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses. It is also an excellent tutorial on support vector machines for professionals who are pursuing research in machine learning and related areas.

Office (ENHANCED eBook)
Office (ENHANCED eBook)

Author: Dana McMillan

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 2000-03-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1429111720

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To every child, an office is an interesting, somewhat mysterious place where most rarely get to visit. Unravel the mysteries of the office by setting up office learning centers in your classroom. Here is everything you need to integrate this fun-filled theme into your early childhood curriculum.

American Frontier (ENHANCED eBook)
American Frontier (ENHANCED eBook)

Author: Tim McNeese

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 2002-09-01

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1429109882

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"The American Frontier" provides a detailed and richly illustrated overview of the westward expansion of colonial and post-colonial America through diplomacy, war, wanderlust, and grit. The frontier is defined and demythologized as Hollywood's stereotypical portrayals are replaced with factual yet no less fascinating and lively depictions of pioneer life. Daniel Boone, the Louisiana Purchase, the explorations of Lewis and Clark, the subjugation of the Indians, the Mexican-American War, and the building of the transcontinental railroad are among the events and personalities vividly described.Challenging review questions encourage meaningful reflection and historical analysis. Maps, tests, answer key, and extensive bibliography included.

Henry Ford (ENHANCED eBook)
Henry Ford (ENHANCED eBook)

Author: Mary Tucker

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 2003-03-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1429112417

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Children of today are so used to going everywhere quickly and comfortably in the family car, they take the whole thing for granted. They don't have a clue about the problems and challenges that had to be met by early inventors and automobile factories to make a smooth ride possible for us today. So why not bring one of the inventors of the automobile right into your classroom! Introduce Henry Ford to your students and let them discover for themselves the exciting early history of cars!

Dinosaur Dig (ENHANCED eBook)
Dinosaur Dig (ENHANCED eBook)

Author: Dana McMillan

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 2003-03-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1429112409

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Charts, time lines, diagrams, models they make themselves, dramatized stories, maps and much more will help students discover what dinosaurs looked like, what they ate and when and where they lived. They'll also learn about dinosaur hunters (paleontologists) and what they do, including some impressive discoveries of famous dinosaur hunters who lived many years ago.

Where in the World? (ENHANCED eBook)
Where in the World? (ENHANCED eBook)

Author: Theresa Shaw

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 2003-09-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1429114592

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Students will enjoy a variety of puzzles and location activities while reinforcing basic geography skills. Each unit focuses on the identification and location of countries, states, capitals, major cities, bodies of water, and other geographic features. Questions and illustrations may be expanded upon to include enrichment and investigation activities. A complete answer key and a labeled reference map are also included.