Books written by Elaine Wood

  • Stimulants
    Stimulants

    London : Brook / Cole Thomson Learning , 2002. Explains how drugs cause addiction and what steps can be taken to treat it . Mike Gray , Drug Crazy . New York : Random House , 1998. A history of opium and cocaine use in the United States ...

  • The Coast
    The Coast

    Some have appendages on their backs called cerata, clearly visible on the Taylor's sea slug in the upper color insert on page C-4, which act as supplemental gills. One species, the striped nudibranch (Cratena pilata) is gray or green, ...

  • Narcotics
    Narcotics

    A compilation of quotes from famous narcotic addicts , including Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Thomas De Quincey . Chinese in Early Deadwood ( www.Deadwood UnderGround.org ) . Provides history of opium dens in Deadwood , South Dakota .

  • Science Up to Standards
    Science Up to Standards

    This book is loaded with activities based on the guidelines recently defined by the National Science Education Standards.

  • Gender Justice and the Law: Theoretical Practices of Intersectional Identity
    Gender Justice and the Law: Theoretical Practices of Intersectional Identity

    Shaped by politics and policy, Gender Justice and the Law presents a collection of essays that contribute to understanding how theoretical practices of intersectionality relate to structures of inequality and relations formed as a result of ...

  • Physical Science Experiments
    Physical Science Experiments

    The World Wide Web is an invaluable source of information for students, teachers, and parents. The following list is intended to help you get started exploring educational sites that relate to the book. This list is just a sample of the ...

  • The Science Teacher's Activity-A-Day, Grades 5-10: Over 180 Reproducible Pages of Quick, Fun Projects that Illustrate Basic Concepts
    The Science Teacher's Activity-A-Day, Grades 5-10: Over 180 Reproducible Pages of Quick, Fun Projects that Illustrate Basic Concepts

    I recommend this book to science teachers in middle through high school to kick-start science lessons." —LYNN FREEMAN, School Improvement Specialist, Metropolitan Regional Educational Service Agency, Atlanta

  • Crime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Labs For Grades 6-12
    Crime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Labs For Grades 6-12

    CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATIONS REAL-LIFE SCIENCE LABS FOR GRADES 6- 12 What could be more motivational than turning your students into super sleuths to learn scientific principles and techniques?

  • Crime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Activities for the Elementary Grades
    Crime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Activities for the Elementary Grades

    Whatever your training or experience in teaching science, Crime Scene Investigations can be an intriguing supplement to instruction. You'll find your students will be eager to learn science concepts and solve a mystery at the same time!

  • The Circulatory System
    The Circulatory System

    Discusses the organs and function of the human circulatory system, the vital functions of blood, and the medical diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and other circulatory disorders.

  • Hands-On General Science Activities With Real-Life Applications: Ready-to-Use Labs, Projects, and Activities for Grades 5-12
    Hands-On General Science Activities With Real-Life Applications: Ready-to-Use Labs, Projects, and Activities for Grades 5-12

    In this second edition of Hands-On General Science Activities with Real Life Applications, Pam Walker and Elaine Wood have completely revised and updated their must-have resource for science teachers of grades 5–12.

  • Female Sexuality in Modernist Fiction: Literary Techniques for Making Women Artists
    Female Sexuality in Modernist Fiction: Literary Techniques for Making Women Artists

    This book addresses Woolf’s Orlando: A Biography (1928), Yeats’ The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933), Joyce’s Finnegans Wake (1939), Beckett’s Not I (1972), and other dramatic works.

  • Forensic Science Experiments
    Forensic Science Experiments

    Provides twenty experiments in forensic science that will intrigue both students and teachers and promote the interest in multiple science-process skills.

  • The Saltwater Wetland
    The Saltwater Wetland

    The Facts On File Marine Science Handbook. New York: Facts On File, 2003. An excellent resource that includes information on marine physical factors and living things as well as the people who have been important in ocean studies.

  • The Continental Shelf
    The Continental Shelf

    The Facts On File Marine Science Handbook. New York: Facts On File, 2003. An excellent resource that includes information on marine physical factors and living things as well as the people who have been important in ocean studies.

  • People and the Sea
    People and the Sea

    Davis, Richard A. Oceanography, An Introduction to the Marine Environment. ... An interdisciplinary examination of the ocean for beginning marine science students. ... The Facts On File Marine Science Handbook. New York: Facts On File, ...

  • The Endocrine System
    The Endocrine System

    Describes how the endocrine system works, and the medical diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the endocrine system.

  • Ecosystem Science Fair Projects: Using Worms, Leaves, Crickets, and Other Stuff
    Ecosystem Science Fair Projects: Using Worms, Leaves, Crickets, and Other Stuff

    The Complete Handbook of Science Fair Projects . New York : Wiley and Sons , 1996 . Brisk , Marion A. 1001 Ideas for Science Projects . 3rd Edition , New York : Prentice Hall , 1998 . Dashefsky , H. Steve . Botany : High School Science ...

  • Weather and Climate Experiments
    Weather and Climate Experiments

    Contains instructions for scientific experiments that teach about weather and climate, covering snowflakes, ultraviolet radiation, solar energy, temperature, tornadoes, fronts, and other topics, and includes analysis questions, connections, ...

  • Science Sleuths: 60 Forensic Activities to Develop Critical Thinking and Inquiry Skills, Grades 4 - 8
    Science Sleuths: 60 Forensic Activities to Develop Critical Thinking and Inquiry Skills, Grades 4 - 8

    By putting the focus on skills related to critical thinking, the book helps students: Identify questions that can be answered throughscientific investigation Collect and analyze data Explain scientific concepts and make predictions Make ...