Best Selling Books by Kate Boehm Jerome

Now you can motivate students in Grades 3-5 who struggle with understanding core science concepts and difficult science vocabulary! SRA Snapshots Video Science has a flexible and easy-to-use format that allows you to efficiently provide important reinforcement and testing practice of key science concepts found on state tests.

"Discover how force makes people and objects move. Hop on a snowboard to find out how snowboarders use force to speed down a snow-covered mountain"--Publisher''s website.

AMarena Montoya is learning how marine mammals talk to each other. But her bigger challenge is learning how to communicate with her new study partner, Samuel, as sea mammal rescues - and their own lives - will depend on it. A baby sea otter and a dolphin need Marena and Samuel''s help, but when the team investigates strange sounds under the ocean, they become the ones in need of rescue. Trapped and in trouble, can Marena and Samuel escape on their own? Or will they need a little help from a sea mammal friend?

Provides opportunities for students to develop and apply fundamental mathematical and scientific skills.

Plants are either nonvascular or vascular. Most vascular plants make seeds. Plants have defenses to protect themselves. Photosynthesis occurs when plants use energy from sunlight to make their own food. They use light energy to change water and carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen. During respiration, plants use the energy stored in food.

Weathering is how rocks break down and change. Soil contains weathered rock, air, water, and humus. Soil forms in layers over many years. Most plants need soil to grow. Erosion moves weathered rocks and soil around. Wind, gravity, water, and ice are forces that can cause weathering or erosion.

Cells, tissues, and organs work together to make up a body system. All of your body systems work together to keep you alive. Food provides nutrients that give your body energy. People should make healthy food choices based on the food pyramid. Exercise keeps your body healthy, and sleep helps your body grow and repair itself.

"Discover the wide variety of adaptations that help animals survive in their habitats. Dive into the ocean to learn about adaptations of deep-sea animals"--Publisher website.

Examines the technology used at an aquarium.

The Oceans Around Us explores oceans and the plant and animal life that they support. Clear, attractive National Geographic Society colour photographs support the easily read expository text. The various labels, captions, charts, diagrams, and graphs add to the value of the students'' learning experience, as do the questions and hands-on activities.

6-Pack; The healing properties of common plantsufrom calming toothache to treating malariauare revealed.

Examines the life of Marie Curie as she and other scientists began to unravel the secrets of the atom. Explains the importance of the Periodic Table of Elements and identifies scientists who have made contributions to the study of radioactivity. Includes brief biographies of Dimitry Mendeleyev, Wilhelm Roentgen, Henri Becquerel, Marie Curie, and Pierre Curie.

Maggie snorkels around a big coral reef and is delighted to find a beautiful underwater world of interesting animals.

Maggie and her older brother Jake explore some of the animals that make their home where the ocean meets the shore.

Bookroom Collection 6-Pack; Rocks are made of minerals. They are classified into three groupsuigneous, sedimentary, and metamorphicuand are constantly changing from one type to another in the rock cycle. Fossils are any signs of living things from the past. Scientists use fossils and the ages of rocks to learn about Earth''s history.