Washoe County Library System

Rhyming anecdotes present opportunities for simple math activities and hints for solving.

Imaginative stories, vivid 3-D animation, clever rhymes, catchy songs, and memorable characters will help second to fourth graders better be able to develop and retain math comprehension while improving problem-solving skills. Each program in this collection has been correlated to all state and national curriculum standards by Plato Learning, a leader in the development of standards-based curriculum.

A boy and his dog present amusing counting, size comparison, and mathematical facts.

"An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible--a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our...