Washoe County Library System

Observed December 26th through January 1st, Kwanzaa celebrates the joy of family living, honors the historical contributions of African Americans, and encourages excellence in family relations, school achievement, and personal delevopment. Features symbols of the holiday, gift giving guidelines, Kwanzaa foods, and more.

With this tape you will learn: To explain the meaning of multiplication; The ability to multiply using the lattice method; To make valid estimates for multiplication problems and to explain the meaning of division.

Lamaze certified childbirth instructor Sheri Bayles, RN teaches comprehensive baby care in 6 lessons.

An overview of astronomy, in two parts, presented in a lively manner. Part 1 covers: the history of astronomy; the celestial sphere; zenith and nadir; Ptolemy; the Copernican revolution; Kepler's Laws; Galileo; Newton; gravity; Planck's Law; properties of light and the spectrum; Doppler effect; telescopes; the earth; the moon. Part 2 covers: Mercury; Venus; Mars and its satellites; Jupiter and its Satellites; asteroids; cosmic abundance; Saturn and...

The story of his rise to political power and subsequent struggle for world supremacy. The bid for domination is a story of appalling tragedy that serves as a cautionary tale of what can happen when one man's megalomania infects a nation.

Sharon Lightstone teaches you how to use clay to make a pinchpot, animal figurines, things using slabs, textures, and a coil pot.

The metric system and measures of distance, mass and capacity are discussed. Measurement of area, volume and temperature are presented as well as measurement of rates such as miles per hour and more.

"Molly and Dave visit the Davis family of Black Mountain, NC to create a habitat for ruby throated hummingbirds and butterflies. They build a garden, complete with a homemade mister, bird bath, and a feeder."

This lesson introduces a method for solving relatively simple linear equations of one variable. The importance of checking answers using the original equation is emphasized throughout the lesson.

Visit the southern hemisphere for a look at Australian and Tasmanian reptiles. You'll meet the death adder, carpet python, skink, brown snake, and goanna, copper snake, and tiger snake.