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	Explore Colonial America! The colonists’ trip to America took two or three months by sea on large ships. The ships could be about 100 feet long. These ships had to carry enough supplies for the long journey. Some of those supplies were food and...Click here to view or download this activity
	Energy: 25 Projects Investigate Why We Need Power And How to Get It Learn how energy is transferred between objects. Click here to view or download this activity
	Myths and Legends: 25 Fascinating Projects You Can Build Yourself The name “daruma” comes from the Buddhist word dharma. Dharma is the truth about the way things are and will always be in the universe or in nature. According to legend, a Buddhist monk sat for so many years meditating that his arms...Click here to view or download this activity
	Discover the Desert: The Driest Places On Earth Learn how light rays bend as they go from lower-density air to higher-density water. The object you’re looking at will appear to be floating upside down above the table! Click here to view or download this activity
	Amazing Biome Projects You Can Build Yourself Go outside and scout around for a plump pine cone. Then use the cone’s seed case to make a birdfeeder, and observe the birds that swoop in for a crunchy snack. Click here to view or download this activity
	Explore Solar Learn how an eclipse really works. Remember to never look directly at the real suna as that may damage your eyes. Click here to view or download this activity

Latest News

Nomad Press is looking forward to PLA in March. Make sure to stop by booth 1105 and check out our new titles for Fall 2010!

Explore Winter! excerpted for NECAP exam.

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA.org) reviews Explore the Solar System! "This is a great book to entice young readers to read more and learn a little science along the way. . ." Click here for the complete review

British Museum in London chooses Amazing Leonardo InventionsYou Can Build Yourself to accompany their exhibition on Leonado da Vinci.

United Nations declare 2011 to be the International Year of Forests. Details here...

2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity! Check here for worldwide celebrations.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory to study the Sun in detail. Click here to learn about the mission!

Lasers developed for defence against disease-carrying mosquitoes. Click here to read about the new technology.

Booklist Reviews Discover the Deserts: This large-format book introduces deserts and helps readers imagine traveling through different types, observing their features, and coping with the challenges they present…. Check it out!

This Day in History

1822:	Boston, Mass incorporated as a city
1964:	Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on "Goldfinger"

Yoke:
A wooden frame for harnessing two animals to each other and to a cart or plow.

— Word of the Day

Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today.— Gabriela Mistral

— Did You Know?

Coming Soon

Deciduous Forests

PUB DATE SEPTEMBER 2010 In "Deciduous Forests " kids ages 8-10 will investigate this diverse biome and see how environmental threats affect the earth's deciduous forests. They will compare the various ecosystems and the variety of plants and animals that have adapted to the seasonal changes that are characteristic of life there.

Featured Author

Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt

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Amazing Maya Inventions You Can Build Yourself

Great World War II Projects You Can Build Yourself

Featured Review

Tools of Ancient Romans: A Kid's Guide to the History & Science of Life in Ancient Rome

Review:

"Lively and well rounded history." —School Librarian's Workshop, spring 2007

"You can't go wrong with this teaching tool--it is simply fabulous!" —Homeschooling Parent, January 2007

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