Science Books


	Explore Rocks and Minerals!	Have you ever wondered what those sparkly specks in the piece of gravel in your driveway might be? Or why some crystals grow so big? In Explore Rocks and Minerals! kids can try activities that will help them figure out the answers, from testing... Read More...
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	Discover The Amazon	What if you were lost in the Amazon? Could you survive? Could you find your way out? From navigating through the jungle to finding shelter, Discover the Amazon: The World's Largest Rainforest will show kids ages 8 to 12 how they could make it... Read More...
	Amazing Math Projects You Can Build Yourself	Make a geodesic dome big enough to sit in. Solve the world’s hardest two-piece puzzle. Pass a straight line though a curved slot. From prime numbers to paraboloids, activities in Amazing Math Projects You Can Build Yourself ... Read More...
	Explore Solar	Explore the Solar System! introduces kids ages 6-9 to the planets, moons, and other celestial bodies that surround our star, the sun, as... Read More...
	Amazing Biome Projects You Can Build Yourself	Amazing Biome Projects You Can Build Yourself takes kids ages 9 and up on a circumnavigation of the globe to learn about Earth's terrestrial and aquatic biomes. Read More...

Conferences & Shows

Nomad will be exhibiting at the following shows, stop by and visit!

NMSA Annual Conference & Exhibit
November 4-6, 2010 Baltimore, MD

86th NCSS Annual Conference
November 12-14, 2010 Denver, Co

NSTA Annual Conference
March 10-13 2011 San Francisco CA

TLA Annual Conference
April 12-15 Austin, TX

ALA Annual Conference
June 23-28 New Orleans LA

AASL Annual Conference
October 26-30 Minneapolis, MN

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Coming Soon

Deserts

PUB DATE SEPTEMBER 2010 In "Deserts" kids ages 8-10 will investigate this growing biome and discover how landscape and living things exist in harmony. They will learn about desertification and the impact of ranching and overdevelopment in areas close to deserts that makes the desert a rapidly expanding ecosystem.