Pascoe, Elaine

Presents a collection of activities designed to be used with the fourth-grade text "History Around You: New York," featuring multiple-choice questions, organization tasks, games and puzzles, reading selections, and lessons in using maps, charts, and graphs.

Examines the history of London's subway system, known as the Tube, including some of the challenges faced in design and construction and its uses during World War II.

Examines dolphin intelligence and the ways in which dolphins communicate among themselves and with humans.

Examines the history and culture of South Africa from its earliest European settlers through the development of its diamond and mineral resources and the establishment of apartheid to the present.

Describes how various animals, including scorpions, spiders, and snakes, use poison to protect themselves or to acquire food.

Explores how baby Robert's brain functions at birth and how the cerebral cortex develops to control his body, then looks at what happens to Phoebe's body when her body cannot control an allergic reaction.

Examines the history of the world's tallest buildings, including some of the challenges faced in design and construction and how their builders tested the limits of technology.

Presents a study of Mantids, what they eat and how they catch their prey, their life cycle, and habitat and includes ways to collect and care for Mantids.

Describes a number of garden pests including grubs, weevils, and caterpillars along with hands-on activities for children.

Presents a short study of dragonflies and damselflies, and describes where they live, what they look like, what they eat and how they capture their prey.