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UNINA9910961153003321 |
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Beyond the boundaries : a transdisciplinary approach to learning and teaching / / edited by Douglas Kaufman, David M. Moss, and Terry A. Osborn |
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Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2003 |
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London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024 |
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9798400618215 |
9786612411939 |
9781282411937 |
1282411934 |
9780313084126 |
0313084122 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (185 p.) |
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KaufmanDouglas <1963-> |
MossDavid M |
OsbornTerry A. <1966-> |
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Education, Secondary - Curricula - United States |
High school teaching - United States |
Interdisciplinary approach in education - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Going beyond the Boundaries; 2 Educational Foundations: Building a Case for Communication; 3 Not-So-Foreign Languages: The Critical Inquiry Approach to Moving beyond Disciplines; 4 The End of Science...and Where Other Disciplines Begin: Exploring the Nature of Science; 5 Rethinking Secondary Mathematics Teacher Preparation; 6 Don't Mourn; Organize! Transdisciplinary Social Studies Education; 7 Reading the World and Writing to Learn: Lessons from Writers about Creating Transdisciplinary Inquiry |
8 Transdisciplinary Approaches in the Education of ELLs9 Murals as Interdisciplinary Teaching; 10 Learning to Let Go: Student Participation |
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in the Development of an Integrated English Curriculum; 11 Where Do We Go When We Step beyond the Boundaries?; Index; About the Contributors |
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Many contemporary secondary education standards call for teachers to reach across traditional disciplinary lines and create curricula and instructional techniques that are interdisciplinary in nature (as examples, for mathematics see Principles and Standards for School Mathematics; for science see National Science Education Standards; for foreign language see Standards for Foreign Language Learning; Preparing fro the 21st Century). Yet, due to the highly entrenched and fragmented administrative structure of teacher education fields, including tertiary preparation and state certification, most |
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UNINA9911019559103321 |
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Kaye Brian H (Brian Howard), <1932-> |
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Golf balls, boomerangs, and asteroids : the impact of missiles on society / / Brian H. Kaye |
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Weinheim ; ; New York, : VCH, c1996 |
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9786611758486 |
9781281758484 |
1281758485 |
9783527614837 |
3527614834 |
9783527614820 |
3527614826 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (439 p.) |
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Force and energy |
Guided missiles |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Golf Balls, Boomerangs and Asteroids; Table of Contents; Word Finder; Chapter 1 Why do Golf Balls have Dimples?; 1.1 Warning: Golf Balls are |
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Potentially Lethal!; 1.2 Featheries, Gutties, and Composite Balls; 1.3 Bouncing Balls and Leaping Athletes; 1.4 Golf Balls with Perfect Centres of Gravity; 1.5 What turns an Innocent Dimpled White Ball into a Lethal Missile?; 1.6 Golf Ball Dynamics: Impulsive Deformation and a Lift from Dr . Magnus; 1.7 The Scientific Study of Dimples; 1.8 Floating Golf Balls and Aggressive Crocodiles; 1.9 Golf Balls in the 21St Century; References |
Chapter 2 The Science of Bows and Arrows2.1 Using Potential Energy to Launch a Missile; 2.2 Working at Storing Potential Energy in a Bow; 2.3 Graphical Illustration of the Energy Stored in a Shielded Bow; 2.4 Vane Strategies; 2.5 The Composite Bow; 2.6 The Crossbow and William Tell; 2.7 How Big should an Arrow Be?; 2.8 The Bow and Arrow in Military History; 2.9 Pulleys for Bows; 2.10 Metaphorical Missiles and Metamorphosed Bows; References; Chapter 3 Racketeering Missiles; 3.1 Love and Tennis; 3.2 Tennis Balls - Flannel Wrap and Gas!; 3.3 Vibrations, Sweet Spots, and Space Age Rackets |
3.4 Serving the Ball3.5 How Do They Measure the Velocity of those Speeding Balls?; 3.6 Slow Down, You Move Too Fast; 3.7 Carbon Feathers and Plastic Skirts for Battered Birds; 3.8 Are You Being Servied? (The Robot is Here); References; Chapter 4 Bolas, Boomerangs and Bouncing Bombs; 4.1 Gauchos, Bolas, and Spinning Tops; 4.2 Boxcar Integrators and Lasers; 4.3 Some Circumspect Vocabulary; 4.4 Killing Giants and Catching Fish; 4.5 Dancing Aborigines and Skipping Stones; 4.6 Deadly Missiles of Cricket and Baseball; 4.7 Keep Your Eye Away from the Ball?; References |
Chapter 5 Darts, Stone Disks and Boomerangs5.1 Javelins and Snow Snakes; 5.2 Bernoulli's Principle, Venturi Throats, and Pitot Tubes; 5.3 Stone Disks and Flying Dish Pans?; 5.4 Killing Sticks and Boomerangs; 5.5 Flying Toys of Tomorrow; References; Chapter 6 Pea Shooters, Rockets and Rifles; 6.1 Peashooters and Blowpipes; 6.2 From Muskets to Machine Guns; 6.3 Shrapnel, Dumdums and Devastators; 6.4 Laser Rifles and Swords of Light; 6.5 Moon Shots; 6.6 Tit for Tat in Missile Development; 6.7 Manufacturing with Missiles; 6.8 Fatal Fiesta Frolicking?; References |
Chapter 7 Rockets: From Fireworks to Trans-Galactic Missiles7.1 Rockets and Newton's Third Law of Motion; 7.2 Getting Rockets off the Ground; 7.3 What Goes Up, Must Come Down (Most of the Time!); 7.4 Heat Transfer Mechanisms; 7.5 Designing Heat Protection Shields for Returning Space Missiles and Capsules; 7.6 Did Astronauts See Shooting Starts in Their Eyes?; 7.7 Circulating Missile Messangers; 7.8 Interplanetary and Trans-Galactic Missiles with a Message; 7.9 The Future of Fireworks Displays; References; Chapter 8 Cosmic Collisions; 8.1 Target Earth |
8.2 The Dynamics of Asteroid Collisions on the Surface of the Earth |
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Exciting reading for anyone with a curious mind!'Walking one day by a golf course in Wisconsin, I was startled to hear a sharp bang as a golf ball narrowly missed my head and hit a tree. My companion cheerfully remarked, 'That could have killed you, you know.' I picked up the innocent looking little white ball and looked at it with new respect.'Prompted by this perilous experience, Brian Kaye has written a delightful and informative book on the design and behavior of different kinds of missiles from golf balls, arrows, and slingshots to comets and rockets to outer space. You'll |
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