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2014
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"The sleek new Multi Function Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor combines valuable features with a contemporary new table top design. This monitor includes features such as: Pressure Rating Indicator - providing a snapshot of the user's blood pressure classification according to the US JNC7 guidelines. Irregular Heartbeat Detection - will alert the user to the presence of an irregular heartbeat while still providing an accurate reading. 90 memory -...
3) Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
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In 1714, England's Parliament offered a huge reward to anyone whose method of measuring longitude could be proven successful. The scientific establishment--from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton--had mapped the heavens in its certainty of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution--a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land. And the race was on.......
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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Cooking and baking are perfect examples of math used in everyday life. Join Chef Dave Christopherson as he takes a closer look at practical applications of math at the grocery store and in the kitchen. Basic math skills are used to determine recipe costs, converting recipes, determining timing, and more. Kitchen and math concepts presented in short video segments include: reading a recipe, measuring techniques, kitchen equivalents, timing a meal,...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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Is baking basic chemistry? Are ingredients basic biology? And is cooking basic math? If you can't tell a tsp from a TBL, you're likely to get a pancake when you wanted a souffle. Basic math is needed to help you properly prepare a recipe your guests will enjoy, or to change your favorite recipe to serving ten people instead of four. Matt the Mathematical Cook is a lively host who will multiply, divide, measure and whip up a few recipes in the process....
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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What are the features of a school change model? Can these characteristics be captured and shared with other schools? How can all members of the school community work together to effect change? In this four-part series, teachers and administrators explore specific ideas for implementing an apprenticeship literacy model that includes on-the-job experiences in five critical areas: assessing change over time in reading and writing progress colleague coaching...
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Eureka or aha moments are sudden realizations that expand our understanding of the world and ourselves, conferring both personal growth and practical advantage. Such creative insights, as psychological scientists call them, were what conveyed an important discovery in the science of genetics to Nobel laureate Barbara McClintock, the melody of a Beatles ballad to Paul McCartney, and an understanding of the cause of human suffering to the Buddha. But...
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Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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First edition.
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"Libby hosts a puppy party for her friends and their dogs. With the help of her friend Rosa and little brother, Libby decorates, stuffs goody bags and bakes delicious cupcakes. But when they realize they've forgotten an important ingredient, they use science to solve the problem just in the nick of time"--
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The U.S Department of Energy reports that 20% of our electric bills come from items that are left plugged in when they are not in use, or items that are in standby mode. With the Kill A Watt P4400 we can monitor the energy eaters in our homes and cut down our electric bills at the same time. Plug whatever item you want into the device and it will tell you the efficiency of that item by displaying the kilowatt per hour. This device will help you determine...
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