The GALE E-Books e-resource includes the following STEM titles:- Ethics, Science, Technology, and Engineering: A Global Resource
- Experiment Central: Understanding Scientific Principles Through Projects
- Real-Life Math
- UXL Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters
For more about each title:
Ethics, Science, Technology, and Engineering: A Global Resource considers both the professional ethics of science and technology, and the ethical and political issues raised by science and technology in an increasingly complex and global society. This broad coverage supports the numerous courses in applied and professional ethics and policy related to the practice of science and technology in education, including new analytical and interpretive essays on events, scholarship, people, and legal decisions.
Experiment Central: Understanding Scientific Principles Through Projects provides examples of science projects and experiments that can be replicated for science fairs and other purposes, as well as suggestions on ways to design projects that investigate specific scientific topics and includes step-by-step descriptions of projects.
Real-Life Math provides an understanding of commonly studied math concepts by illustrating their use in everyday life in everyday tasks, such as buying insurance, constructing a budget, reading graphs, adjusting cooking recipes or planning for retirement. Topics are designed to support the modern mathematics curriculum and contain examples related to the global economy.
UXL Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters introduces students to the topic of weather and natural disasters, covering such topics as weather basics, weather phenomena, forecasting, and climate. Provides information on the scientific aspects of various types of disasters including: blizzards, earthquakes, flooding, tornadoes, volcanoes, and wildfires.
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