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"Hit Me Again. I'm Still Stupid."
No reason to neglect your education while you’re playing blackjack. Just use our special heuristic playing cards and you’ll learn something, even if you do lose your shirt. The Elemental cards are a double deck, (104) cards plus (4) jokers in a plastic case. In addition to the standard playing card values, the decks cover the (up-to-date, 2006) periodic table of elements. Each card includes one element's atomic number, symbol, series, melting and boiling points, period/group, uses, est. atomic weight, standard state, and the element's name in English. The Bones cards are a deck of (52) plus (2) jokers covering the human skeletal system, with names and full-color illustrations, and yes, the four of clubs is connected to the five of clubs.
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93185 ELEMENTAL CARDS | |
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93408 HUMAN BONE CARDS |
Science Dictionary
This soft-bound Science Dictionary from Delta Education® is an elemental classroom resource, and ideal for home schoolers. The 64-page Level 1 dictionary for younger students lists over 1,000 words. The 78-page Level 2 for middle school students lists over 1,400 scientific words.
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35458 LEVEL 2 DICTIONARY | |
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35457 LEVEL1 DICTIONARY |
Go Ballistic
Nothing to it with William Gurstelle's "Backyard Ballistics," a soft-cover, 169pp compendium by an engineer on constructing rockets, cannons (carbide and spud), flingers, tennis ball mortars, balloons, fire kites, and other intriguing devices, all with common household materials. The detailed text includes parts lists, illustrated instructions, photos and quite sensible and necessary safety precautions. From Chicago Review Press.
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92823 BACKYARD BALLISTICS |
Trebuchets Beaucoup
Feel like launching something? This very well done 174pp, soft-cover book--"The Art of the Catapult," from Chicago Review Press--is full of history, lore and detailed building instructions for all of your better siege engines: ballistae, onagers, trebuchets and catapults. Quite suitable for those medieval school projects. The peace-loving bonus at the end contains instructions for making a "basket-pult," a table top basketball game, complete with backboard. By William Gurstulle.
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92822 ART OF CATAPULT |
How many Jeribs In A Hectare?
If you want to buy land in Afganistan you ought to know, and you won't find the answer in the conversion tables in the back of your date-book. "Measure for Measure" is a hand-book of conversion tables for about a zillion different units of measure from all parts of the ancient and modern world. If you've got biggish pockets, you can carry this 4" x 6", (864) page reference with you wherever you travel in space and time. (The answer is about 5.12. Good luck in the Afgani real estate market.)
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90203 MEASURE FOR MEASURE |
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Bound Anatomy Charts
Plus illustrated disease explications. "The Complete Portfolio of Human Anatomy and Pathology" has (50) full-color, laminated charts on heavy stock, and more than (425) illustrations dense with information and insets. Spiral-bound between hard covers, the 11" x 14" charts are all individually removable. A wonderful reference book from Scientific Publishing, Ltd.
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93008 ANATOMY BOOK |
Back To The Future Galactica
The "Starry Night Sky Explorer" CD from Imaginova® lets you view the night sky from anywhere on the planet, go forward or back in time, or fly around the galaxy as if you had a personal starship. Also prints star charts and has downloadable updates. Targeted to beginning and intermediate stargazers. You'll need Windows XP or Mac OS 10.3 for the force to be with you. An excellent value.
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93334 STARRY NIGHT |
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Junior Science Library
Just the ticket for tyro scientists, these 40pp, hard-cover books are from the Thompson/Gale "Routes of Science" series. Full of color illustrations and photos and with a wealth of sidebars, they cover the basics and history of electricity, gravity, geology and light, including mini-biographies of important figures. Originally priced at over $20 each.
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37674 ELECTRICITY | |
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37676 GEOLOGY | |
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37675 GRAVITY | |
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37677 LIGHT |
"Stars And Planets"
From the Princeton Field Guides series, this 400-page volume is written by Ian Ridpath and illustrated by Wil Tirion. Filled with charts and maps of the night sky, along with color photos and illustrations, it's highly detailed, dense and informative -- and printed on heavy, coated stock in a portable 4-1/2" x 7-1/2" paperback size. Third edition, from Princeton University Press. Spans beginners to advanced stargazers. Very nice.
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92922 STARS & PLANETS |
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Pocket Professionals, Outdoor
Cheaper -- a whole lot cheaper -- than hiring a guide, plus these fit in your pocket (which is only true of the tiniest human guides). These hunting and fishing helpers are written and illustrated by professionals and are dense with information and step-by-step, full-color instructions for deer and duck hunters and fisherpersons. They're printed on heavy laminated 8-1/2" x 11" stock folded to a pocket-sized 4-1/4" x 5-1/2". The series includes how to site and work a deer stand; place your shot effectively and safely; field dress and quarter a deer; identify diving and puddle ducks; cast for and trigger bass; work with minnow rigs; identify trout, salmon and catfish -- plus how to stay alive and stop the bleeding when things go a touch wrong. Original retail price of each was $4.95.
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36934 BASS CASTING | |
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36941 CATFISH ID | |
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36930 DEER STANDS | |
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36931 DIVING DUCK ID | |
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36932 FIELD DRESS DEER | |
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36933 FISHING FIRST AID | |
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36935 MINNOW RIGS | |
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36936 PUDDLE DUCK ID | |
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36937 QUARTERING DEER | |
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36938 SHOT PLACEMENT | |
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36939 TRIGGERING BASS | |
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36940 TROUT/SALMON ID |
Top-Notch Trivia
We would have written this sooner, but we were too busy reading the Top 10 of Everything 2002. Every page of the 288-page soft-cover book compiled by Russell Ash lists intriguing…lists! Learn everything from the Most Expensive Countries in Which to Buy a Big Mac (no, neither Japan or the UK leads the list), to the Boxers with the Most Knockouts, to the Top 10 Western Movies - plus more cultural, physical, environmental, et al information than you can imagine! A great reference book and #2 on our list of fun things to do! Originally $17.95 and marked down to $10.88 by a national merchandiser. Our price is a steal!
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35471 TOP 10 BOOK |
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