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Sleep, read or watch a movie. Not much to do on a plane. Or is there? Air travel boredom will become obsolete with this entertaining guide. Keep yourself busy during the long wait at the airport and the cruise through the skies. Rather than just wait in security checks' long lines or suffer onboard through the latest child-friendly movie, readers can actually do something! Anything! Everything they could possibly dream of has been included for their viewing and pleasure. Make the flight the best part of your holiday. No more counting peanuts, incessant tapping of feet, or drooling on that tiny pillow. The boredom stops here, here, and here..
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This classic series will titillate students' imaginations while enriching skills in logical thinking. Logic Liftoff problems are easy to incorporate into lesson plans and are formatted to enhance the fullest spectrum of curriculum areas while sharpening thinking skills. Challenging and instructional, these thought-provoking books present sequential exercises in logical reasoning that include relationships, analogies, syllogisms, sequences, deductive reasoning, inference, truth-values, and logical notation. Simple grids coupled with intriguing problems evoke enthusiasm and inspire students to higher and higher levels while of thinking acuity. Each book builds on concepts presented previously in the series to offer a comprehensive logic adventure for young thinkers.

The skills students build by using this book are applicable to several areas of the curriculum. Academic skills used in reading, math, writing, and science all depend on the ability to perceive and define relationships, sequence events, and form inferences. But beyond the academic world, students will find logical thinking an integral part of everyday life.

This is the second in a three-book series designed to sharpen children's logical thinking skills. Once students have mastered Logic Countdown they are ready to meet new challenges in Logic Liftoff and Orbiting with Logic.

Grades 4-6.
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KLATU, LEK, AND PLOO just missed their ride home to planet Loogl. The army men from Area 51 scared their spaceship away. So where can they find a place to land a spaceship without causing havoc? Hollywood, of course, on the stage set of a film crew! But when they get there, the three kids are roped into being extras on a new sci-fi TV show. Have Lek, Klatu, and Ploo finally hit the big time? Break out the shades - they've gone from seeing stars . . . to being stars!.
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More than a chronicle of different phases in the astronauts' learning process, Before Lift-Off tells the story of the bonding of these men and women..
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War hero, test pilot, American astronaut, and U.S. Senator—for John Glenn, serving his country has always been a joyous adventure How does a boy from a small Ohio town grow up to become one of the most enduring heroes in American history?

Young readers find out as they follow his inspiring story from his schoolboy days in New Concord, Ohio, to his adventures as a highly decorated Marine Corps pilot in both World War II and the Korean War, a test pilot, one of the seven Mercury astronauts and the first American to orbit Earth, a successful businessman, a U.S. Senator, and, at the age of 77, the oldest human being in space.

Don Mitchell skillfully weaves highlights from John Glenn's extraordinary life with inspirational quotes and dynamic images to create an intimate portrait of a man whose challenge to young people everywhere is to become dedicated "to a purpose larger than themselves."

This superbly illustrated book follows the life trajectory of a very focused, highly competitive man, driven by a sense of duty to his country and an innate sense of obligation towards others. Readers will find themselves inspired to "liftoff" to new heights of achievement..
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A simple overview of some of the preparations leading up to the launch of a space shuttle .
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Logic Liftoff is the second in a three-book series designed to sharpen children's logical thinking skills. Through the exercises in this book, youngsters learn the same logical thinking methods that have been used by great thinkers. Challenging, entertaining, and instructional, this book gives practice in defining relationships, completing sequences, solving analogies, deductive reasoning, inferencing, and reasoning with syllogisms. Students begin the adventure with the first book in this series, Logic Countdown. Once students have mastered the skills presented in Logic Countdown, they will be ready to meet new challenges with Logic Liftoff and Orbiting with Logic. Grades 4-6..
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