American Rifleman is an official journal of the National Rifle Association, providing the latest in shooting news and firearms reviews.
Every week, Amateur Gardening is the first choice for both beginners and knowledgeable gardeners looking for advice and easy-to-follow practical features on growing flowers, trees, shrubs as well as fruit and vegetables. Be inspired, by our beautifully illustrated features covering plant and flower groups, both home grown and exotic, and take a sneak peek into some of the most beautiful private gardens around the country. Plus, every week we feature expert opinion and tips from some of gardening’s most influential exponents including Toby Buckland, Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank, Peter Seabrook and Jo Whittingham.
220 Triathlon is a monthly magazine, dedicated to bringing you the latest news and features on the swim, bike and run. With our team of tri-sport experts, we bring you comprehensive training advice, gear reviews, nutrition tips, and exclusive interviews with top triathletes.
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Narrated by Kate Winslet Oceans: Our Blue Planet takes us on a global odyssey to discover the largest and least explored habitat on earth. New ocean technology has allowed us to delve further into the unknown than ever before. From the coastal shallows to deeper, more mysterious worlds, we reveal the spectacular stories of life beneath the waves.
It’s the distant future, and a company called the Siren Corporation is hard at work colonizing Thea, a far-off planet capable of sustaining human life. A ship named Origin bound for Thea turns into a free-floating haunted house when several of its passengers wake up from their cryo-sleep early to discover their ship’s crew has deserted them, there’s a massive hole in the vessel, and anyone left alive is either going through limb-snapping body-horror transformations or warning of something inhuman that can “get inside us.”
This action-comedy animated series follows two giant robots who discover they are brothers, as they help defend Earth from the forces of intergalactic evil.
Research into reading development and reading disabilities has been dominated by phonologically guided theories for several decades. In this volume, the authors of 11 chapters report on a wide array of current research topics, examining the scope, limits and implications of a phonological theory.
Jan
26
A year in the life of a ninth-grade English class shows how participatory culture and mobile devices can transform learning in schools.
Schools and school districts have one approach to innovation: buy more technology. In Good Reception, Antero Garcia describes what happens when educators build on the ways students already use technology outside of school to help them learn in the classroom. As a teacher in a public high school in South Central Los Angeles, Garcia watched his students’ nearly universal adoption of mobile devices. Whether recent immigrants from Central America or teens who had spent their entire lives in Los Angeles, the majority of his students relied on mobile devices to connect with family and friends and to keep up with complex social networks. Garcia determined to discover how these devices and student predilection for gameplay, combined with an evolving “culture of participation,” could be used in the classroom.
