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From sequencing to debugging, this title teaches readers important coding skills through fun, dino-centric activities such as drawing a stegosaurus and escaping a T-rex. Each activity includes text on how the activity showcases a coding skill. A follow-up after each activity encourages readers to think about how the activity went, and how it could be improved. Bonus challenges offer even more ways for readers to test their skills. Students will have...
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Just like a haunted house, coding can be a scary thing to explore. But unplugged coding can make it fun! In the hands-on activities in this book, readers will use problem-solving to construct a tower to search for UFOs and use loops to rid a haunted house of ghosts. Introductory text explains each coding concept, while follow-ups after each activity encourage the reader to think through the results and consider what could be done better. It's spooky...
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From fun with functions to a variety of variables, curious readers can explore coding concepts with this engaging title. Introductory text about each concept is paired with hands-on activities such as making a robotic hand from cardboard and creating a function for a room-cleaning robot. Follow-ups after each activity ask readers to think critically, while extra challenges allow readers to test each concept in another way. The robots in this title...
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Blastoff into the world of unplugged coding with this hands-on title! Readers can learn about coding concepts such as algorithms and debugging by making pudding like an astronaut, launching a rocket, and pretending to meet a Martian! Clear text introduces the coding concepts, step by step instructions lead readers through each activity, and bonus challenges offer ways to take each concept further. This fun title will help readers develop coding skills...
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Coding is an important part of creating video games. But the unplugged activities in this title teach important coding skills without a computer! From problem solving to variables, readers can level up their knowledge by escaping a mummy's tomb and creating loops on an obstacle course. A follow-up after each activity asks readers to consider how the activity went, while extra challenges offer new ways to try the coding concept. Readers eager to work...
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Get ready to head deep into the rain forest and learn about unplugged coding! This engaging title uses activities with rain forest animals to teach readers pertinent coding skills, all without using a computer! Readers can follow a sequence to draw a toucan and use conditionals to avoid dangerous rain forest snakes. Each activity is followed by questions prompting the reader to think critically about what did or did not go well, as well as a bonus...
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Get ready for a thrilling trip into the world of unplugged coding! This exciting title pairs different coding concepts with activities that plunge the reader into various extreme sports. Readers must use problem-solving to climb a mountain and choose the right conditionals to win a snowboard race. A follow-up after each activity encourages readers to examine how the activity went, while extra challenges push readers to further hone their skills. The...
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Learning coding skills without a computer isn't just a myth! This unplugged coding title teaches readers important skills such as critical thinking and optimization through fun activities like guiding the Minotaur through the labyrinth and teaching Cerberus fetch, all without a computer! Short paragraphs explain and clarify each coding concept and how it applies to the activity. Follow-ups ask readers to think critically about how it went or what...
9) Free for All
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In the second book in the Lexi Fagan Mystery series, Lexi finds a new job in the City by the Bay as a receptionist at a political think tank. Her life finally seems to be getting back on track when her boss is found murdered in his office. Lexi's old friend, Detective Robert Reiger, pulls the young redhead into the investigation. As Lexi becomes Reiger's "eyes and ears" inside The Freedom Institute, suspects seem to multiply by the day.
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There is little debate that health care in the United States is in need of reform. But where should those improvements begin? With insurers? Drug makers? The doctors themselves? In Big Med, David Dranove and Lawton Robert Burns argue that we're overlooking the most ubiquitous cause of our costly and underperforming system: megaproviders, the expansive health care organizations that have become the face of American medicine. Your local hospital is...