In order to better serve you and update the technological capabilities of our current catalog, Northwest AEA is in the process of changing the Media Catalog. We’re still making a few adjustments to our new Snap system. Until the process is completed, you’ll be able to search our former catalog, but you will not be able to reserve items via the catalog. Please call the Northwest AEA offices for help in booking items.
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Here is a sample of titles one can find in the Media Catalog:
The adventures of Mark Twain (453116)
Physical Illustrated
Copyrighted 2011
Distributor Atheneum Books for Young Readers (4249)
Synopsis An illustrated biography of American author Mark Twain, presented from the perspective of the Twain's famous literary character Huckleberry Finn.
Author Burleigh, Robert.
Author Blitt, Barry
Edition 1st ed.
PG 5.1. -3-6
ISBN # 0689830416
Balanced Assessment: From Formative to Summative (453447)
Physical 163 pages
Copyrighted 2010
Distributor Follett (0985)
Publisher Solution Tree, LLC (3747)
Audience Adult (A)
Synopsis The research, rationale, strategies, and examples provided in this book will help teachers develop their own repertoire of formative and summative assessments to monitor, grade, and make inferences about a student's ability to meet standards and curriculum goals. Exercises at the end of each chapter provide opportunities to reflect and plan action steps.
Author Burke, Kay
ISBN # 978-1-934009-52-9
A bee's life (453078)
Physical Illustrated; 24 pages
Copyrighted 2010
Distributor HEINEMANN LIBRARY (3171)
Series Watch it grow (5491)
Synopsis Photographs and easy-to-follow text explain the life cycle of a bee, describing how larva are hatched from eggs, grow into bees, and the queen bee's role in laying more eggs.
Author Dickmann, Nancy.
PG 1.4. -K-3
ISBN # 1432941372
Children of the Holocaust (453219)
Physical Illustrated; 64 pages
Copyrighted 2011
Distributor COMPASS POINT BOOKS (2527)
Series The Holocaust (4976)
Synopsis Tells the stories of Jewish children who managed to survive the Holocaust during World War II through a combination of strength, cleverness, the help of others, and luck.
Author Fitzgerald, Stephanie.
PG 6.9. -5-8
ISBN # 0756543908
Civil War Resource Book (453294)
Physical Illustrated; 36 pages
Copyrighted 2010
Distributor Follett (0985)
Publisher Carole Marsh/Gallopade Internationa (5088)
Audience Intermediate (I)
Series Student's Civil War (5376)
Synopsis Presents activities, songs, craft ideas, stories, and other resources designed to help parents, educators, scout leaders, and others introduce children to the Civil War and the people, places, and events that shaped it.
Author Marsh, Carole.
PG 6.2. -3-6
ISBN # 0635076446
eBay : the company and its founder (453160)
Physical Illustrated; 112 pages
Copyrighted 2011
Distributor Abdo Pub (4626)
Series Technology pioneers (5506)
Synopsis Examines the life of Pierre Omidyar, creator of the online auction site eBay, discusses his motivation for creating the site, and follows the phenomenal growth of the eBay enterprise.
Author Gitlin, Marty.
PG 8.5. -5-8
ISBN # 1617148075
Energy island : how one community harnessed the wind and changed their world (453155)
Physical Illustrated
Copyrighted 2011
Distributor Farrar, Straus, Giroux (0471)
Synopsis Shares the true story of how the people on the Danish island of Samsø reduced their carbon emissions by 140 percent over the course of ten years by harnessing wind power.
Author Drummond, Allan.
Edition 1st ed.
PG 2.8. -K-3
ISBN # 0374321841
Flocabulary: The Hip-Hop Approach to SAT-Level Vocabulary Building (453423)
Physical Not Applicable; 45 min
Copyrighted 2007
Distributor Follett (0985)
Producer Findaway World, LLC (4244)
Audience Junior High, Senior High (JS)
Synopsis A study guide to building SAT vocabulary skills, providing a collection of twelve hip-hop songs that use rhyme and music to help students remember vocabulary words. Book by Blake Harrison, ISBN: 978-1-933662-14-5.
How to Grade For Learning K-12, 3rd Ed. (453454)
Physical 277 pages
Copyrighted 2009
Distributor Follett (0985)
Publisher Corwin Press (0616)
Audience Adult (A)
Synopsis Demonstrates how to improve grading practices by linking grades with standards and establishing policies that better reflect student achievement. Ken O'Connor updates his eight guidelines for good grading, explains the purpose and key elements of each guideline, and offers recommendations for practical applications. The book examines a number of additional grading issues, including grade point average calculation and the use of computer grading programs.
Author O'Connor, Ken
ISBN # 978-1-4129-5382-5
Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions 2011 / July (453479)
Copyrighted 2011
Collection Professional Collection
Series Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions : October / 2010 (4741)
Synopsis Professional Periodical
Edition Volume 13, Number 3
Contents The effectiveness of Two Universal Behavioral Supports for Children with Externalizing Behavior in Head Start Classrooms; Teaching Daily Living Skills to Seven Individuals with Severe Intellectual Disabilities: A Comparison of Video Prompting to Video Modeling; Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams: Effects of Group Contingency Programs in Urban Classrooms; The Effects of the First Step to Success Program on Academic Engagement Behaviors of Turkish Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; A Strength-Based Approach to Parent Education for Children with Autism.
Lakes / (Blastoff! Readers - Learning About the Earth) (453238)
Copyrighted 2011
Distributor Children's Press (0991)
Author Green, Emily K.
PG 2.1. -K-3
ISBN # 0531260305
Literacy Music Collection (453030)
Physical Sound; 25 minutes
Copyrighted 2010
Distributor Follett (0985)
Producer Findaway World (4278)
Audience Primary (P)
Synopsis Teaches young children basic literacy skills through music.
Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow (452987)
Physical Illustrated; 79 pages
Copyrighted 2007
Synopsis Presents retellings of two classic stories by Washington Irving including "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and includes activities, questions and answers, and audio CD.
Author Jefferson, Cheryl.
Author Irving, Washington,; Irving, Washington,; Belli, Alfredo
Edition New ed.
PG Young Adult
ISBN # 8853008091
Rocky road (453287)
Physical 295 pages
Copyrighted 2010
Distributor Alfred A. Knopf (4611)
Synopsis Fashion-loving twelve-year-old Tess moves with her deaf younger brother and impulsive single mother to Schenectady, New York, where they open an ice-cream shop and lead a campaign for urban renewal.
Author Kent, Rose.
Edition 1st ed.
PG 5.7. -3-6
ISBN # 0375863443
Speed and acceleration (453067)
Physical Illustrated; 32 pages
Copyrighted 2011
Distributor HEINEMANN LIBRARY (3171)
Series Measure it! (5488)
Synopsis An exploration of measurement that focuses on speed and acceleration, discussing devices used to measure them and the history of measuring systems, and including related math activities throughout.
Author Somervill, Barbara A.
PG 5.7. -3-6
ISBN # 1432937642
Spiders / (Creepy Creatures) (453063)
Copyrighted 2011
Distributor The Creative Company (4913)
PG 2.4. -K-3
ISBN # 0898125693
Tech & Learning 2011 / July (453496)
Copyrighted 2011
Collection Professional Collection
Series Tech & Learning: August / 2010 through July / 2011 (4506)
Synopsis Professional Periodical
Edition Volume 31, Number 12
Contents Award-Winning Grant Strategies: As school budget shrink, grants are an increasing important way to support core activities, and to pioneer innovative new approaches to education. Here are strategies that won significant grants for these schools; Put to the Test: T&L editors take some new products for a test drive: Brainchild Kineo; Apperson DataLink 4 software; Epson BrightLink Solo; Control Room: Wouldn't it be great to know how many laptops are being used at the school down the street? Or how many of those are due for an antivirus upgrade? Asset-management tools let IT directors find out these things, and a whole lot more, from the comfort of their desk chairs; What's New: Atomic Epson BrightLink training; Bretford- Edu 2.0; DYMO/Mimio STEM course images; HP Smart Clients; Kajeet for Education; NBC Learn CaptionSync; PCI Education LIFT; and more.
