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Schottenbauer Publishing provides unique educational materials at reasonable prices, with over 1000 titles & editions available! Education topics include science, math, language, music, and sports, spanning grades K-12, plus some college and university.
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A new science book is now available from Schottenbauer Publishing, both in English and in German translation.
The Science of Gymnastics: Volume 4
(German/Deutsch Title: Die Wissenschaft der Gymnastik: Band 4)
The most colorful edition yet, The Science of Gymnastics: Volume 4 contains 24 brightly colored graphs depicting a variety of moves on pommel horse, parallel bars, and rings, using homemade equipment. Samples include handstands, L-sits, swings, inversions, circles, and more. Graphs trace the head, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, hip, knees, ankles, and/or feet as they move.
BONUS: Most of the gymnastics moves are available for viewing in a series of free videos on the publisher's YouTube site under the playlists Science Demonstrations and Gymnastics.
Additional information is available at: ScienceofGymnastics.Blogspot.com.
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Two new science books are now available from Schottenbauer Publishing, both in English and in German translation.
The Science of Balls: Sampler Edition
(German/Deutsch Title: Springen, Rollen, & Fliegen: Die Wissenschaft des Kugeln: Probe Ausgabe)
An overview of the 8-volume series Bounce, Roll, & Fly! The Science of Balls, contains graphs of 24 sports balls as they bounce, roll, and fly in translational and rotational motion. Balls include baseballs (official, safety, and plastic), basketball, cricket ball, dodge ball, football, golf balls (official, foam, and plastic), hackeysack, hockey balls (field, low-density street, and high-density street), kickball, lacrosse ball, ping pong ball, racquetball, rugby ball, soccer ball, softball, tennis ball, toy ball, and volleyball. The graphs and data contained in this book can be used by teachers and parents to supplement traditional lesson plans.
Bonus: These graphs correspond to three videos available on YouTube, under the playlists “Science Lab Manuals” and “Sport Science.” Direct links are located below:
Videos of Sport Balls
Additional information is available at: BallSportScience.Blogspot.com.
The Science of Marbles: Volume 3
(German/Deutsch Title: Die Wissenschaft von Murmeln: Band 3)
This volume contains graphs of marbles moving on a variety of inclined surfaces, including flat wood and curved metal inclines. Paths are complex, with an initial incline followed by a flat surface, drop, ramp, or wall. Comparison graphs include free fall and bouncing on carpet. The experiments focus on four marbles, plus a rubber ball for comparison. These data can be used for lesson plans by teachers and parents. Additional information is available at: ScienceandMathEducation.Blogspot.com.
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Just in time for summer, the new geometry workbook series "The Geometry of Summer Olympic Sports" has arrived! Now, children can learn as Blue Dude ("Blue Person") participates in a variety of summer Olympic sports: archery, boxing, canoe/kayak, cycling, diving, fencing, football/soccer, golf, gymnastics, handball, high jump, hurdles, javelin, long jump, shooting, shot put, sprinting, swimming, synchronized swimming, trampoline, volleyball, weightlifting, and wrestling! Primarily intended to teach protractor skills in math class, the book can also be flexibly used for art and sports classes. This fun and exciting workbook is now available in CreateSpace Wholesale and Retail, Amazon Discount Retail, and Amazon Kindle e-Book editions, in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, plus print editions in Norwegian, Swedish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, and Hindi!
Fans of the Olympics might also be interested in "The Geometry of Winter Olympic Sports," featuring Alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined, speed skating, skeleton, ski jumping, and snowboard! This book is available in the same languages and editions (print and Kindle e-book) as above. Several other geometry books are also available on specific topics, including gymnastics, figure skating, water sports, yoga, and ballet.
Additional information on these and other books can be found at Schottenbauer Publishing under "Education: Math."
