Enjoy Summer Science Camp at Home!

Creative families can enjoy a cost-effective summer science camp at home this year, with the assistance of science lab manuals with graphs and data from Schottenbauer Publishing! 

Schottenbauer Publishing offers a wide selection of low-cost science lab manuals, with graphs and data for science classes from 7th grade through high school, to introductory college and university level classes.  Readers can enjoy the following exciting topics, most of which are already available in both English and German:

Each book is filled with exciting graphs and data, following a particular theme. Graphs and data can be used for thousands of lesson plans by teachers, tutors, parents, home-school families, and independent study students. 

The lab manuals can be flexibly used for many different age levels and purposes. At the simplest level, the books can be used to foster graph-reading skills for 7th graders in math or physical science classes. At more advanced levels, high school, college, and university students can enjoy the lab manuals as a supplement to traditional lectures in physics, mathematics, engineering, biology, health, and physical education classes.

Free Samples

Free samples are available for download from the Schottenbauer Publishing website:

• Where Does Sound Come From? [Selections]

• Glide, Spin, & Jump!: The Science of Ice Skating [Selections]

Previews

YouTube contains a new, exciting series of videos with previews of the lab manuals. Summaries of each book are provided on this blog under the menu option for Science Education. Free preview pages for most lab manuals are available on Amazon.


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Celebrating the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi!

Schottenbauer Publishing is celebrating the 2014 Winter Olympics with a flurry of publications on the science of sports!  By the end of February, the following science lab manuals containing graphs and data are expected, in both English and German translation:

• The Science of Snow Sports, Volumes 1-2

• Glide, Spin, & Jump!:  The Science of Ice Skating, Volumes 2-8

• Stretch, Hold, Move, & Leap!  The Science of Yoga, Pilates, & Ballet, Volumes 2-3

• Lift, Step, & Cycle:  The Science of Exercise Equipment, Volumes 2-3

• Walk, Jog, & Run!  The Science of Athletic Training, Volumes 2-3

• The Science of Hockey, Volumes 1-2 [Field, Street, & Ice Hockey]

• The Science of Gymnastics, Volumes 1-2

In the book series listed above, the first volumes contain data on force, velocity, acceleration, gravity, and friction.  The second volumes include biometric data, including measurement of joint angles with a goniometer, electrical activity of the heart (EKG) and muscles (EMG), blood pressure, pulse rate, breathing rate, and lung capacity. Third volumes in these series, where available, include graphical dot analyses of movements during common motions in each sport.

Short summaries of each book are provided are provided on the Schottenbauer Publishing Blog under Science Education.  Selected free samples are available from Schottenbauer Publishing, and previews are available on Amazon and YouTube.

Other science lab manuals also expected in February include:

• Soar!  The Science of Flight, Volume 2  

• How Do You Play That Thingamabob?:  The Science of Music Performance, Volume 2

• The Science of Marbles: Volume 2

• The Science of Toys: Volumes 1 & 2 (Blocks & Dominoes)

• Gravity, Springs, and Collisions: Graphs from Classical Physics Experiments for Independent Study & Homeschool, Volume 2

• Electricity and Magnetism: Graphs for Independent Study & Homeschool, Volume 1

• Heat, Energy, & Lightbulbs: The Science of Energy Efficiency, Volume 3 (Alternative Energy)

Complementing the science lab manual series, "The Geometry of Winter Olympic Sports" and "The Geometry of Figure Skating" are available from the same vendors as the science lab manuals. These books are part of a larger series which also include books on the geometry of gymnastics, yoga, and ballet.


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Puzzle Books & Posters in Over 60 Languages!

Puzzles

Puzzle Books & Posters in over 60 Languages! 

A visual-spatial challenge for puzzlers worldwide, the new book and poster series "What's Missing?" arrived online in May 2013. The series challenges viewers to compare two pictures and locate missing numbers, letters, and/or words. As an added feature, the numbers, letters, and words are arranged on the page in a manner which often creates a larger gestalt or picture, similar to Pointillism in art. No knowledge of foreign language is necessary to enjoy the basic puzzles, and either Google Translate or a bilingual dictionary can be used to guess the word describing the picture, where relevant. 

In the sample below, the number "1" forms a random design.  In many of the puzzles found in this book series, the numbers, letters, or words form pictures of common entities, such as household items, cultural symbols, and animals.



The book series begins with numbers, operators, and English, and then takes a world tour through Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, focusing on languages with non-Roman characters.  Towards the end of the series, the language selections return to Europe, visiting the Germanic and Romance languages, and ending in Scandanavia. 

The posters, which are available from Zazzle, represent the full set of over 60 languages, while the puzzle book series currently consists of approximately 2/3 of this amount.  The full list of languages is included below:

• Afrikaans 
• Albanian 
• Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics
• Arabic 
• Armenian 
• Azerbaijani 
• Basque 
• Bengali 
• Bulgarian 
• Chinese 
• Croatian 
• Czech 
• Danish 
• English 
• Estonian 
• Filipino 
• Finnish 
• French 
• Georgian 
• German 
• Greek 
• Gujarati 
• Hatian 
• Hebrew 
• Hindi 
• Hmong 
• Hungarian 
• Indonesian 
• Italian 
• Japanese 
• Kannada 
• Khmer 
• Korean 
• Lao 
• Latvian 
• Lithuanian 
• Macedonian 
• Malay 
• Maltese 
• Marathi 
• Neo-Tifinagh Berber Glyphs
• Norwegian 
• Numbers 
• Persian 
• Polish 
• Portuguese 
• Romanian 
• Russian 
• Sanskrit 
• Serbian 
• Slovak 
• Slovenian 
• Spanish 
• Swahili 
• Swedish 
• Tamil 
• Telugu 
• Thai 
• Turkish 
• Ukrainian 
• Urdu 
• Vietnamese

Books are available from CreateSpace and Amazon, and posters are available from Zazzle. Afree sample for download, with a puzzle in each of 10 languages, is available from theSchottenbauer Publishing website.  A trailer video for the series is available from YouTube. 

Teachers, educators, and psychologists may be interested in the series, "What's Missing? Puzzles for Educational Testing."   Additional information is available on the page for Educational Testing.

Brilliant Nature Cards from Schottenbauer Publishing

A new series of amazing nature cards from Schottenbauer Publishing have just arrived. Available for individual purchase or in bulk with discount for large orders, these cards display wonderful photographs of the sky, sunset, and water taken by M. Schottenbauer, Ph.D. in January 2014.  The cards are available from MSchottenbauer Zazzle Store under Art.

Fundraising Ideas
Organizations interested in selling these cards in a fundraising campaign can find support materials, including order forms, on the Schottenbauer Publishing Website under Fundraising.  Other fundraising ideas from Schottenbauer Publishing include:

• Puzzle books in over 40 languages
• Adventures in Geometry Series (Sports & More!)
• Science Lab Manuals (Sports, Music, & More!)

Each of these books is available for a low wholesale price, which can be marked up for fundraising campaigns.  The books can be sold for fundraising, offered as a reward for pledges, or given as a prize for raffles.

Schottenbauer Publishing books and cards are available wholesale and/or at discount from the following sources:

Books:  CreateSpace, CreateSpace Direct Wholesale, &  Amazon

Music: MusicaNeo  &  Amazon

Artwork, Posters, Puzzles, & More:  Zazzle  

Celebrating the Geometry of Winter Olympic Sports with Blue Dude!

With the Winter Olympics just around the corner, Blue Dude's adventures in geometry continue to expand! Now, students around the globe can celebrate the geometry of Winter Olympic sports with Blue Dude! 

"The Geometry of Winter Olympic Sports: Workbook" was published on December 15, 2013, along with its German translation, "Die Geometrie der Olympischen Wintersport." In these books, students can measure the angles created as Blue Dude demonstrates Alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined, speed skating, skeleton, ski jumping, and snowboard! These books can be integrated into traditional classes in either math or sports, or used for independent study or as a supplement for homeschool. This Geometry series from Schottenbauer Publishing is available On-Demand from CreateSpace, CreateSpace Direct Wholesale, and Amazon. 

The series includes workbooks on the geometry of the following topics, with additional topics arriving in 2014:

• Winter Olympic Sports
• Figure Skating
• Gymnastics
• Ballet
• Yoga

Fans can watch Blue Dude ice skate on YouTube.  Blue Dude is also featured in the science lab manual series by M. Schottenbauer, including books on the science of ice skating, yoga, Pilates, ballet, athletic training, exercise equipment, and more!

Announcing a New Science Lab Manual Series!

Schottenbauer Publishing is introducing a new series of science lab manuals for grades 7 through university.  The lab manuals contain graphs and data pertaining to exciting everyday topics, including sports, transportation, construction, environment, music, and general physics.

Lab manuals are available through CreateSpace, CreateSpace Direct Wholesale, and Amazon for low prices starting at $10.  Each lab manual is available in both English and German translation.

Currently available and upcoming titles are listed below under the following headings:

• Sports
• Transportation
• Construction
• Environment
• Music
• Entertainment
• General Physics

Titles

Sports

Bounce, Roll, & Fly!  The Science of Balls, Economy Edition & Volumes 1-8

Walk, Jog, & Run!  The Science of Athletic Training, Volumes 1-3

Lift, Step, & Cycle:  The Science of Exercise Equipment, Volumes 1-3 

Stretch, Hold, Move, & Leap!  The Science of Yoga, Pilates, & Ballet, Volumes 1-3

Glide, Spin, & Jump!:  The Science of Ice Skating, Volumes 1-8

The Science of Snow Sports, Volumes 1 & 2 

The Science of Hockey, Volumes 1-3

The Science of Gymnastics, Volumes 1-3 

The Science of Field & Track, Volumes 1-3

The Science of Archery & Shooting Sports, Volumes 1-2

The Science of Fencing 

Transportation

Soar!  The Science of Flight, Volumes 1-2

Rotate, Slip, & Stop!  The Science of the Wheel, Volumes 1-3

The Science of Vehicular Motion, Volumes 1-3

Choo! Choo! Chugga, Chugga, Chugga!: The Science of Trains, Volumes 1-3

The Science of Floating & Boating, Volumes 1-3

Construction 

Hammer, Nail, & Screw: The Science of Home Construction, Volumes 1 & 2

Heat, Energy, & Light Bulbs! The Science of Energy Efficiency, Volumes 1-3

Environment

Fluid Dynamics & The Science of Natural Waterways, Volume 1 

Music

Where Does Sound Come From? Volumes 1-4

  

How Do You Play That Thingamabob?:  The Science of Music Performance, Vols .1 & 2

Entertainment

The Science of Marbles: Volumes 1 & 2

The Science of Toys, Volumes 1 & 2


General Physics

Gravity, Springs, and Collisions: Graphs from Classical Physics Experiments for Independent Study & Homeschool, Volumes 1-2

Electricity and Magnetism: Graphs from Physics Experiments for Independent Study & Homeschool, Volumes 1-3

Free Samples

Free samples are available for download from the Schottenbauer Publishing website:

• Where Does Sound Come From? [Selections]

• Glide, Spin, & Jump!: The Science of Ice Skating [Selections]

Previews

Amazon features free preview pages for most lab manuals.  Selected previews are available from YouTube.  Summaries of each book are provided under Science Education.

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Retail & Wholesale

CreateSpace

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