Fitness & Learning: Middle School Home

With so many unhealthy food choices today, staying fit can be a difficult challenge. This title focuses on problems young people might encounter in their daily eating habits. Each title acknowledges the pressure young people are under from their peers and the media and gives guidance and support in a lively, sympathetic, and positive way. The approach follows a choice and consequences sequence. Real case studies are presented along with quotes and personal accounts in the sidebars. Advice on how to handle situations is given in e-mails from friends and older siblings as well as from experts on problem pages.

IAU Symposium 278, the ninth of the 'Oxford' conferences on cultural astronomy, presents a diverse range of disciplinary perspectives on a set of problems that continue to raise exciting and challenging new research questions and promote vigorous debate. It extends discussions about cultural astronomy beyond the community of 'Western' academics to focus on the ethnoastronomy and archaeoastronomy of South America, Central and North America, and elsewhere. Highlights include vigourous debates about Chankillo, a recently discovered solar observation site in coastal Peru dating to c. 300 BC. The first IAU Symposium devoted to this topic not only discusses new discoveries and interpretations but also considers broader issues of mutual interest across disciplines in cultural astronomy, such as field methodology and social theory. This volume is valuable not just to researchers working in these fields, but to anyone who takes an interest in the protection of astronomical heritage.

Tone those muscles! With helpful strength building exercises and tips, you'll notice a big improvement in your game. Build the power behind your baseball or softball swing, soccer kick, or swimming stroke. You'll be showing off your muscles in no time!

It's easy to start a five mile run, but it's a lot harder to finish it! That's why stamina training is so important. Increase your endurance so you can make that fourth quarter tackle, third period goal, or game winning spike. Finish as strong as you start with these stamina building tips and exercises.