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  Rewilding; Native Gardening for the Pacific Northwest and North Coast

  Peter Haggard and Jane Monroe

  A Guide to creating a Pacific Northwest Native Garden
  
  Think of this book as a tool that will guide you through the journey of transforming your yard or lawn into a resilient garden landscape filled with vibrant native plants and endemic wildlife. Dig into a new way of gardening—one that nurtures not just your plants, but the planet. This book is for gardeners who want to get their hands dirty while creating thriving habitats for native wildlife. Whether you’re replacing bird feeders with natural food sources, growing your own produce while boosting biodiversity, or transforming urban and suburban spaces into havens for indigenous species, this guide will inspire you to cultivate a garden that’s as good for nature as it is for you. With detailed photos and descriptions of Pacific Northwest and California North Coast native plants and animals, Rewilding offers the knowledge and tools to create your own flourishing, sustainable haven—whether in the heart of a city or the quiet of the countryside.

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  Laboratories in Mathematical Experimentation: A Bridge to Higher Mathematics, 2nd Edition

  J. William Bruce, George Cobb, Giuliana Davidoff, Christopher Dugaw, Alan Durfee, Art M. Duval, Janice Gifford, Helmut Knaust, Donal O’Shea, Mark Peterson, Harriet Pollatsek, Margaret Robinson, Lester Senechal, and Robert Weaver

  This second edition is composed of a set of sixteen laboratory investigations which allow the student to explore rich and diverse ideas and concepts in mathematics. The approach is hands-on and experimental, an approach that is very much in the spirit of modern pedagogy. The course is typically offered in one semester, at the sophomore (second year) level of college. It requires prior exposure to calculus and provides a transition to the study of higher, abstract mathematics. Most of the laboratories require the use of a computer for experimentation, but the text is written independent of any particular software.

  Note to Instructors

  Please contact the corresponding author Chris Dugaw at dugaw@humboldt.edu for a copy of the instructor's manual which includes solutions, additional resources, and guidance on presenting the material. In order to establish your role as an instructor, please send your request from your academic email account, and include a link to an official website that states your position.

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  Professional Manual for the Parent Reaction to Autism Diagnosis Scales (PRADS-2) with Guidance for Tailoring Parent Supports

  Kathleen A. Brewer M.A. and Mary B. Gruber Ph.D. BCBA-D

  The Parent Reaction to Autism Diagnosis Scales (PRADS-2) is a 60-item survey, which provides 15 scale scores to measure a parent’s specific areas of strengths and difficulties in raising their child with autism. The measure allows researchers to obtain objective data on parent responses, and it allows service providers to tailor specific supports for parents. This peer-reviewed professional manual describes our research, statistical development, and validation of the scales, and then describes the steps for applications in service work, specifying how our measure may be used accurately, ethically, and compassionately, for the benefit of parents and families. The manual includes the informed consent form, the survey, scoring sheet, profile graph form, guide for tailoring services, a tailored worksheet, steps for follow-up interviewing, and a complete illustration for an example parent.

  Click the Download button or the manual Title above to view the entire manual for free in your browser.

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  To Catch the Sun: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harness their own solar energy, and how you can do it too!

  Lonny Grafman and Joshua Pearce

  This is a book for people looking to build a better future together, that includes:

  • Inspiring stories: Real life accounts of building solar power in communities.
  • Technical details: Straightforward descriptions of solar components and diagrams of systems, replete with real examples (many from the systems described in the stories).
  • Math and science: Easy-to-follow math that allows readers to size small photovoltaic systems for all types of environments and uses.

  Go to https://tocatchthesun.com/ to download a free copy of the book.

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  Spanish I: Beginning Spanish Language and Culture

  Matthew Dean

  This peer-reviewed textbook is designed for the true beginner with U.S. college students in mind. It contains themed chapters, which are divided into 8 sections. Each section has its own set of learning objectives, and is further separated into three types of assignments, Para estudiar en casa (with detailed explanations), Para practicar en casa (homework exercises), and Para practicar en clase (paired and group classwork activities). The explanations and primary input are written to be easily comprehensible. The individual exercises are geared towards acquisition of form and function, and the communicative classwork exercises promote interpersonal exchanges between students. The digital copy includes some embedded audio files, and we are developing a website to house many more resources.

  The text is also available print-on demand through Amazon for $10.

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  Pass the FAA Drone Pilot Test—Remote Pilot Exam Preparation 2020

  Nicolas R. Malloy

  Part 107 is the subdivision of Subchapter F of Chapter 1 of Title 14 that pertains to small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS). To legally fly a small unmanned aircraft for non-hobby, non-recreational use, remote pilots must abide by these regulations. This book is intended to explain the Part 107 regulations in a short and easy to read format. Additionally, this book also covers other areas of knowledge required by the FAA, including airspace and requirements, weather, loading and performance, and operations. Readers also have access to a series of sample test questions. Because the FAA does not provide specific test-questions to the public, the sample questions here are based on the information available through documentation and research. Peer review pending.

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  The American LGBTQ Rights Movement: An Introduction

  Kyle Morgan and Meg Rodriguez

  The American LGBTQ Rights Movement: An Introduction is a peer-reviewed chronological survey of the LGBTQ fight for equal rights from the turn of the 20th century to the early 21st century. Illustrated with historical photographs, the book beautifully reveals the heroic people and key events that shaped the American LGBTQ rights movement. The book includes personal narratives to capture the lived experience from each era, as well as details of essential organizations, texts, and court cases that defined LGBTQ activism and advocacy.

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  To Catch the Rain: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harvest their own rain, and how you can do it too

  Lonny Grafman

  If water is life, rainwater is a fountain of life. The purpose of this book is to show how various communities have caught that fountain of life using rainwater catchment systems. This book looks at real, practical, global experiences of rainwater harvesting on individual, financially constrained, and community based levels through academic, mathematical and practical perspectives. This book can be used to learn practical skills, see inspiring examples, and to make math have more meaning. This book is for practitioners, DIYers, community members looking for water solutions, as well as for students and teachers in environmental science, environmental studies, sustainable design, international development, engineering, and mathematics. The book is broken into sections on rainwater catchment in general, types, components, gravity, calculations, implementation stories, useful links, conversions, and problem-sets.

  Access a digital copy of the English or Spanish version of the book here. Sales proceeds from the print version go back to support the book and Appropedia Foundation.