The Selva Maya (Jungle of the Maya) is one of the world's most magical yet least appreciated places—an enormous tropical forest that encompasses much of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. At 9,000,000 acres, it is the largest contiguous tropical forest north of the Amazon in the Western Hemisphere. Within its borders, the Selva Maya provides habitat for an astonishing diversity of plants and animals—more than 500 species of birds alone. The forest also contains the fascinating ruins of ancient Maya cities, which attract visitors and researchers from all over the globe.
Jungle of the Maya presents a stunning photographic portrait of this irreplaceable natural treasure. Nature photographers Douglas Goodell and Jerry Barrack capture the living wonders of the jungle—jaguars and other cats; spider and howler monkeys; hummingbirds and butterflies; and snakes, amphibians, and insects—as well as the region's hallmark Maya sites, including Tikal, Chichen Itza, Uxmal, and Tulum. Environmental writer Jim Wright invitingly describes the Selva Maya's natural and human history, helping visitors and residents appreciate the riches to be found in the forest and the need to protect and preserve them for generations to come.
Because human activities are encroaching more and more on the Mayan forest, Jungle of the Maya is a beautiful book with a timely message. As renowned naturalist Archie Carr III sums it up in his foreword, "Today, the Selva Maya is at risk again. As modern beings, can we manage the forest better than we believe the ancient Maya did? We should. We have the archaeological record to draw from. We have modern science. And we still have inspiration whispered to us by spirits in the great plazas of Tikal and beyond. Turn the pages, and witness."

Jungle of the Maya

Arts & Photography

Jim Wright

Photography & Video

University of Texas Press

Baseball Card Dealer Directory, 1989

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Mecklermedia Corporation

Senior Skills!: Teachers' Notes

PETER LEGGE

No Putdowns teaches children different ways to respond each step of the way, replacing angry reactions with clear communication, anger management and conflict resolution skills.

No Putdowns

Self-Help

Wendy Stein

Stephanie Pelcher

Relationships

National Center for Youth Issues

This comprehensive curriculum addresses: <ul>
<li>Violence prevention</li> <li>Character development</li> <li>Substance abuse prevention</li> <li>Life-skill building</li> </ul>
Includes fifty developmentally appropriate activities designed for use over a ten-week period. Upon completion of the core set of lessons, students will be able to recognize and understand the effects of putdowns on themselves and others, demonstrate strategies for calming down, recognize and express appreciation, encouragement, and compliments and much more! A program guide for staff support is also included.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

A comprehensive curriculum for violence prevention, character development and life-skill building. Create a safe, caring, respectful environment where physical or verbal violence is recognized and replaced with communication skills, self-control and non-violent conflict resolution. Includes 50 multi-disciplinary activities.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Hawk Mountain: The World s First Raptor Sanctuary is a full-color celebration of the birthplace of raptor conservation located along the Appalachian Flyway in east-central Pennsylvania. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of its founding in 1934, informative text and joyous photography come together to enlighten and envelop us in the majesty of the mountain and the raptors that frequent it.  Experience the sense of wonder looking out on the vast and exhilarating views from Hawk Mountain s North Lookout, the front of hawk-migration research and home to one of the world s greatest natural air shows, as raptors migrate past Hawk Mountain each fall and can be seen in these pages again and again any time of year.

Hawk Mountain: The World's First Raptor Sanctuary

Camino Books, Inc.

Response to Intervention is a problem-solving approach that can greatly expand the capacity of schools to accommodate diverse learners. The "RTI Toolkit" will provide school administrators and teachers with the essential techniques, resources, and guidelines to start a comprehensive 'Response To Intervention' process in their own schools. Readers will learn how to: Help Stakeholders "buy-in" to the RTI process; Inventory and organize intervention resources; Create research-based and classroom friendly student intervention plans; Set objective goals for student improvement; Apply decision rules to determine when a student who fails to respond to intervention should be referred.

RTI Toolkit: A Practical Guide for Schools

National Professional Resources, Inc./Dude Publishing

This six page laminated reference guide provides resources that will help classroom teachers to expand their skills in working with behaviorally challenging and unmotivated students. Using the effective problem-solving Response to Intervention (RTI) model, the guide provides teachers with: · A concise analysis of key reasons that students misbehave. · Effective core behavior management strategies for the classroom. · Communication tools that can increase student compliance and de-escalate problem behaviors. · Proactive accommodations and modifications to the instructional setting that can help prevent emotional outbursts and confrontations. · Ideas to empower students to monitor and manage their own behaviors. This guide is appropriate for both new and experienced teachers. All strategies presented are evidence-based and designed to teach and promote positive student behaviors.

RTI & Classroom Behaviors

National Professional Resources, Inc.

This book is a step-by-step guide to implementing Response to Intervention (RTI) in middle and high schools to help students who struggle with academics and behavior. The book provides advice for tailoring RTI to the realities of secondary settings, including compartmentalized instruction, highly demanding curriculum expectations, complex schedules, and students who are approaching adulthood and have a significant voice in their own educational program. The book can help RTI stakeholders to: * Promote understanding and support for RTI among classroom teachers and other staff. * Train teachers and other educators to clearly define student academic and behavioral problems. * Guide teachers to select and carry out effective classroom interventions at Tier 1. * Establish a school-wide screening program to use data to identify students at risk for learning or behavioral difficulties. * Develop a system of supplemental evidence-based interventions for struggling students at Tiers 2 and 3. * Create a strong Tier 3 RTI Problem-Solving Team to develop customized, intensive student intervention plans. This book is ideal for administrators, school psychologists, counselors, and teachers who are interested in bringing the positive power of RTI to their secondary schools.

RTI Success in Secondary Schools

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Books by Jim Wright

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Jungle of the Maya

Baseball Card Dealer Directory, 1989

Senior Skills!: Teachers' Notes

No Putdowns

No Putdowns

No Putdowns

Hawk Mountain: The World's First Raptor Sanctuary

RTI Toolkit: A Practical Guide for Schools

RTI & Classroom Behaviors

RTI Success in Secondary Schools