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This workbook introduces biologists to the key practical skills they need to create high quality graphs and maps in R. It is aimed both at students who are taking their first courses on data processing, analysis and visualisation and at biologists who wish to teach themselves how to use R. As well as providing a quick-start guide to using R itself, this workbook provides a series of practical exercises based on easy-to-follow flow diagrams that show biologists exactly how to do a variety of key tasks in it. These include:1. Creating your first graphs in R using the GGPlot package, including making basic graphs, such as frequency distribution histograms, creating high quality graphs suitable for inclusion in presentations and publications, creating different types of graphs from the same data set, and making graphs that display data from more than data series.2. Creating graphs to display groups of data using GGPlot, including bar graphs of count data, graphs of summary statistics for one variable with error bars, point graphs of summary statistics for two variables with vertical and horizontal error bars, and box plots. 3. Creating graphs of individual data points, including scatter plots, line graphs of time series data, and matrices of pair plots.4. Creating other types of graphs from biological data including pie charts, bubble graphs, mixed type graphs, and X-Y graphs of tracking data.5. Creating maps from biological data in R using the GGPlot package.Together, these represent the key tasks that biologists need to be able to create high quality and informative graphs and maps using R.This is the second book in the Practical Statistics for Biologists Workbooks series. This series aims to fill the gap between learning about statistical theory and learning how to actually use statistics in a practical and biological meaningful way. The focus of this series is, therefore, on the development of practical skills, based on learning appropriate workflows, rather than teaching statistical theory.The PSLS series of books uses Task-Oriented Learning (TOL) to teach the practical application of research skills to the life sciences. This involves demonstrating how skills can be used in the specific circumstances in which they are likely to be required rather than concentrating on teaching theoretical frameworks or on teaching skills in a generic or abstract manner. By seeing how similar processes are used to achieve a variety of different goals within a specific field, it becomes easier for the reader to understand the general rules behind the practical application of these processes and, therefore, to transfer them to novel situations they may encounter in their own work.

A mantra is a short, easy-to-remember phrase that, if you repeat it to yourself, will help remind you how to positively respond to or cope with a specific situation you may find yourself in. This makes mantras excellent tools for helping children to prepare for and deal with anything life has to throw at them.This is a classroom edition of Mantras To Help Kids Win At Life. It has been specifically designed and formatted to allow teachers to easily create handouts from it for use in primary classrooms. It contains:1. A set of mantras which have been carefully created based on the results of the latest research into human psychology to help children develop a range of important life skills, including a growth mindset, self-control, resilience, persistence and body safety. Together, these mantras form a mental tool kit that can help children achieve more, cope better with adversity, and leave them feeling more relaxed and happier.2. Twelve easy-to-photocopy double-page spreads than can be used to create classroom handouts. Each one features a different mantra and consists of the mantra itself, advice about when it can be used, information about how it helps, ways to practice using it, and an interactive opportunity for your students to try the mantra out. This involves either getting your students to draw a picture of them using it, or completing a short conversation a child might have based on it. This will help your students better understand how and when to use this mantra.3. Information on how to encourage your students to use mantras in their daily lives, and on how you can incorporate the use of mantras into the rest of your teaching. This includes advice on how to help your students create their own mantras.4. A series of blank templates that you can use to encourage your students to come up with their own mantras based on their own experiences and personal circumstances.5. A brief summary of the psychological principles on which these mantras are based, along with information about where you can learn more about them.Thus, this book contains all the information you need to introduce mantras into your classroom, and use them to help your students develop the psychological tools they need to give the best possible chance of growing into happy and successful adults.

This is a classroom edition of Draw Your Own … Monsters In My House. It has been specifically designed and formatted to allow teachers to easily create handouts from it for use primary classrooms. These handouts can be used to introduce students to the use of descriptive language by drawing monsters based on fun and amusing rhyming descriptions. Through these drawings, and the tasks that accompany them, your students will improve their word interpretation skills and learn about adjectives, similes and other ways of using descriptive language to bring writing to life. It contains:1. An introduction to Dr Colin, a cryptozoologost whose house is full of weird and wacky monsters. He invites your students to draw pictures of these monsters for him based on the descriptions he has written.2. Eleven double-page spreads featuring some of the monsters that live in a different parts of Dr Colin's house. Each double-page spread consists of a detailed description of a single monster packed with descriptive language (and written in rhyming couplets) on one page, and space for your students to draw a picture of this particular monster based on this description on the other. Below the space where the monster is drawn, your students are introduced to an element of descriptive writing (like the use of adjectives and similes) and they are asked to identify examples of it from the description of the monster. In addition, there is also a question to answer based on the description, which helps ensure that your students understand the descriptions they are reading.3. An opportunity for your students to think up their own monster that might live alongside the other monsters in Dr Colin's house and write a description of it for themselves using the descriptive language skills they have learned from working through the other double-page spreads contained in this book.4. Ideas for fun additional classroom activities that can be linked to the descriptions of monsters from this book and its approach to learning about understanding and using descriptive language. They include cross-curricular activities like art, outside learning and creative writing.Thus, this book provides a fun and interesting way to introduce your students to the ways that different elements of descriptive language can be used to help bring writing to life.

This is a classroom edition of Amazing Animals Basic Word Types. It has been specifically designed and formatted to allow teachers to easily create handouts from its contents for use primary classrooms. These handouts can be used to introduce students to the different types of words by getting them to draw animals based on short, funny descriptions. Through these drawings, and the tasks that accompany them, your students will learn about nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs, and how they work together to make sentences and bring writing to life. It contains:1. An introduction to each of the five basic word types (nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs), what they are and how they relate to different aspects of a drawing.2. Fifteen double-page spreads each featuring a different animal. These are divided into five basic word types. Each double-page spread consists of a short, amusing and child-friendly descriptions of the animal on one page and space for your students to draw the animal based on this description on the other. Below the space where the animal is drawn, your students are asked to list all the examples of a specific word type from the description and answer a question based on it. This helps ensure that they understand the descriptions they are reading.3. The opportunity for your students to learn to identify the different word types in the description, using a 'see one, do one' based approach. Specifically, in the first two animal descriptions for each word type, the specific word type has been underlined, while in the third they are asked to do this for themselves. This allows them to test out their ability to identify the different word types in a block of text.4. A system to help your students understand how the different word types are linked together using arrows to link pronouns, adjectives and verbs to their nouns, and adverbs to their verbs.5. Two final detailed animal descriptions which give your students the opportunity to bring the information on all the different word types together.6. An opportunity for your students to think up their own animal, write a description for themselves using the different word types.7. Ideas for fun additional classroom activities that can be linked to the animal descriptions in this book and its approach to understanding different word types. They include cross-curricular activities like art, outside learning and creative writing.Thus, this book provides a comprehensive system based around drawing which teachers can use in the classroom to help their students learn about basic word types in a fun and practical manner.

Mantras To Help Kids Win At Life is a workbook is designed to help children aged between six and twelve develop a robust mental tool kit that will help them deal with anything life might throw at them. By working through the contents of this book, children will learn twelve mantras, each of which encapsulates an important mental tool that they can use to help them deal with a specific type of situation they might otherwise find difficult to deal with. These mantras that have been carefully created based on the results of the latest research into human psychology and have been phrased in such a way that they will remind children how to respond to challenges they may encounter in a positive way. Along with each mantra, you will find information about when to use it, why it helps and how to practice them. This information is provided in easy-to-understand and child-friendly language. For each mantra, there is also the opportunity to try it out by drawing a picture based on a specific prompt, or by completing a brief conversation that a child might have based on it. This will not only help your child understand and remember the mantras, but also help them understand the types of situations where they can prove useful. Finally, space it provided at the back of the book where children can add their own mantras. This allows them to personalise the mental tool kit provided by the contents of this book and adapt it to their own lives. Advice is also provided for parents so they can help their children create mantras that will have the biggest positive impacts on their lives. From the back of the bookWhat is a Mantra?A mantra is a short, easy-to-remember phrase that, if you repeat it to yourself, will help remind you how to positively respond to or cope with a specific situation you may find yourself in. This makes mantras excellent tools for helping you to prepare for, and deal with, anything life has to throw at you. In addition, if you use the right kind of mantras on a regular basis, they will help you build a better brain equipped with some really useful tools that will help you to have a more positive view of life, and that will help you deal with almost any situation you may encounter.What's in this Workbook?This workbook contains twelve different mantras. Each one has been carefully created based on the results of the latest research into human psychology to help you develop a different mental tool to cope with a type of situation that children might otherwise find difficult to deal with. This makes each one very useful on its own, but when they are all brought together, these mantras form a mental tool kit that will help you achieve more of whatever you wish to achieve, cope better with any obstacles you may encounter, and leave you feeling more relaxed and happier than you would be if you didn't have these tools available to you. Each one is accompanied by the opportunity to try it out by drawing a picture of you using it, or completing a short conversation you might have based on it. This will help you better understand how and when to use it. Space is also provided at the end where you can add your own mantras to help you personalise your mental tool kit and adapt it to your own individual needs.Note: A Classroom Edition of this book is also available that has been specifically designed and formatted to allow teachers to easily create handouts from its contents for use in primary classrooms.

This book is part of the Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia series of factual books for children aged six to twelve. It provides interesting introductions to a variety of different areas related to space exploration. This classroom edition is aimed at teachers and other educators (rather than at individual children, as is the case for the individual edition). It contains:1. Eleven double-page spreads which explore a range of topics about space exploration that can be photocopied to create handouts for use in the classroom or as homework assignments. Each one contains an introductory question, a paragraph that explores its topic, questions to test your students comprehension of the contents of this paragraph, quick facts to provide additional information, and space for the student to add their own illustration for this topic.2. A blank Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia double-page spread which you can photocopy and hand out to your students to allow them to create their own custom encyclopaedia entry based on a topic related to space exploration of their (or your) choice.3. Two handouts which you can use to introduce mathematics into your lessons about space exploration. The first allows your students to work out how much food they would need to grow to support a colony on Mars, while the second allows them to calculate how long it would take a spacecraft to reach each of the different planets in our solar system.4. A sixteen-question pop quiz that you can use to test your students knowledge about space exploration. All the information needed to answer these questions is contained in this book.Links to additional background information about space exploration which you can use to increase your own knowledge of this subject.5. Links to free online content, such as videos, related to the topics covered in this book that you can show to your students.6. Ideas for six interactive and fun additional classroom activities.Thus, taken together, the contents of this book provide you with all the information you need to teach your class all about space exploration in a fun and interesting way that integrates factual knowledge, reading comprehension, maths skills and practical demonstrations.This book is part of the Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia series. Each individual book in this series forms a subject-specific chapter of the overall encyclopaedia. They are designed to encourage children to think about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, while having a little bit of fun!

This book is part of the Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia series of factual books for children aged six to twelve. It provides interesting introductions to a variety of different features of our solar system. This classroom edition is aimed at teachers and other educators (rather than at individual children, as is the case for the individual edition). It contains:1. Eleven double-page spreads which explore a range of topics about our solar system that can be photocopied to create handouts for use in the classroom or as homework assignments. Each one contains an introductory question, a paragraph that explores its topic, questions to test your students comprehension of the contents of this paragraph, quick facts to provide additional information, and space for the student to add their own illustration for this topic.2. A blank Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia double-page spread which you can photocopy and hand out to your students to allow them to create their own custom encyclopaedia entry based on a topic related to our solar system of their (or your) choice.3. Two handouts which you can use to introduce mathematics into your lessons about our solar system. The first allows your students to calculate the weight of a two-pint bottle of milk on different planets, while the second allows them to calculate their age based on the length of a year on each planet.4. A sixteen-question pop quiz that you can use to test your students knowledge about our solar system. All the information needed to answer these questions is contained in the eleven double-page spreads from this book.5. Links to additional background information about the solar system which you can use to increase your own knowledge of this subject.6. Links to free online content, such as videos, related to the topics covered in this book that you can show to your students.Ideas for four interactive and fun additional classroom activities.7. Data sheets detailing and comparing key characteristics of the different planets, and selected other objects, in our solar system. The information on these data sheets can be used to support a range of additional classroom activities.Thus, taken together, the contents of this book provide you with all the information you need to teach your class all about our solar system in a fun and interesting way which integrates factual knowledge, reading comprehension, maths skills and practical demonstrations.This book is part of the Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia series. Each individual book in this series forms a subject-specific chapter of the overall encyclopaedia. They are designed to encourage children to think about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about Hebridean marine life? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different areas of Hebridean marine life, along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of Hebridean marine life which you have gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about Hebridean marine life.This Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to encourage children to learn about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, all while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about space exploration? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different areas of space exploration, along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of human space exploration which you have gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about the exploration of space beyond our planet.This book is part of the Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia series from Pictish Beast Publications. Each individual book in this series forms a subject-specific chapter of the overall encyclopaedia. They are designed to encourage children to think about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about our solar system? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different aspects of our solar system, along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of our solar system which you can gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about our solar system. This Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to encourage children to learn about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, all while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about Scotland's seabirds? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different aspects of the lives of Scotland's seabirds along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of Scotland's seabirds which you can gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about the seabird species that call Scotland home. This Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to encourage children to learn about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, all while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about Scotland's dolphins? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different aspects of the lives of Scotland's dolphins, along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of Scotland's dolphins which you can gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about dolphins species that call Scotland home. This Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to encourage children to learn about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, all while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about Scotland's folklore? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different aspects of the folklore of Scotland, along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of Scottish folklore which you can gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about the folklore of Scotland. This Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to encourage children to learn about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, all while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about Scotland's native wildlife? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different aspects of Scottish wildlife, along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of Scotland's wildlife which you can gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about the native wildlife that call Scotland home. This Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to encourage children to learn about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, all while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about Scotland's castles? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different aspects of Scotland's castles, along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of Scotland's castles which you can gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about the many and varied castles that you can find all across Scotland.This Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to encourage children to learn about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, all while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about invertebrates? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different areas of invertebrate life, along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of invertebrates which you can gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about invertebrates. This Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to encourage children to learn about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, all while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about fish? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different areas of fish life, along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of fish which you can gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about fish. This Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to encourage children to learn about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, all while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about amphibians? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different areas of amphibian life, along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of amphibians which you can gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about amphibians. This Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to encourage children to learn about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, all while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about reptiles? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different areas of reptile life, along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of reptiles which you can gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about reptiles. This Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to encourage children to learn about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, all while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about birds? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different areas of bird life, along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of birds which you can gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about birds. This Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to encourage children to learn about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, all while having a little bit of fun!

Have you ever wanted to find out more about mammals? What about illustrating your own book? Well, if your answer to either of these questions is yes, then this might just be the book for you. Inside, you'll find interesting introductions to a variety of different areas of mammalian life, along with quick facts, questions you can answer and, at the end, a pop quiz where you can test the knowledge of mammals which you can gained by reading this book. So far, this may seem like any other book of facts, but unlike almost every other such book, you are allowed to draw in this one. In fact, you are actively encouraged to do so! Through this, you will become the illustrator of your very own encyclopaedia chapter all about mammals. This Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to encourage children to learn about the world around them, and to learn how to search for information on the internet and from books, all while having a little bit of fun!

"I like animals and I have many weird and wonderful pets. If I tell you what they look like, will you draw pictures of them for me?"Dr Colin has many animal friends. In this book, you'll find amusing descriptions of what some of these animals look like, what they like to wear and what they get up to. By reading these descriptions and then drawing pictures of these animals, you will learn about the different word types you need to use to make your own writing come to life. At the end, you'll get a chance to put what you have learned into practice by imagining an animal that Dr Colin might have as a pet and writing a description of it.This 'Learning By Drawing' book from Pictish Beast Publications is designed to help children, aged six and older, develop their word and writing skills, their knowledge of grammar, their drawing and coordination skills, and their imaginations, all while having fun!