The Big Book of Books and Activities --
Dinah Zike

This book is the winner of Learning magazine's Teacher's Choice Award. It illustrates how to make hundreds of manipulatives and teaching aids using inexpensive materials found in the classroom or at home. With over 400 black and white photographs and illustrations, this easy-to-use visual guide takes you through the steps for making each student/teacher project that will help convert your classroom into a student oriented learning environment. Gives specific examples and their use over a wide range of subjects.   134 pages, 81/2"x11".

Video--How to Use The Big Book of Books 
Dinah Zike

In this lively, fact-filled, 60-minute video, Dinah shows how to use the Big Book of Books and Activities. Dinah will show you how to:
-Organize, store, and grade the manipulatives.
-Use them as teacher demonstrations.
-Use them as student activities to replace ditto sheets.
-Use them as alternative assessment tools.
-Use them as student projects and reports.

The Big Book of Projects --
Dinah Zike

Now you can complete quick, easy, creative projects in a very short time using simple, inexpensive materials. The Big Book of Projects explains how to select appropriate project topics, conduct thorough research, organize needed materials, decide on a visual format, and prepare the final project presentation. Over 100 example projects are presented, and there are over 200 photographs and illustrations to visually stimulate your project imagination. This book is a must have for anyone who will ever have to "do a project". 147 pages, 81/2"x11".

Video--How to Use The Big Book of Projects 
Dinah Zike

In this entertaining, fact-filled, 60-minute video, Dinah shows how to use the books and folds in her award-winning Big Book of Projects. Dinah will:
-Introduce the use of interdisciplinary publishing centers.
-Demonstrate how to use the graphics in the Big Book of Projects to make student- or teacher-directed projects.
-Show how to combine the folds and manipulatives from the Big Book of Projects with those in the Big Book of Books and Activities for short-term or long-term projects.
-Explain how projects can become collection points for student work to "immerse" students in what they are studying.