In this book an active approach is taken to find out about the properties and uses of sand. Children are encouraged to ask questions and formulate ideas which they then test out. It asks where does sand come from? What happens when you mix it with water? Can cress grow in sand? It also looks at hourglasses, sandpaper, cement and mortar and includes making a sandpicture and writing in sand.
- ISBN10 0713653469
- ISBN13 9780713653465
- Publish Date 31 May 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 June 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint A & C Black (Childrens books)
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 32
- Language English