Maps are essential tools for understanding the world around us. Learning to read maps - both printed and online - is a core skill that forms the basis of social studies. This book explores the different ways that maps can show information about the world.
This book takes a simple look at what it means to live in a valley. It examines basic geographical features, why people choose to live there and the risks people might have because of living in a valley, such as landslides! The book also looks at how people adapt to living in a valley and the different things people do in their daily lives, from mining rock and minerals, to going hiking!
Introduce preschoolers to the wonders of the world with this beginner atlas, created with the map experts at National Geographic. Simple, colourful maps, bold pictures, and accessible text present basic geography, continent by continent, to spark kids' curiosity about the planet we inhabit. They'll learn elementary mapping skills and concepts like what is a globe versus a map? What is a compass rose? What features make up the land? Where is the ocean? And what are the countries where p...
Landscapes And People: Earths Changing Continents Paperback (Landscapes and People)
by Neil Morris
This series introduces pupils to maps and mapping skills and shows how to use and interpret maps in a progressive way, starting with simple maps and basic concepts, through to scales, grid references and national and global maps. Highly illustrated with a variety of different maps, photographs and diagrams. Includes mapping games and activities A valuable resource for both topic work and mapping
What is it like to witness a meteor? This book looks at the Chelyabinsk Meteor and other asteroid strikes, using first-hand accounts to describe events and people's experiences, providing multiple perspectives from eyewitnesses, survivors, the emergency services, scientists and the media.
Iran (Countries of the World (Gareth Stevens)) (Countries of the World Set 1)
by Karen Kenney
Focusing on Russia, this volume is part of a series of illustrated titles that introduces food and recipes from different countries and cultures around the world. Each title explores a country or region, its food culture, eating and food habits, customs and utensils, in addition to issues of safety hygiene, quantities and measurements. The books each offer 17 simple, healthy recipes with an introduction, list of ingredients (and suggested alternatives), special utensils and step-by-step instruct...
Describes how various groups, such as the Inuit, Bedouin, and Tuareg, move around from place to place with their families and animals.
China (Country Guides, with Benjamin Blog and His Inquisitive Dog) (Benjamin Blog and His Inquisitive Dog Guide)
by Anita Ganeri
Join intrepid explorer Benjamin Blog and his inquisitive dog Barko Polo as they travel to one of the world's most fascinating countries: China! The book includes chapters on Chinese history, geography, cities, people, and food, as well as visiting some of the most famous places of this unique country, such as the Great Wall of China and the Three Gorges Dam.
*Map Basics* offers a user-friendly guide to reading and understanding maps for first-time map users. Beginning with a simple explanation of the history of mapmaking, the book introduces the fundamental elements of maps. Topics covered include how to find direction and location, types o maps, map scale, map projection, and how modern technologies have changed the way we make and use maps.
Core concepts made simple – to inspire all your pupils. Teaching Geography can be a real challenge – especially if pupils are really struggling with reading or are finding it difficult to get their heads around curriculum concepts. Fusion is a high-interest, non-fiction range that has been carefully designed to help overcome these problems. Lively text with a low reading level ensures that the concepts are clear and accessible to everyone.
Population (Issues for the Nineties S., #20)
Fusion: Life and Times of a Drop of Water HB (Geography)
by Angela Royston
Raintree are delighted to announce the publication of "Fusion", our new high-interest range designed to appeal to less able readers. The series has an interest level of 9 to 11 years and a reading age of 7 plus. Why choose "Raintree Fusion"? Each book delivers a curriculum requirement or key topic so that less able readers can cover the same ground as their peers. It provides a genuinely fascinating content and a carefully-levelled text that means every child will find a book they want to read a...
This book is one of a series featuring line drawings keyed to the text, narrative and stage-by-stage illustrations to depict the development of a town through the centuries. Each book features a reconstruction of the history of an imaginary town in a different part of the world, having a distinctive character that relates to the region in which it is situated. This book deals with a seaport in Northern Europe. It takes the reader on a journey through the centuries, tracing the port's development...
A New Town and Its Industrial Heritage: Telford (Themes, places & skills in geography & history)
by David Flint
The wiro-bound "Teaching and Learning Support Resources" is accompanied with a free planning CD-ROM that contains all the material giving you the flexibility to customise it to your needs. Detailed editable unit plans and lesson plans support teachers with developing medium and short-term plans and implementing department strategies, making the course ideal for both non-specialist and specialist teaching. Customisable planning materials save time for teachers and offer ideas for starters and ple...