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Clear definitions, combined with carefully chosen illustrations and diagrams, simplify difficult scientific concepts. For ages 11 and over.

With a wealth of questions, this book gives your students the practice they need to deepen their understanding of the syllabus content and achieve exam success.- The perfect resource to use throughout the course to ensure you learn the topics and practice the syllabus content. - Contains a wealth of levelled questions, including Stretch and Challenge for higher ability students. - Plenty of exam-style questions and actual exam questions from past Cambridge exam papers for exam success. Answers t...

Get to grips with how things work inside hundreds of machines with this extraordinary book that explains the science behind technologies and inventions.In this extensive encyclopedia packed full of simple science for kids, David Macaulay's beautiful illustrations show the inner workings of each machine from clocks and watches, to jet engines and the internet. From the basic lever to the modern microprocessor, this bestseller has been completely updated with the latest technologies, and explains...

This new edition of Mastering Physics has been completely updated and rewritten to give all the information needed to learn and master the essentials of physics. It is a self-contained, clearly explained course for individual study or classroom use which requires no prior knowledge. The book is highly illustrated throughout to show the importance of physics in the natural world, as well as in such fields as athletics, engineering, medicine and music. Questions and examples are also included t...

Save valuable time and support your teaching with a selection ready-made resources and an easy-to-use scheme of work.What's included?- A Scheme of Work- Answers to questions in the textbook, Workbook and Laboratory Practical Book- A range of practical activities - Languages development tasks including crosswords, concept maps and comprehension exercises- A glossary and summary of basic quantities and units

These resources have been created specifically for the new 2016 OCR Gateway GCSE (9-1) specifications, providing support for the new harder GCSE content and increased maths requirements, as well as all required practicals. As OCR's Publishing Partner for Science, we work with OCR throughout the development of the qualifications to deliver high-quality resources. - Built-in assessment and differentiation makes progress tracking easy. - Students of all abilities are supported through the new, more...

A clear and straightforward introduction to science topics. The information is presented very simply. Each spread includes a Key Facts panel summarising the important things to remember about the topic. Where appropriate, simple experiments are also included to illustrated particular scientific points. The carefully selected photographs bring the subject to life.

The aim of this series is to show children basic skills and techniques to enable them to enjoy creating objects for themselves. This book offers twelve projects using materials found at home such as plastic squash bottles, cardboard boxes, corks, discarded packaging and wallpaper scraps. There are twelve projects to follow, with easy instructions and step-by-step colour artwork and ideas for further activities. The author also wrote "Clay" in the Craft Projects series.

This book belongs to a series that is directly aimed at the National Curriculum Science 5-16 levels 3 to 6. It covers a wide range of topics. Each book has a structured development of its scientific content, giving the reader a progression through the topic. The books contain illustrated activities, accompanied by explanatory text. Process skills are tested using the suggested record-keeping and self-assessments. It develops in detail the subject of sources of energy available, from the energy i...

The amazing true science behind the fiction of His Dark Materials, ideal for fans of the original trilogy and The Book of Dust, with an introduction by Philip Pullman.Award-winning science writers Mary and John Gribbin reveal how the world of Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass) is rooted in astonishing scientific truth. Drawing on string theory and spacetime, quantum physics and chaos theory, they answer fascinating questions such as: c...

Level: GCSE Subject: AQA GCSE Physics Knowledge organisers and retrieval practice together in one pocket-sized book! Embed the essentials across all topics in AQA GCSE 9-1 Physics. Just the key knowledge needed for AQA GCSE 9-1 Physics to help students know more and remember more. Key knowledge to learn for the the AQA GCSE 9-1 Physics examsQuestions to lock-in knowledge and strengthen memoryTopics organised...

This workbook accompanies the GCSE OCR B Physics revision guide and provides practice questions matched to each page of the guide. The workbook tests knowledge and helps reinforce understanding for thorough exam preparation. This workbook accompanies the GCSE OCR B Phyiscs revision guide and provides practice questions matched to each page of the guide. The workbook tests knowledge and helps reinforce understanding for thorough exam preparation.

This AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy Physics Student Book has been brought right up-to-date to meet the needs of today's students. As well as clear and accessible explanations and diagrams, covering all of the required GCSE Physics knowledge and skills, this student book uses current research and evidence to go into even more depth. Carefully-picked and diverse examples give each topic contexts that students can relate to, helping them to make invaluable connections across the specifications...

Exam Board: AQA Level: GCSE (9-1) Subject: Science First Teaching: September 2016 First Exams: June 2018 Target Grade 7 workbooks build skills from Grade 6 and extend into Grade 8 to help students to catch up, keep up and make expected progress in GCSE (9-1) Science. This workbook: targets key misconceptions and barriers to help students get back on track addresses areas of underperformance in a systematic way, with a unique approach that builds, develops...

Lots of questions, including those that require longer text answers, give students plenty of practice on all types of exam questions. Stretch questions and take it further sections provide the right level of a challenge for the higher tier. Grade Studio worked examples with examiner commentary helps students to understand how to move up the grade scale to achieve an A*. End of chapter exam-style questions and examiner tips provide thorough exam preparation. Written to incorporate higher-order th...

A new title in the USBORNE ESSENTIAL GUIDES series which provides an overview of the subject and a revision aid with diagrams, charts and illustrations. Also available in paperback, priced at 3.50, ISBN 0 7460 0708 5.

Discusses how electricity and magnetism are related and how they work.