*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...
Geography Matters in Ancient Greece (Geography Matters in Ancient Civilizations)
by Melanie Waldron
How did a volcanic eruption put an end to Minoan civilization? What crops did the Ancient Greeks grow? How did city-states form around the Greek empire? Geography Matters in Ancient Greece looks at how the Greek Empire changed through time and gives fascinating insights into many different aspects of Greek life through its geography. Read about how the hot climate affected the crops that Greeks could grow and the housing and clothing they needed, how the Mycenaeans were able to protect themselve...
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...
Learning Through Science (Learning through science, #9)
Shattering Earthquakes (Awesome Forces of Nature (Paperback)) (Awesome Forces of Nature)
by Louise A Spilsbury and Richard Spilsbury
This series introduces readers to natural events that can change people's lives and the landscape, with case studies of recent and historic disasters and incidents. Each book looks at what causes natural disasters to happen, how people are affected by them, and the work of the emergency services and aid organizations. The books introduce measuring equipment, how it is used and who collects it. They look at how professionals use weather data to predict local and national weather, and climate chan...
This series develops the skills of a true geographer, including setting survey questions, analysing data and interpreting aerial photographs. It features case studies, practical investigations and examples from around the world.
Rainforests and Costa Rica Creative Literacy Resource Pack for Key Stage Two
by Tonya Meers and Natasha Dennis
Kenilworth Castle (Family Discovery Packs S.)
by Gail Durbin, Liz Hollinshead, Ross Jellicoe, and Peter Stone
Aimed primarily at family groups, this series of packs is also intended as a useful resource for teachers planning site visits. Each one contains two activity cards which encourage observational skills, and a wallchart with practical ideas to use in the classroom. Focusing on Kenilworth Castle, the activities in this pack help children to understand why changes were made to the castle in the past, and might be needed in the present, to conserve the buildings. The wallchart shows how to make your...
Info Teach Kit-Windows World Earth Kit
Beginning with a broad perspective - the Earth's position within the solar system and in the universe - pupils go on to take a closer look at our planet. The theme of change links this kit's activities and projects. Alongside weather-watching, and the investigation of the water cycle, children can examine the geological processes (such as earthquakes and erosion) and consider the implications of human actions that continually transform the Earth's surface. Contents of this kit include books and...
Badger Geography KS2: Teacher Book 1 for Year 3 (Badger Geography)
by Christine Moorcroft
Iran - The Land (Revised, Ed. 2) (Lands, Peoples & Cultures)
by Joanne Richter
We're from Brazil
To learn more about Brazil we meet three children who live there. Brazil is a country in the continent of South America. Brazil is the largest country in South America.
We're from Pakistan
Pakistan is a country in the south of Asia. Pakistan’s landscape is made up of mountains, plains and plateaus. The weather is mostly hot but the north of Pakistan can be cold. Sometimes there are earthquakes and there is a monsoon season. Most people live in the towns. The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad.
The Big Picture series launches with 16 titles for KS1 all about what is going on all around the world, split into four high interest topics. Find out how other people around the world live/lived; extreme animals habitats or weather across the globe; faraway homes made of ice and much, much more. Each book within this Key Stage 1 series will provide a number of jumping off points in a high interest, accessible way, with which to cover the 'big curriculum picture'. Eventually backed up by teache...
Take a new look at Asia, through Maths! Have you got the mathematical stamina to complete the most adventurous calculations that Asia can throw at you? Work out everything from the total area of Japan including land and water, to how long it would take to ride the entire Trans-Siberian Railway. This unique book teaches key skills in mathematics whilst learning about Asia on the way.