Longman GCSE Study Guide: Computer Studies (Longman GCSE Study Guides)
by R Crawford
The Printing Press (Turning Points in History) (Point of Impact)
by Richard Tames
This series examines major historical watersheds and their impact on the world, with each book recounting the chain of events and analysing their repercussions, both immediate and long term. It contains important information on key people and events. It includes contemporary artwork and relevant photographs to help understanding of the issues. It is up-to-date and relevant for children of today. New editions feature a fresh new design. More primary sources add to the readers greater understandin...
Energy and Transportation, Small Engines (Modular exploration of technology)
by James N. Yadon
Introduces the workings of two- and four-cycle engines, including the fuel, cooling, electrical, and lubricating systems. Discusses maintenance and repair and some unusual and exotic small engines.
Human history has always been shaped by technology, but AI is like no technology that has come before it. Unlike the wheel, combustion engines, or electricity, AI does the thing that humans do best: think. AI has defeated players at games like chess. It can create art and music. It’s even allowed grieving people to feel as though they were talking with dead loved ones. It's also put innocent people in jail, manipulated the emotions of social media users, and tricked people into believing untrue...
Study and Master Technology Senior Phase Study Guide
by Ria de Jager, Lin Bassett, Lynn Pocock, and Barbara Munsami
Experienced Technology educators have designed this study guide to help you to understand the content of the Senior Phase (Grade 7 – 9) Technology curriculum. Not only will it help you to progress from one grade to the other but it will also enable you to successfully engage in the Common Tasks for Assessment (CTA) in the last term of Grade 9. This provides you with: • explanations, activities, assessment tasks and their answers for each knowledge area • tips on how to study Technology and to p...
“This in-depth, beautifully illustrated biography of Mary Anning sings with the passion and perseverance of the woman herself, who from girlhood on scoured the shifting cliffs of her native Dorset to dig out prehistoric mysteries and make sense of them—altering forever our view of the past.” —Joyce Sidman, Newbery Honor winner and Sibert Medal winner A fascinating, highly visual biography of Mary Anning, the Victorian fossil hunter who changed scientific thinking about prehistoric life and woul...
GCSE Design & Technology Product Design AQA Revision Guide (A*-G course)
This book is full of clear revision notes and detailed diagrams for GCSE Product Design students. It covers all the topics in the current Design & Technology course for the AQA Exam Board, and there’s loads of coursework advice and useful tips for getting good grades - all the way up to A*. To help your revision, each topic is laid out on a clear double-page spread, with practice questions at the end to check what you’ve learned (answers are at the back). It’s easy to read and revise from - e...
Product Design Higher SQA Past Papers (SQA Past Papers)
Information Systems Higher SQA Past Papers (SQA Past Papers)
El mundo está lleno de cuestiones científicas y técnicas que parecen sacadas de un universo de ciencia ficción. Pero... ¿se suponía que iba a ser así? Los científicos nos prometieron coches voladores, turismo espacial y robots superinteligentes. Pero aunque vemos avances en todos esos campos cada día, la realidad es ligeramente distinta. En este libro se habla de ese futuro prometido y de dónde estamos: del origen de internet, de los primeros ordenadores y hackers y de la carrera espacial, con...
The fourth book in our best-selling Build it! Make it! series …Space! Rob Ives is a genius at engineering models that move, entertain and give hours and hours of fun for everyone. Imagine making a top-secret spy satellite, cosmic fans will love this book. All you need are some simple items and the step-by-step instructions will be easy to follow. Get ready to build…. Spacecraft that can land on the Moon A spectacular space station to orbit the Earth Awesome rockets ready for lift off Sp...
Discusses farming methods and concerns and describes life on different kinds of farms around the world and throughout history.
This course provides complete and up-to-date coverage of geometrical, mechanical and building drawing. Emphasis is placed on the ways in which drawing is related to a wide range of everyday objects. This course incorporates a problem-solving and design-based approach in line with CDT criteria.
Resistant Materials
Subject: Resistant Materials With clear and concise revision notes that cover everything you’ll need to know for the exam, this effective Resistant Materials revision guide supports active revision for students working at all levels. Plenty of quick tests and practice questions test and reinforce understanding of the key content. Providing a student-friendly, uncluttered approach to GCSE revision, this Resistant Materials revision guide is suitable for all levels and contains...