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In 1911 British explorer Robert Falcon Scott hoped to be the first person to reach the South Pole. Little did he know an explorer from Norway had had the same idea. It would be a race to the Pole!
Produced in collaboration with the Natural History Museum, this book tells the story of Scott’s and Amundsen’s epic race and its deadly conclusion. It also explores the scientific legacy of Scott’s expedition and looks at the new frontiers of exploration today.
- Help Key Stage 3 students move from Level 3b to Level 3a in reading.
- Support comprehension with stunning photographs that bring the Antarctic experience to life.
- Encourage shared and guided reading using the ready-made tasks and discussion points on the activity pages at the back of the book.
When a skeleton was found beneath a Leicester car park in 2012, could it be a body that had been missing for 500 years? Could it be the body of an English king?
This book tells the story of the archaeologists’ amazing discovery, asking who Richard III was and how this new discovery might change our view of him.
- Help Key Stage 3 students move from Level 3a to Level 4c in reading.
- Support comprehension with the historical images and contemporary photographs.
- Encourage shared and guided reading using the ready-made tasks and discussion points on the activity pages at the back of the book.
- Suitable for Key Stage 3 students with a reading age of 9 years and 6 months.
Are you scared of spiders? Have you heard of the zombie wasp? Do you know which bee has the most painful sting?
Place yourself on the ‘scare scale’ and, if you dare, find out all about the world’s biggest, weirdest and most fearsome insects in this book produced in collaboration with the Natural History Museum.
- Help Key Stage 3 students move from Level 3c to Level 3b in reading.
- Support comprehension with the stunning photographs.
- Encourage shared and guided reading using the ready-made tasks and discussion points on the activity pages at the back of the book.
You’ve seen the films, you know the stories, but have you got what it really takes to be a spy?
Find out more as this book, produced in collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, takes you through the devices, the disguises, the weapons, the codes and the experiences of real-life spies.
- Help Key Stage 3 students move from Level 3a to Level 4c in reading.
- Support comprehension with photographs that bring these real-life stories to life.
- Encourage shared and guided reading using the ready-made tasks and discussion points on the activity pages at the back of the book.