How can you bend water with a ruler? What makes grass green? How do machines work? What happens if you add raisins to a fizzy drink? Why don't seals freeze in icy water? Can anything stop paper clips from sinking? This book will show you how to discover the answers to these questions and more - making you think like a scientist in a few simple steps.
Explore the fascinating age of dinosaurs through a 300-piece jigsaw puzzle and an informative fold-out timeline. The beautifully illustrated jigsaw features various dinosaurs, complete with their names and timelines of their existence. The detailed timeline spans from the Triassic to the Cretaceous period, offering insights into each dinosaur's habitat, size, diet, and other intriguing facts on the reverse side. This engaging set provides both a fun activity and an educational experience for dinosaur enthusiasts.
Drawing on key research from cognitive science, this book explores how metacognition works in practice and argues that it is a complex skill best developed over months and years at school. It provides a blueprint for how ‘learning to learn’ alongside ‘quick wins’ that teachers can implement straight away.
Explore the fascinating world of dinosaurs through a 300-piece jigsaw puzzle that features a variety of dinosaurs alongside their names and time periods. The accompanying fold-out timeline provides a detailed overview of dinosaur history, spanning from the Triassic to the Cretaceous period. The reverse side offers additional insights, including habitat, size, diet, and intriguing facts about each dinosaur, making it an educational and engaging experience for dinosaur enthusiasts.
A practical guide for teachers on the workings of human memory.
The history of our amazing planet unfolds at a glance in this graphic timeline. From the Big Bang to the present day, discover the wonders of our ever-changing planet as you fold out this brightly illustrated book. Then turn it over to find out how, through billions of years of volcanic eruptions, ice ages and mass extinctions, life on Earth has emerged.
In a world filled with adventure, a girl battles dragons, showcasing her courage and resilience. Alongside her, a fierce warrior queen embodies strength and leadership. The narrative also follows a daughter on a quest to find her Samurai father, intertwining themes of bravery, familial bonds, and the quest for identity. These characters embark on journeys that challenge their limits and redefine their destinies in a richly imagined setting.
Discover the amazing age of dinosaurs as you fold out this superbly illustrated scene. Then turn it over to find out when each dinosaur lived, what they ate, and other fascinating facts. With Quicklinks to specially selected websites with video clips, activities and a dinosaur name pronunciation guide.
Philosophy is a way of thinking about just about anything. It asks big questions from nature of reality to what beauty is. Using lively examples and thought experiments, this book provides an accessible introduction to a wide range of philosophical questions and invites the reader think about things in ways they may not have done before. Cartoons, comic strips and diagrams offer simple explanations of big ideas. Suitable for adults and children alike - a brilliant resource for anyone looking to learn about philosophy. Explores big questions in philosophy including the nature of morality, do we have free will, whether knowledge is really possible and how we can justify government.
This beautifully illustrated collection contains all of Jane Austen's novels retold for young readers, including Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park, with notes on the characters and quotations from the original text. With links to websites to find out more about Jane Austen's life and times.
With Do Less, a happier, more serene life is just moments away. From your home to your finances, this straightforward guide teaches you how to scale back your possessions and commitments to just what you really need. With hundreds of ways to minimalize your life, you'll quickly uncover the joys and rewards of paring down.
A brilliant introduction to the most famous characters from Shakespeare's plays and a must-have for all Sticker Dressing/Sticker Dolly Dressing fansWith Sticker Dressing: Shakespeare, dress the actors with the 200+ stickers included to get them ready for their stage appearances in Shakespeare's greatest plays! A fun and accessible way to learn about the Bard. Guaranteed to spark further interest in Shakespeare's plays.Not suitable for children under 36 months because of small parts.
A selection of classic stories of adventure and magic that children will want to read again and again.
Rich in historical detail, with information about how knights lived both in war and peace, the importance of chivalry and how their armour and horses helped them to win many battles Usborne Knights and Armour contains a fact file with details of famous knights and a glossary of terms associated with knights and armour.
Packed with fun and fascinating facts about castles, knights and life in the Middle Ages. Ages: 8+ More than 100 full-colour stickers to stick onto the pages Includes a map of castles in Europe and features on famous castles, sieges, armour, feasting, heraldry and much, much more Original, full-colour illustrations on every page, detailing facts about castle life Ages: 8+
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Introduces concepts and provides basic information on formal and backyard astronomy, with simplified star maps for both hemispheres.
Illustrations, photographs, and text describe the knights of medieval Europe, discussing their weapons, equipment, warfare, tournaments, chivalry, and other related topics.
A detailed look at the science and discovery of dinosaurs for older children covering dinosaurs by continent and including detailed reconstructions of what dinosaurs and the earth looked like in prehistoric times.
Did you know that a King Cobra's bite contains enough poison to kill 20 people? This text includes many fascinating facts and records about the world of snakes. It features photographs, detailed illustrations and suggested Web site addresses.
Part of the Young Reading Series 3, this book chronicles the life of Julius Caesar, from his teens to his brutal assassination. It also features events such as Caesar's capture by pirates as a young man, his military successes, encounters with Cleopatra and becoming dictator of Rome. It is useful for any child with an interest in history.
Focusing on an in-depth exploration of each subject, including habitats and conservation, to provide a deeper understanding of the natural world, this series also includes activities such as creating insect catchers and ideas for exploring rock pools.
"Lákavý svet rytierov a ich zbraní. S touto knihou preniknete do vzrušujúceho a zároveň nebezpečného sveta stredovekých rytierov v ligotavom brnení. Dočítate sa, aký bol život v časoch, keď rytieri boli najväčšími hrdinami bojových polí. Spoznáte zbrane, ktorými bojovali, a zbroj, akú si obliekali, od drôtených košieľ po kovové pláty. Okrem napínavého čítania o živote rytierov v tejto knihe nájdete aj odkazy na webové stránky, ktoré vás zavedú do ich sveta a poskytnú vám ešte viac informácií, rozličné kvízy a hry."
Svět středověkých rytířů v lesklé zbroji byl současně vzrušující i nebezpečný. V této knize se dozvíte více o životě ve dnech, kdy bitevní pole ovládali rytíři. Zjistíte, jakými zbraněmi bojovali i jakou zbroj nosili - od kroužkové zbroje až po kovové pláty. Tuto knihu obohacují odkazy na internetové stránky, které vás zavedou hlouběji do světa rytířů a poskytnou vám více informací a také další aktivity a hry.
This title, written by Rachel Firth, discusses the technology now being used to analyse archaeological discoveries and examines the latest international finds.
Obrázková publikace pro děti se základními informacemi a zajímavostmi o hadech. Publikace určená především dětem jednoduchou a srozumitelnou formou zpracovává základní informace o hadech i různé zajímavosti, mýty a legendy. Je bohatě ilustrována – barevnými obrázky a fotografiemi. Na jednotlivých dvoustranách se dozvíme o stavbě těla hadů, o jejich způsobu života, pohybu, lovu kořisti, jedových zubech, rozmnožování, obraně apod. Také jsou v knize představeny hlavní skupiny hadů – škrtiči, jedovatí hadi, vodní hadi atd.
Informationen in Bild und Wort über die Biologie und die verschiedenen Gattungen der Dinosaurier mit Theorien über ihr Aussterben.
Fantastický svět pravěkých zkamenělin - zdroj poznání života dinosaurů. Jak se vyvíjeli a kde žili dinosauři? Největší a nejmenší z 900 známých druhů.
-- Vividly illustrated guides get up-close and personal with animals from around the world, the vast reaches of space and the world's fastest trains-- Discover amazing facts about birds' nest building habits, learn what drives sharks into 'feeding frenzies', and more!
