Janice VanCleave’s A+ Projects in Earth Science The newest volume in the bestselling A+ Science Projects series! Are you having a hard time coming up with a good idea for the science fair? Do you want to earn extra credit in your science class? Or do you just want to know more about how the world around you works? Janice VanCleave’s A+ Projects in Earth Science can help you—and the best part is, it won’t involve any complicated or expensive equipment. This step-by-step project book explores 30 different topics and offers dozens of experiment ideas. The book also includes lots of charts, diagrams, and illustrations. Here are just a few of the topics you’ll be investigating: • Rocks and minerals • Meteorology • Oceanography • Plate tectonics • Air fronts • The greenhouse effect You’ll be amazed how easy it is to turn your own ideas into winning science fair projects! Also available: Janice VanCleave’s A+ Projects in Biology Janice VanCleave’s A+ Projects in Chemistry

How to be Brilliant at Recording in Geography contains 40 photocopiable writing frames, designed to lead Key Stage 2 (KS2) children through a range of geographical skills, from map work to localities and settlements and environmental change. The photocopiable sheets will help children to investigate and gain knowledge and understanding, ask geographical questions, develop the ability to recognize and explain geographical patterns and become aware of how places fit into a wide geographical context.

Explore how environmental conditions and changes have had a profound effect on history. These classroom-ready activities show students how to apply the principles of earth science to events that have dictated America's past and present, from 30,000 years ago to today. Such historical events as early migrations to and from North America, the building of the Panama Canal, and the Johnstown flood are placed within the context of geological, meteorological, astronomical, and oceanographical processes. Applying critical thinking and experiential learning, young learners also explore how earth science processes often become hazards. Grades 6-12.

Use the power of fiction and imagination to draw students into the world of science. Focusing on climate and weather, Perry suggests trade book titles that will fascinate young readers and build their scientific knowledge. Activities help educators implement an integrated approach to language arts, science, geography, and social studies. A final section provides additional resources. Grades 5-9.

Exploring the United States through Literature describes the best of current print and nonprint materials teachers can use with their students to study individual states. Each volume covers a different geographic area and presents selected materials that represent the uniquely rich and varied history, diversity, geography, industries, resources, famous people, and contemporary culture of each state in that region. Much more than a series of detailed bibliographies, the volumes in the "Exploring the United States Through Literature "series also describe classroom-tested activities that directly relate to each source.

Exploring the United States through Literature describes the best of current print and nonprint materials teachers can use with their students to study individual states. Each volume covers a different geographic area and presents selected materials that represent the uniquely rich and varied history, diversity, geography, industries, resources, famous people, and contemporary culture of each state in that region. Much more than a series of detailed bibliographies, the volumes in the Exploring the United States through Literature series also describe classroom-tested activities that directly relate to each source.

Use popular fiction to attract students to great nonfiction (expository text) about science. Focusing on the general theme of water, this resource provides webs that lead from popular fiction titles to a variety of related nonfiction titles that will generate interest and build in-depth scientific knowledge for thematic studies. Detailed summaries of books and student activities across the content field motivate young readers and help busy educators implement a multidisciplinary approach.

This Teacher's Guide is an invaluable aid for all teachers using thye Mapwork Made Easy Learner's Book. Features include: Planning guidelines including a Learning Programme, Year Plan and integration table. Teaching duidelines for each topc, Suggested answers to questions posed i the Learner's Book, a ready reference format which follows the Learner's Book page-for-page. This guide ensures maximum benefits for both learners and teachers using Mapwork Made Easy.

Bring social studies to life with lively, detailed and clear coverage and plenty of photographs, drawings and activities, with an exciting pan-Caribbean perspective. - Cover the topics Our Land and People, Changing Environment and The Wider World in a course for mixed ability classes of 11-14 year olds, Caribbean wide.

Imagine over three million square miles of sand dunes that are as tall as a ten-story building. That place is real -- it's the Sahara Desert! Vast, yes! And home to fascinating creatures such as ostriches and fennec foxes as well as amazing plant life. The shallow roots of the mesquite tree can grow almost 200 feet across to absorb water. Readers will also learn about the famous trade routes of the past with caravans of up to 10,000 camels, European explorers to the region (some very unlucky ones), and native populations like the Berber and Tuareg, the faces of the men are blue from the dye in the veils they always wear.

Join Hydro Hero, Creature Keeper, The Incredible Smog, and Super Binman in their quest to save the planet from the actions of the humans that came before them. From their ocean-based headquarters, Trashy Island, these four heroes are fighting to protect us--but they need some help. Put your planet-protecting skills to the test with quizzes and questions and find out if you have what it takes to join the Planet Protectors.

This inspiring story of Ernest Shackleton, whose men called him 'The Boss', involved four expeditions to Antarctica between 1901 and 1922. His incredible adventures included a breathtaking march to within a few miles of the South Pole and the amazing saga of hardship and survival on the famous Endurance expedition. * Also by Michael Smith: Tom Crean, Ice Man.

The puzzles and activities in this book will take you to the furthest corners of the Earth. You'll spot wildlife in the Amazon Rainforest and find a wonderful array of corals in the Great Barrier Reef to colour in. You'll discover the highest mountains on all the world's continents and identify volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean in the Ring of Fire. And when you come to reunite a herd of elephants on the African savanna, you'll learn why these amazing creatures are rather like gardeners.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go to school in another country? This book takes you around the world to compare how children get to school, what they learn and how they have fun, and even what they eat for lunch!

Comparing Countries is a groundbreaking non-fiction dual-language series which compares and contrasts ways of life in different countries around the world. Presented in two different languages, each title explores a topic common to all children, from homes to festivals, highlighting what makes us different and what we all have in common. This series provides great support to geography learning, as well as helping young language learners improve their reading skills.

What are schools like in Spain? How tall are the buildings in New York? What do people eat in India? Take a journey through these colorful scrapbooks and learn all about the most interesting places around the world. Look out for coordinate boxes--they will help you explore these places online, too!

Exam Board: AQA Level: GCSE 9-1 Subject: Geography Suitable for the 2023 exams Targeted practice questions covering the GCSE grade 9-1 curriculum This Collins AQA Geography GCSE 9-1 Workbook contains topic-based questions as well as a full practice paper and answers. With lots of realistic practice opportunities for a variety of different exam-style questions. With a workbook and practice exam paper in one book, it contains plenty of practice opportunities to ensure the best results. For even more practice QR codes link directly from the topics in the workbook to online worked solution videos. Includes: * selection of questions covering each topic * topic-by-topic practice * complete exam-style paper * online video solutions for every topic

The perfect companion to the bestselling reference National Parks of the USA, this lushly illustrated activity book is packed with wildlife and nature facts, park trivia, spotters guides and a kaleidoscope of activities including colouring, puzzles, quizzes and more. Get ready for a journey like no other! Follow the park animals as you find your way through a seemingly never-ending maze, spot the difference between some amazing creepy crawlies, complete a ferocious crossword full of hungry predators, find your feathered park friends in a bird word search, design your very own national park and so much more! Use the spotters guide for each park to see if you can find grunting northern elephant seals, fluttering hummingbirds, bounding snowshoe hares and lots of other wonderful creatures. The parks include: Acadia, Big Bend, Channel Islands, Death Valley, Denali, Everglades, Glacier Bay, Grand Canyon, Hawai'i volcanoes, Mesa Verde, Olympic, Yellowstone, Yosemite and so many more. Bite-sized information and awesome facts about the national parks are scattered throughout, with over 50 stickers to get creative with at the back of the book. Celebrate the wonder of America's national parks with this fun-filled activity book. Just what you need for any long trip! Add some wilderness to your bedroom wall with the stunning pull-out poster featuring a map of the national parks and bustling with wildlife, included in the book. Brimming with facts, activities and beautiful illustrations, the National Parks of the USA series of books immerses young people in the wonders of America's outdoors. Learn about the wonderful wildlife, stunning scenery and rare plants that inhabit these precious outdoor spaces. Celebrate these beautiful and rare locations, and be awed by the diversity and grandeur of the national parks' living landscapes. Also in the series: National Parks of the USA and National Parks of the USA Postcards.

Awe-inspiring facts presented in an informative and visually engaging infographic style. Find out more about the different weather types and discover why we have seasons with this fascinating title that uses modern graphics to bring the subject area to life.

In recent years the emphasis has shifted away from a focus on pedagogy (the how of teaching) and towards curriculum (the what of teaching). Ofsted's revised inspection framework reflects this shift, and their plans to -deep dive- into subject areas - meaning that teachers and department heads now need a much greater understanding of curricular structures - leave many educators having to think about their subject in new ways. Luckily for geography teachers, however, bestselling author Mark Enser provides plenty of insightful, subject-specific guidance in this all-encompassing book. Mark explores both the purpose of the geography curriculum and its various applications in practice. He details how teachers can take their students' learning beyond the acquisition of knowledge to transform how they see the world. He also tackles the changing nature of school geography, shares a variety of case studies, and offers his take on how best to facilitate geographical enquiry and fieldwork. The first part of the book considers the issue of purpose by looking at the role of the school in society and then shows the place that geography occupies within it. It also considers the history of the subject so as to help geography teachers better understand where they stand today, and concludes by discussing how the concepts of powerful knowledge and GeoCapabilities can help them find their way again. The second part is a practical guide which illustrates how to put this theory of curriculum purpose into practice. It explores the steps which must be taken to create a powerful geography curriculum by deciding on content and places to be studied, putting the components into a sequence and then using all this to do geography. It will also discuss the extent to which teachers need to consider the future and respond to the concerns of the wider world when planning the curriculum. Suitable for department heads and classroom teachers of geography in secondary schools and subject leads in primary schools.

Planet Earth is in troubleaEURO| it's time to Take Action! But what can you do, you're just a kid, right? Wrong! The future of the planet is in the hands of young activists like you, and there is plenty you can do to help! From getting your hands dirty to unleashing your Pester Power, with our handy guide you too can change the world!

The St. Lawrence River forms part of the boundary between Canada and the United States and connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. This informative book follows this important commercial waterway across the provinces of Ontario and Quebec to where it reaches the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Once a main route of the fur and timber trades, the St. Lawrence Seaway today - a system of canals, dams, and locks - lets seagoing ships travel all the way to Lake Superior. The river is also important as a source of electric power and a home to abundant wildlife. In addition, about one-fourth of Canada's population lives in the St. Lawrence Valley.

Young readers will be fascinated by the many and varied maps presented in this book. From road maps, to topographical maps, and globes, Map Types examines what maps are and how different maps are created and used. The book features beautiful color images, stunning historic and contemporary maps, and easy-to-follow text. Teacher's guide available.

Exam Board: WJEC Level: GCSE Subject: Geography First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2018 Target success in WJEC GCSE Geography with this proven formula for effective, structured revision. Key content coverage is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge. With My Revision Notes every student can: - Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner - Enjoy an active approach to revision with clear topic coverage and related 'Now Test Yourself' tasks and practical revision activities - Improve exam technique through exam tips and formal exam-style questions - Monitor their knowledge and progress using the answers provided for each 'Now Test Yourself' activity and exam-style question - Develop geographical understanding and enhance exam responses with event/place examples Please note: This is a Welsh-language edition.