Travel through the countries of the world and learn about weather landscapes and everyday life. This exciting series explores aspects of human and physical geography via accessible text and engaging images that support National Curriculum requirements.|Travel through the countries of the world and learn about weather landscapes and everyday life. This exciting series explores aspects of human and physical geography via accessible text and engaging images that support National Curriculum requirements.

Join intrepid explorer Benjamin Blog and his inquisitive dog Barko Polo as they travel to one of the world's most fascinating countries: Northern Ireland! The book includes chapters on Northern Irish history, geography, cities, people, and food, as well as visiting some of the most famous places of this unique country, such as Giant's Causeway and Carrickfergus Castle.

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.

A 16cm mini political globe of the Earth.

Content

• Non-illuminated
• Detailed map of the world
• Colour coded countries
• Capital cities
• Country names
• Ocean names
• Island names
• International boundaries
• International date line
• Cities classified by size
• Globe ring with black plastic base

This Teacher's Handbook offers at-a-glance support for the 5th edition of Nelson Key Geography Foundations. Each page supports a spread in the Student Book and provides: - an easy-to-follow lesson overview - clear learning objectives, learning outcomes and key vocabulary - skills builders to stretch pupils of all abilities and deliver a key criterion of the 2014 National Curriculum PoS - differentiation suggestions for end-of-unit enquiries to aid assessment with student checklists - answers to the activities. Designed to be flexible and easily integrated, this title works alongside the Student Book to help deliver exciting, relevant and up-to-date lessons that engage all students.

Africa is a complex and diverse continent, and its more than 50 countries provide a study in contrasts: democracy and despotism, immense wealth and crushing poverty, modernism and traditionalism, peaceful communities and raging civil wars. The books in this series take a close look at many of the major issues in Africa today, such as AIDS, poverty, government corruption, ethnic and religious tension, educational opportunities, and overcrowding.

Three-and-a-half to four year old children in the Primary Montessori prepared environment explore the earth's geographical features by pouring water over three-dimensional models of land and water formations. The relationship between land and water in a given formation determines its definition as an island, lake, or other feature. A hands-on Sensorial exercise, Land and Water Forms prepares students for later geography studies. Written by AMI Diploma holder Mary Da Prato and illustrated by Museum Art School BFA graduate Genevieve DeVaney Da Prato, My First Montessori Book of Land and Water Forms isolates and identifies ten of Earth's basic land and water formations to reinforce and expand upon at home what children learn in the Casa.

This book outlines how good teaching of primary geography can extend children's world awareness and help them make connections between their environmental and geographical experiences. Chapters offer guidance on important learning and teaching issues as well as the use and creation of resources from the school environment to the global context. It covers all the key topics in primary geography including: understanding places physical and human geography environmental sustainability learning outside the classroom global issues citizenship and social justice. Summaries, classroom examples and practical and reflective tasks are included throughout to foster understanding and support the effective teaching of primary geography.

Explore the past, present, and future of Yellowstone National Park. Beautiful photos, fact-filled text, and engaging infographics help readers learn all about this natural wonder and how to protect it long into the future.

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.

Each anthology in the new Global Viewpoints series (which does not duplicate any material in the Opposing Viewpoints series) delivers contemporary perspectives on the featured issue -- with the majority of the material reflecting stances of countries other than the United States. Primary sources, including speeches and government documents, join essays from international magazines and news sources for a truly panoramic view. Helpful features include an annotated table of contents, a world map and country index, a bibliography and a subject index.

India: A Cross Curricular Theme is a series of three books that present opportunities for pupils to discover some natural, physical, cultural, economic and political aspects about this fascinating and extremely diverse Asian country and its people. The books in this series give selected information about both modern and ancient India and use a wide variety of activities across many learning areas. Features: nine sections; Geography; History; Symbols; Modern India; Religions, Customs and celebrations; Landmarks; Folk tales and legends; The arts, and Famous people; a wide range of pupil information and activity pages; comprehensive teachers notes pages; detailed background and teacher information; suggested additional activities; cross curricular pupil activity pages; activity objectives; answers where necessary; and, curriculum links.