Understanding a map is easy if you know what you are looking at. This book introduces the young reader to the essential parts of maps through carefully chosen examples. Map Parts will bring a full comprehension of maps and encourage interest in maps. Teacher's guide available.

Pages with flaps take the reader to different countries and show what the housing there is like.

Grace and Ethan are going to the fair with their Aunt Sarah. Lines and angles are everywhere they look. Young readers will love to follow along with them and learn what lines and angles are. Concepts such as perpendicular and parallel lines, right and obtuse angles, and much more are explained using simple text and images.

This fun and informative survival guide introduces readers to the challenging environment of a deserted island. Useful tips tell you how to stay calm, what you can - and shouldn't - eat, how to shelter from the sun, and what animals to avoid. Real life stories demonstrate how humans can survive on their own on an island.

The inspirational story of the Japanese national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue honoring Sadako and hundreds of other children who died as a result of the bombing of Hiroshima.

Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of atomic bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue to remember Sadako and the many other children who were victims of the Hiroshima bombing. On top of the statue is a girl holding a large crane in her outstretched arms. Today in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, this statue of Sadako is beautifully decorated with thousands of paper cranes given by people throughout the world.

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.

Welcome to China! See the sites. Enjoy the food. Hear the language. Discover this country's land, people and traditions.

Take a trip around the world to see amazing volcanoes that have formed on Earth.

Feeling lost when it comes to maps With this fun and informative series you'll soon know exactly where you are when it comes to maps and mapping What is a map What are maps used for How do you read a map Find your way to the answers and take a journey into mapping as you learn how to make your own maps of everything from your school your town your country - even the whole world|Feeling lost when it comes to maps With this fun and informative series you'll soon know exactly where you are when it comes to maps and mapping What is a map What are maps used for How do you read a map Find your way to the answers and take a journey into mapping as you learn how to make your own maps of everything from your school your town your country - even the whole world

Take a trip around the world to see amazing islands that have formed on Earth.

Did you know that Antarctica is the largest desert in the world? It receives so little rain or snow that it is almost as dry as the Sahara! Whether cold, hot or somewhere in between, a third of the Earth's land is desert. Learn about the geography and resources of desert habitats as well as how animals and people have adapted to and changed desert environments. Explore this habitat's future and what people can do to help keep it safe.

From spiders and frogs to deer and bears, temperate forest habitats provide just the right kinds of shelter and weather for a large variety of plants and animals. Learn about the geography and resources of temperate forest habitats as well as how animals and people have adapted to and changed forest environments. Explore this habitat's future and what people can do to help keep it safe.

This series invites younger readers to consider the impact of human activity on the environment and ways in which we can improve in the future. These titles are filled with fascinating facts and full-colour images that will bring a highly topical issue to life.