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Youngsters learn fascinating facts about the solar system as they color 44 dramatic Space Age illustrations, including images of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth, a spacecraft observing the landscape of Mars, representations of all the planets, and much more. Descriptive captions accompany illustrations.
Project Science Packed with super-cool facts and hands-on
activities, Project Science helps children to really engage with a
core topic. From forces to floating and matter to magnetism, each
spread features photos, stunning artwork and fun cartoons.
Step-by-step illustrated projects throughout encourage practical
learning - readers can charm a snake with static electricity, crush
a bottle with air pressure, and make a water-powered rocket.
Fuel curiosity, spark imagination. Science Bug International is an
exciting and comprehensive science programme that has been designed
to make sure your children never stop asking questions about their
world! This Workbook contains questions from the Topic Book plus
additional questions to reinforce and extend learning. With full
and comprehensive coverage of the skills and knowledge required for
curriculum attainment, Science Bug International will help you to
nurture and inspire your young scientist.
This board book version of Stephen Hawking - from the critically
acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS
series - introduces the youngest dreamers to the incredible life of
this genius physicist and author. When Stephen Hawking was a little
boy, he used to stare up at the stars and wonder about the
universe. Although he was never top of the class, his curiosity
took him to the best universities in England: Oxford and Cambridge.
It also led him to make one of the biggest scientific discoveries
of the 20th century: Hawking radiation. Babies and toddlers will
love to snuggle as you read to them the engaging story of this
fascinating educator and innovator, and will also enjoy exploring
the stylish and quirky illustrations of this sturdy board book on
their own. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling series of
books and educational games that explore the lives of outstanding
people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All
of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child
with a dream. This empowering series offers inspiring messages to
children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are
told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and
toddlers. The hardback versions present expanded stories for
beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection
of the books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games
and other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the
lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next
generation of outstanding people who will change the world with
Little People, BIG DREAMS!
part of the Heinemann Explore Science New International Edition - a
comprehensive, easy-to-use, six-level science programme, designed
specially for teachers and students at International schools
studying the Cambridge International Examinations Primary Science
Curriculum Framework.
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Meet Ada Lovelace, the British mathematician and daughter of poet
Lord Byron. Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series,
this inspiring and informative little biography follows the
colourful life of Lord Byron's daughter, from her early love of
logic, to her plans for the world's first computer program. As a
child, Ada had a big imagination and a talent for mathematics. She
grew up in a noble household in England, where she dedicated
herself to studying. Her work with the famous inventor, Charles
Babbage, on a very early kind of computer made her the world's
first computer programmer. This moving book features stylish and
quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a
biographical timeline with historical images and a detailed profile
of the mathematician's life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a
bestselling series of books and educational games that explore the
lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to
scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things,
yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series
offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of
formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for
reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardback versions present
expanded stories for beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you
to collect a selection of the books by theme. Paper dolls, learning
cards, matching games and other fun learning tools provide even
more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to
children. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who
will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!
Explore the galaxies! Aliens, space ships, and constellations, oh
my! Ride on a rocket ship to another galaxy with this stellar book.
With The Everything Kids' Astronomy Book, astronomers-in-training
will learn: How galaxies like the Milky Way were built. Why the
sun's surface is 20,000-50,000-degrees Fahrenheit. Why the earth
spins and how gravity works. What comets and asteroids are made of
and how they affect planets. The truth about the man in the moon.
Why Mars is so hot and what those rings around Saturn are. What
scientists think about aliens and life in outer space If you want
to build a sky-watching kit or change your room into a small
universe, this book will take you on a journey that is
out-of-this-world!
Live from the Crypt is an hilarious information series with an
undead chat show format where ghostly historical figures are
interviewed by the diverse crew of the show about their lives and
experiences, featuring quirky illustrations, comic strips and play
script-style text. In this volume, the ghosts of famous pioneers of
the science of electricity are interviewed about their inventions
and discoveries, including Thomas Edison, Michael Faraday and
Nikola Tesla. It is a mind-expanding and side-splitting treat for
young readers.
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