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This book takes a behind the scenes look at some of the world's most incredible structures, from skyscrapers to bridges, and explores the ways engineers tackle big challenges.
How Water Behaves
This activity sheet looks at the changing state of water. Children think about the way water behaves when it is heated to boiling point or cooled to freezing point and discuss the changes in state. They then look at some of the properties of water in its liquid state and write them down.
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How We Hear
From Teachers TV, this video contains an ideas for a lesson starter suitable for lower primary children. They look at how ears are used to hear and locate sound. The short video shows two children playing hide-and-seek in the woods. Gabby is wearing earmuffs and, due to her muffled hearing, she's having difficulty...
Explore human civilization through the ages with this exciting and authoritative reference book. Compare and contrast different cultures from ancient China to classical Rome. Pictorial timelines trace key events and...
How We Look
Published by the Wellcome Trust, the 'Big Picture' explores issues around biology and medicine. This issue looks at the interplay between the biology that sculpts our form and the culture that interprets and adapts it.
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Where do our clothes come from? What's the link between gorilla and mobile phones? And does chocolate really grow on trees? Find out in this hands-on guide to how we make the things most of us take for granted. Exploding with...
Where do our clothes come from? What's the link between gorillas and mobile phones? 'How We Make Stuff' is an engaging exploration of the way we use Earth's natural resources.
How We See Light
This resource from Teachers TV gives Year Six science students a sense of what life is like for those with difficulty seeing, based on the Key Stage Two science learning objective 'we see light sources because light enters our eyes'. Alex is virtually blind due to a congenital condition which means that light...
This series introduces different materials, looking at where they come from and what they are used for. The illustrations feature everyday objects recognisable to children.