Your body is pretty amazing. It can eat, jump, shout – all kinds of things! But how does it do all that? Find out! Full of bright colour pictures & fascinating facts, this series lets you peek into your body to discover exactly how it works. Now it’s time to look at your heart & lungs. You probably don’t notice them much, but these organs work incredibly hard to keep you alive. How fast does your heart beat? How do your lungs take in oxygen? & why does your heart need to pump blood all around your body? A picture-packed first look into the human body Plenty of photos, diagrams & fascinating facts
Includes: simple activities to build understanding Written by experts in a clear & readable style
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Your body is pretty amazing. It can eat, jump, shout – all kinds of things! But how does it do all that? Full of bright colour pictures & fascinating facts, this series lets you peek into your body to discover exactly how it works. You’ll look at your bones, brain, heart & lungs – & you’ll even peek inside your tummy. What are bones made of? Why might your tummy hurt? How big is your brain? Find out! Picture-packed first guides to the human body Plenty of photos, diagrams & fascinating facts Each book has an activity to build understanding Written by experts in a clear & readable style ...

Help your child make progress in science with this essential practice & revision title covering key knowledge & skills from KS3. Recap all the essential content, then check your skills with practice questions & activities. ...

Meet the people who shook the world with science! Being a brilliant scientist doesn’t have to be about sitting in a lab all day. The scientists in this series not only did amazing work; they led pretty amazing lives as well. Now it’s time to take a look at three key scientists who took their work way beyond the lab. There’s Charles Darwin, whose voyages to Australia & South America helped him form the mind-blowing theory of evolution. Then there’s Dian Fossey, who went all the way to Rwanda in Africa to study & protect gorillas, but ended up dying a violent death. Plus: Isaac Newton. You probably know about his apple, but what about his turbulent life? Plague, poachers & giant tortoises! Science, boring? NOT! Fascinating biographies of major scientific figures Full of"es, pictures, maps, timelines & weblinks Highly readable blend of scientific facts & life stories Perfect for science projects & general interest reading “A superb series… Excellent both for a library & for children & teachers to read as part of a science course.” TES ...

Meet the people who shook the world with science! Being a brilliant scientist doesn’t have to be about sitting in a lab all day. The scientists in this series not only did amazing work; they led pretty amazing lives as well. Such as Charles Darwin, who travelled the world to find out about evolution. Or Marie Curie, who discovered the X-ray – but then died from radiation poisoning! Get the whole story in exciting books that tell you about each scientists’ life & work. (Including giant tortoises, gorillas & cannonballs.) Science, boring? NOT! Fascinating biographies of major scientific figures Full of"es, pictures, maps, timelines & weblinks Highly readable blend of scientific facts & life stories Perfect for science projects & for general interest reading “A superb series… Excellent both for a library & for children & teachers to read as part of a science course.” TES biographies-reading-collections summer-18 sum-18 sum-18-ie ...

Meet the people who shook the world with science! Being a brilliant scientist doesn’t have to be about sitting in a lab all day. The scientists in this series not only did amazing work; they led pretty amazing lives as well. Like Charles Darwin. His Theory of Evolution caused an uproar with its shocking ideas about the origins of life. (Which really upset the Church, & totally changed the whole way we think about life on Earth.) But Darwin also spent five years exploring the world on the HMSBeagle, investigated earthquakes & rode giant tortoises. Science, boring? NOT! A fascinating biography of a major scientific figure Full of"es, pictures, maps, timelines & weblinks A highly readable blend of scientific facts & life story Perfect for science projects & for general interest reading“A superb series… Excellent both for a library & for children & teachers to read as part of a science course.” TES biographies-reading-collections summer-18 sum-18 sum-18-ie ...

Inspiring biography of Dian Fossey & her work among the gorillas in Rwanda. ...

Meet the people who shook the world with science! Being a brilliant scientist doesn’t have to be about sitting in a lab all day. The scientists in this series not only did amazing work; they led pretty amazing lives as well Like Galileo Galilei. This Italian astronomer proved that the Earth moves around the sun – which sounds pretty obvious today, but only because he was totally right! At the time, this idea was so shocking that Galileo was arrested & almost put to death. Luckily, he didn’t die – & during his life he also found time to invent a telescope, a pendulum clock & a cannonball-aiming device. Science, boring? NOT! A fascinating biography of a major scientific figure Full of"es, pictures, maps, timelines & weblinks A highly readable blend of scientific facts & life story Perfect for science projects & for general interest reading “A superb series… Excellent both for a library & for children & teachers to read as part of a science course.” TES biographies-reading-collections summer-18 sum-18 sum-18-ie ...

Biography of Isaac Newton looking at the impact of his discoveries on the world. ...

Meet the people who shook the world with science! Being a brilliant scientist doesn’t have to be about sitting in a lab all day. The scientists in this series not only did amazing work; they led pretty amazing lives as well. Like Marie Curie. She discovered two radioactive elements; helped invent the X-ray machine; & used radiation to cure cancer. She even worked as a medic on the First World War frontline. She also became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (she won two in the end), before dying of radiation poisoning. Science, boring? NOT! A fascinating biography of a major scientific figure Full of"es, pictures, maps, timelines & weblinks A highly readable blend of scientific facts & life story Perfect for science projects & for general interest reading “A superb series… Excellent both for a library & for children & teachers to read as part of a science course.” TES biographies-reading-collections summer-18 sum-18 sum-18-ie ...