The Homework books aim to make homework a positive learning experience reinforcing core subjects (English maths & science) & cross-curricular thinking skills through enjoyable practice activities. Pull-out answers make marking quick & easy & give children the chance to evaluate their own progress. Book 2 is aimed at Year 3 pupils (ages 7-8) &
Includes:: literacy
- reading comprehension/dictionary skills/spelling/punctuation maths
- money/telling the time/addition & subtraction/10 times table/tens & units/2-d shapes/quarters science
- living & non-living things/plant growth/what plants & animals need to stay alive.



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The Homework books aim to make homework a positive learning experience reinforcing core subjects (English maths & science) & cross-curricular thinking skills through enjoyable practice activities. Pull-out answers make marking quick & easy & give children the chance to evaluate their own progress. Book 3 is aimed at Year 5 pupils (ages 9-10) &
Includes:: literacy
- reading comprehension/nouns & adjectives/plural words/spelling maths
- money/2-d shapes/fractions/number problems/vertical addition & subtraction (with borrowing & carrying)/multiplication squares science
- the earth & what it is made of/the earth's atmosphere/gravity.



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Collins KS3 Science Homework Book 3 contains three exciting & levelled questions for every double-page lesson in Pupil Book 3 as well as a CD-ROM of Pupil Book 3. There are three styles of levelled question -- Test yourself Creative & Digital -- each of which will engage your pupils & promote their progression in science. This book is perfectly matched to the new QCA Programme of Study & new Science Framework. It provides exciting & varied homework activities that will help pupils working at all levels to succeed at Key Stage 3. It will: / Make progression easy with clearly-levelled homework questions that provide full differentiation / Make science engaging with three styles of question -- Test yourself Creative & Digital -- & mid-topic project pages / Put science in context with How Science Works questions embedded throughout / Allow pupils access to their Pupil Books at home with the Pupil Book CD-ROM / Encourage pupils to monitor their own progression with the levelled record cards. ...

The Homework books aim to make homework a positive learning experience reinforcing core subjects (English maths & science) & cross-curricular thinking skills through enjoyable practice activities. Pull-out answers make marking quick & easy & give children the chance to evaluate their own progress. Book 4 is aimed at Year 6 pupils (ages 10-11) &
Includes:: literacy
- reading comprehension/past & present tenses/apostrophes/prefixes & pronouns/dialogue/homonyms maths
- adding decimals/number problems/addition of 3-digit numbers/long division science
- the body & the skeleton/keeping healthy/digestion & respiration.



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Collins New GCSE Maths Homework Books are excellent companions to Collins New GCSE Maths Student Books. Following the familiar structure & layout of the Student Book the Homework Book provides extensive practice of all the elements of the new curriculum at Grades D to A* to ensure that your students achieve the best grades in mathematics. Collins New GCSE Maths EDEXCEL Linear Homework Book Higher 2 is written by experienced teachers & examiners & provides comprehensive practice for all the topics covered in Collins New GCSE Maths EDEXCEL Linear Student Book Higher 2. It fully supports your students in learning the new 2010 GCSE Maths EDEXCEL

Specification & will ensure that they achieve the best grades: * Provide excellent additional practice for all topics covered in the Student Book with br&-new questions not found in the Student Book * Enable students to assess their own progress through each chapter with familiar colour-coded grades in every exercise * Extend students thinking & problem-solving skills with open-ended investigative tasks at the end of every chapter * Assess students work with answers to homework questions conveniently located in Collins New GCSE Maths EDEXCEL Linear Teachers Pack Higher 2 * Give students easy reference to the clear explanations & examples in their textbooks with a free CD-ROM of Collins New GCSE Maths EDEXCEL Linear Student Book Higher 2 with every Homework Book

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Any idea why the sky is blue? Baffled by birds foot deltas? Confused about chromosomes? Dont know your isoscles from your equilateral? Forgotten what actually happened in 1066? Perplexed by past participles? Bewildered already? Fret no longer. Swot up with Homework For Grownups. ...

Whether your idea of fun is an evening spent with friends & family basking in the glow of twinkly Christmas tree lights while you take the opportunity to probe the most cob-webbed corners of your intellect or if the joy of good old fashioned competitive spirit is what sets your pulse racing then welcome to your perfect fix. The Homework for Grow-Ups Quiz Book" will test your knowledge & prove once & for all who knows best. Its full of fiendishly fun questions to stimulate the grey matter & provide the perfect framework to hours spent bettering yourself & your loved ones. Who was the only prime minister to own three Derby winners? Where would you find the islets of Langerhans? Which country has Ouagadougou as its capital city? Do the simplest questions have you scratching your head or are you the one who shouts out the answers to the bioluminescence section of University Challenge? Either way " The Homework for Grown-ups Quiz Book" will be a treat." ...

These Homework Helper" titles are a quick & easy reference guide for children to use either at home or at school. This title is relevant to introduction of French as part of the foreign language initiative in schools in 2010. It covers everyday words & familiar topics allowing children to practise French in an interesting & enjoyable way." ...

Its the moment every parent dreads. Lovely little Jonny or Jenny returns from school with the worlds most complicated piece of homework & who do they turn to for help? You. Trouble is you havent the foggiest idea what theyre on about. Thats where Homework Sucks comes to the rescue. Stumped by stats? Confused by chemistry? Baffled by biology? Simon Mayo can solve your ongoing conundrums. Originally open for children to phone in with their homework issues this part of the Drivetime show now invites all listeners to send in questions theyve always wanted to ask. Answers to these questions are sent in by other listeners making Homework Sucks a really fun interactive part of the show. How do you make the toughest conker? How much ground below my house do I actually own? At what point away from the Earth does gravity stop? For answers to all of these questions & more Simon Mayo & his Homework Sucks team of experts are here to help. ...

Chris Stringer's Homo Britannicus" is the epic history of life in Britain from man's very first footsteps through to the present day. When did the first people arrive here? What did they look like? How did they survive? Who were the Neanderthals? Chris Stringer takes us back to when it was so tropical we lived here alongside hippos elephants & sabre-toothed tigers or to times so cold we hunted reindeer & mammoth & to others even colder when we were forced to flee a wall of ice. Here is the incredible truth about our ancestors' journey over millennia
- & a glimpse of the future to see how it might continue. "A beautiful book on a fascinating subject written by a world authority". (Richard Dawkins). " Superlative... Pure stimulation from beginning to end". (Bill Bryson). " Every chapter contains something new & throws up a fresh location that deserves to become famous". (" Sunday Times"). " This important & eminently readable book pulls together all the best scientific work on the first humans to inhabit Britain". (Tony Robinson). Chris Stringer is Britain's foremost expert on human origins & works in the Department of Palaeontology at the Natural History Museum. He also currently directs the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain project aimed at reconstructing the first detailed history of how & when Britain was occupied by early humans. His previous books include " African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity" " The Complete World of Human Evolution" & most recently " Homo Britannicus" which was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book of the Year in 2007."
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