Theres no doubt about it: domesticity is enjoying a major comeback with the explosion of stitch n bitch" knitting circles; our sudden fascination with canning cheese-making & grinding our own flour; & a tidal wave of memoirs in the "I quit my corporate job & found fulfillment on a Vermont goat farm" vein. Why are women embracing the labor-intense domestic tasks that our mothers & grandmothers so eagerly shrugged off? Why has the image of the blissfully domestic vintage-clad supermom become the medias feminine ideal? In Homeward Bound Emily Matchar offers an investigation into how New Domesticity is fundamentally reshaping the role of women in society & what the consequences might be. With research spanning from coast to coast Matchar introduces us to a diverse cast of characters-Southern food bloggers "radical homemakers" on the East Coast Etsy entrepreneurs in Provo members of urban knitting circles in Austin & many more. She identifies the negative elements of these trends along with the positive ultimately suggesting that this return to domesticity goes a step too far to the detriment of both men & women alike." ...

Collins KS3 Science Homework Book 1 contains three exciting & levelled questions for every double-page lesson in Pupil Book 1 as well as a CD-ROM of Pupil Book 1. 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.



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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 1 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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Collins KS3 Science Homework Book 2 contains three exciting & levelled questions for every double-page lesson in Pupil Book 2 as well as a CD-ROM of Pupil Book 2. 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.



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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 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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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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Don't know your isosceles from your equilateral? Forgotten what actually happened in 1066? Perplexed by past participles? Bewildered already? Fret no longer. Swot up with Homework for Grown-Ups"
- a brilliantly informative & entertaining book of old-school knowledge for adults. It covers everything from algebra & prime numbers English grammar & the Big Bang theory & an easy way to remember the order of the planets & Britain's kings & queens to art Latin P.E. home economics & much more. Packed with essential facts figures & theories along with fun but challenging test papers to keep you on your toes it might just equip parents to handle their child's homework without humiliation."
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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. ...