Moving up with Science: Rocks and Soil
Published on 10. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-4451-3516-8 (ISBN)
Description
Find out all about the science in the world around us with Moving Up with Science. Written to support the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, each title explores key scientific topics through a combination of concise information and fun experiments.
Moving Up with Science: Rocks and Soil looks at Earth and the rocks that make it up, from its fiery core and volcanoes to limestone cliffs and fossils. It also explores how rocks form and reform over time, and how they change the world around us.
Moving Up with Science: Rocks and Soil looks at Earth and the rocks that make it up, from its fiery core and volcanoes to limestone cliffs and fossils. It also explores how rocks form and reform over time, and how they change the world around us.
Reviews / Votes
Peter manages to bring these pages to life with simple and fluent text ... There are plenty of areas which children will want to find out more about and I can see the book acting as a springboard to further studies * School Librarian * Explores key scientific topics through a combination of concise information and fun experiments. This combination is ideal to encourage children to make their own investigations and further their own learning through hands-on experience * Parents In Touch *More details
Series
Edition
Illustrated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 7 to 9 years
Edition type
Illustrated edition
Dimensions
Height: 268 mm
Width: 212 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
148 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4451-3516-8 (9781445135168)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Peter Riley was a science teacher for 25 years, 17 of them as Head of Science. His first book was published in 1981, and he has been a full-time author since 1996, with over 200 books published for children, students and teachers. He is the winner of the prestigious Schoolbook Award for Science in 2000, as well as being shortlisted for the Aventis Science Prize 2004 and nominated for the Educational Resources Award in 2009.
Content
1: Rocks in space
2: Inside the Earth
3: Volcanoes
4: Igneous rocks
5: When rocks break up
6: Sedimentary rocks
7: Rocks from living things
8: Minerals
9: Metamorphic rocks
10: Soil
11: Investigating soil
12: How fossils form
13: Fossils from different ages
14: Glossary
15: Answers
16: Index
2: Inside the Earth
3: Volcanoes
4: Igneous rocks
5: When rocks break up
6: Sedimentary rocks
7: Rocks from living things
8: Minerals
9: Metamorphic rocks
10: Soil
11: Investigating soil
12: How fossils form
13: Fossils from different ages
14: Glossary
15: Answers
16: Index