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36 produkter
36 produkter
AQA GCSE Foundation: Combined Science Trilogy and Entry Level Certificate Student Book
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
509 kr
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Please note this book is suitable for any student studying:Exam board: AQALevel: Entry Level Certificate (ELC) Science and GCSE (9-1) Combined Science: TrilogySubject: ScienceFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: June 2017 (ELC), June 2018 (GCSE)The newest addition to the most trusted AQA GCSE Science series will enable students working towards Grades 3-1to make progress and achieve at KS4. Written by teachers, the AQA GCSE Foundation: Combined Science Trilogy and Entry Level Certificate Student Book breaks down key ideas into manageable chunks.This student book covers the Entry Level Certificate and Foundation Combined Science: Trilogy specifications and uses the established checkpoint assessment model to track student progress and identify those ready to move onto Combined Science: Trilogy. Clear page layouts and step-by-step explanations are found throughout. Regular questions consolidate each learning point and build student confidence, and vocabulary building activities help to develop literacy skills.Key featuresMakes science accessible by breaking key ideas down and using step-by-step explanationsTrack student progress with the built-in checkpoint assessment modelVocabulary building activities develop literacy skillsIntegrated practical skills pages prepare students for required practicals or TDAExam-style questions prepare students for assessmentFollows both ELC and Combined Science: Trilogy specifications for co-teaching
553 kr
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As health improvement initiatives take center stage worldwide, public health professionals face an ongoing challenge to prove that the programs are worthwhile and that interventions make an impact. The Global Programme on Health Promotion Effectiveness (GPHPE) of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education takes on this challenge in Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness. Fifty-five contributors representing six continents come together to analyze major programs around the world and evaluate their effectiveness. The result is a symposium in a book, the first in a series, representing the best critical thinking on crucial issues such as these:Assessment of evidence and evaluation of effectiveness in an international context.Synthesis of progress on the various GPHPE regional projects, with candid evaluations of strengths and limitations, and factors unique to each region.Advocacy to strengthen the evidence base for mental health promotion, physical activity promotion and a wide range of settings-based health promotion interventions.Challenges to health promotion and its assessment, including peace-building, urbanization, globalization, and social determinants.Global debates on emerging health promotion arenas—equity, methodology, partnership, development in adverse political climates, and others—as to whether or not traditional concepts of evidence, impact, and outcomes can be applied.Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness is a significant document with profound implications for practitioners involved in implementing health promotion programs. It will serve as a vital source of frontline knowledge for researchers and students of public health.
713 kr
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Not since the 1940s has there been such comprehensive scope for uncertainty within and about Europe. New Perspectives on the Welfare State in Europe offers an appraisal of comparative social policy and applies it to current uncertainties concerning European communities and European-North American and East Asian relationships.Including contributions from Deakin, Klein, Leibfried, Mishra and Rose the work should provide essential reading for students, researchers, lecturers and policy makers in social policy, politics and sociology.
2 696 kr
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Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press.Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1977 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.
Eating for Pregnancy
The Essential Nutrition Guide and Cookbook for Today's Mothers-to-Be
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
168 kr
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Winner of Mom's Choice Award in Pregnancy/Childbirth Category Every pregnant woman understands that what she eats and drinks affects the baby developing within her. Yet as a mother-to-be, you're likely juggling so much that you simply don't have the time- or energy!- to ensure that you're always eating right. That's where this fully updated edition of the pregnancy classic comes in, making it easy to fulfill the needs of you and your baby. Eating for Pregnancy will provide you with all you need to know about nutrition before, during, and after pregnancy. Here are 150 nutrient-rich recipes, more than 30 new to this edition, designed with you and your family in mind. Each highlights"What's in this for baby and me?” and provides handy nutritional breakdowns and meal-planning advice. You'll also find: ? Tips to help you minimize unnecessary weight gain and keep your nutrient intake high ? Fresh, fast, family-friendly recipes with realistic menu plans ? The most up-to-date information on supplements, sources, environmental concerns, and high-risk pregnancies ? An expanded vegetarian section- now with vegan recipes ? Helpful information for diabetics, including ADA exchanges, recipe tips, and dining-out strategies ? A unique Nine-Months-Later section, covering breastfeeding, postpartum depression, and weight loss after pregnancy- with illustrated exercises
Eating for Pregnancy (Revised)
Your Essential Month-by-Month Nutrition Guide and Cookbook
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
173 kr
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Eating for Pregnancy is the ultimate no-nonsense nutrition guide and cookbook for moms-to-be. Every pregnant woman understands that what she eats and drinks affects the baby growing within her. Yet many of them don't have the time or energy to ensure they're always eating right. The guide walks readers through pregnancy month-by-month to cover developmental highlights, body changes, and nutritional needs of the mother and baby. Each chapter shares delicious, healthful recipes that put a special emphasis on the nutrients that mother and baby need that month, during preconception, the nine months of pregnancy, and the postpartum period. Each of the 150 recipes highlights the essential nutrients for mom and growing baby, and provides handy nutritional breakdowns and complete meal ideas.This new edition has been completely revised and updated with:25 brand-new recipes and updated classics, with more quick and easy dishes, more vegan and vegetarian recipes and variations, and more gluten-free optionsThe most up-to-date information on supplements, nutrient sources, environmental concerns, and high-risk pregnanciesGuidance for mothers with diabetes or gestational diabetes, including low-carb meal plans, recipe variations, and dining-out strategies
1 344 kr
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Explores the interaction of literature and music in the Atlantic world in the age of Enlightenment and RomanticismThis new study looks at the relationship of rhetoric and music in the era’s intellectual discourses, texts and performance cultures principally in Europe and North America. Catherine Jones begins by examining the attitudes to music and its performance by leading figures of the American Enlightenment and Revolution, notably Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. She also looks at the attempts of Francis Hopkinson and others to harness the Orphean power of music so that it should become a progressive force in the creation of a new society. She argues that the association of rhetoric and music that reaches back to classical Antiquity acquired new relevance and underwent new theorisation and practical application in the American Enlightenment in light of revolutionary Atlantic conditions. Jones goes on to consider changes in the relationship of rhetoric and music in the nationalising milieu of the nineteenth century; the connections of literature, music and music theory to changing models of subjectivity; and Romantic appropriations of Enlightenment visions of the public ethical function of music. Key FeaturesThe first study devoted to literature and music in the Atlantic worldIncludes detailed examination of works by canonical and lesser known eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American writers and composersShows the intertwining of European and American cultural formsIntegrates the history of music and the history of subjectivity Catherine Jones is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen.
164 kr
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East Asia, Peacekeeping Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
2 091 kr
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Focusing on East Asia, this collection explores the paradox of functional regional cooperation in the areas of humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and UN Peacekeeping operations, in a context of increasing regional tensions and threats. East Asia – comprising the states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – is facing a range of human, traditional, climate and ideational threats. In addressing some of these threats particularly those arising from climate induced disasters this region has been able to develop some ad-hoc cooperative practices that, according to functional logics of regional integration, could lead to longer term sustained coordinated responses and even regional partnerships. Similarly, the region is increasingly contributing to UN peacekeeping operations where these states also cooperate in the context of an UN-led mission. Yet, despite the potential for these interactions to lead to greater regional integration and coordinated action in responding to a range of security threats, these interactions are increasingly taking place in a context of animosity both between regional powers and with extra-regional powers. This edited collection explores these functional interactions and posits conclusions about the potential for longer term sustained coordinated action. These papers engage with a range of theoretical approaches in explaining the patterns of relations that are present in the region in relation to humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and UN peacekeeping operations. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Australian Journal of International Affairs.
East Asia, Peacekeeping Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
618 kr
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Focusing on East Asia, this collection explores the paradox of functional regional cooperation in the areas of humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and UN Peacekeeping operations, in a context of increasing regional tensions and threats. East Asia – comprising the states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – is facing a range of human, traditional, climate and ideational threats. In addressing some of these threats particularly those arising from climate induced disasters this region has been able to develop some ad-hoc cooperative practices that, according to functional logics of regional integration, could lead to longer term sustained coordinated responses and even regional partnerships. Similarly, the region is increasingly contributing to UN peacekeeping operations where these states also cooperate in the context of an UN-led mission. Yet, despite the potential for these interactions to lead to greater regional integration and coordinated action in responding to a range of security threats, these interactions are increasingly taking place in a context of animosity both between regional powers and with extra-regional powers. This edited collection explores these functional interactions and posits conclusions about the potential for longer term sustained coordinated action. These papers engage with a range of theoretical approaches in explaining the patterns of relations that are present in the region in relation to humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and UN peacekeeping operations. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Australian Journal of International Affairs.
2 084 kr
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This book explores how smart cities enable new and playful ways for citizens to experience, inhabit and socialise within urban environments.It examines how the functionality of digital technologies within municipal settings can extend beyond environmental pragmatism and socio-economic concerns, to include playful approaches to urban spaces that co-constitute and reinvigorate the experience of place through location-based applications and games. Chapters highlight the varied ways the city, as both a conceptual and lived space, is changing because of this confluence of technologies. The book also considers the extent to which these transformations form an armature upon which more playful approaches to the urban domain are emerging, while exploring what effect these ludic formations might have on related understandings of sociability.Smart Cities at Play: Technology and Emerging Forms of Playfulness will be a key resource for scholars and researchers of information technology, urban planning and design, games and interactive media, human-centred and user-centred design, human centred interaction, digital geography and sociology. This book was originally published as a special issue of Behaviour & Information Technology.
748 kr
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This book explores how smart cities enable new and playful ways for citizens to experience, inhabit and socialise within urban environments.It examines how the functionality of digital technologies within municipal settings can extend beyond environmental pragmatism and socio-economic concerns, to include playful approaches to urban spaces that co-constitute and reinvigorate the experience of place through location-based applications and games. Chapters highlight the varied ways the city, as both a conceptual and lived space, is changing because of this confluence of technologies. The book also considers the extent to which these transformations form an armature upon which more playful approaches to the urban domain are emerging, while exploring what effect these ludic formations might have on related understandings of sociability.Smart Cities at Play: Technology and Emerging Forms of Playfulness will be a key resource for scholars and researchers of information technology, urban planning and design, games and interactive media, human-centred and user-centred design, human centred interaction, digital geography and sociology. This book was originally published as a special issue of Behaviour & Information Technology.
1 439 kr
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This perceptive book evaluates the effectiveness of current ocean governance as it aims to respond to the threats of increased sea temperatures, salination, biodiversity loss, overfishing, and exploitation of ocean resources. Contributors pose the key question: what type of political space are the oceans and is it possible to create, implement and assess an international framework which enables the oceans to be governed?Recognising that the oceans are consistently underexplored in international relations, Governing Oceans adopts a unique interdisciplinary approach, bringing together experts in the fields of political sciences, heritage management, marine policy and coastal ecosystems who identify current challenges and good practices, and develop pragmatic suggestions for improvement. Chapters cover opportunities for improved governance of fisheries, underwater cultural heritage as a forgotten discipline, multi-level cooperation and the agency of IOC-UNESCO in shaping marine spatial planning. Embracing innovative approaches to spatial mapping policies and identifying patterns of cooperation, Governing Oceans provides a blueprint for improving the management of the seas.Combining comprehensive theory and practical case studies, this book will be an insightful read for students, academics and researchers working in sustainable development, development studies, environmental economics, environmental and international law, and geopolitics. It will also be a highly informative read for governance practitioners and professionals working in the marine cultural heritage, ocean geography and international relations sectors.
Homes and Hearths in Little Woodford
an addictive and utterly compelling look at a small town
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
171 kr
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Gordon and Maxine's dreams of a blissful life of gardening, pub lunches and quiet retirement in the charming market town of Little Woodford are ruined when three very demanding members of their family come home. First up is daughter Abi and her unassuming partner Marcus. Abi is determined to move back to Little Woodford and only the perfect house will do. What could be better than parking with Mum and Dad, while she drives local estate agents and builders mad? Then comes Judith, Maxine's high-flying sister. A crisis has driven her, sobbing, to Little Woodford. Surely Gordon and Maxine have room for her to stay while she sorts things out? Lastly, the mother-in-law from hell, Anthea, has a fall in her rambling old house. After a spell in hospital, it looks as if there is only one place she can go... Never mind bliss, there is no peace to be had! Can Gordon and Maxine find a way to restore harmony in their home?
1 385 kr
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Is China challenging liberal norms or being socialised to them? This book argues that China is incrementally pushing for re-interpretation of liberal norms, but, the result is that rather than being illiberal, this reinterpretation produces norms that are differently liberal and more akin to the liberal pluralism of the 1990s.
2 091 kr
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Not since the 1940s has there been such comprehensive scope for uncertainty within and about Europe. New Perspectives on the Welfare State in Europe offers an appraisal of comparative social policy and applies it to current uncertainties concerning European communities and European-North American and East Asian relationships.Including contributions from Deakin, Klein, Leibfried, Mishra and Rose the work should provide essential reading for students, researchers, lecturers and policy makers in social policy, politics and sociology.
726 kr
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Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press.Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1977 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.
136 kr
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961 kr
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Is China challenging liberal norms or being socialised to them? This book argues that China is incrementally pushing for re-interpretation of liberal norms, but, the result is that rather than being illiberal, this reinterpretation produces norms that are differently liberal and more akin to the liberal pluralism of the 1990s.
334 kr
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Your essential companion for AQA A Level Physics success! This all-in-one revision and practice guide combines clear explanations, exam-style questions, and expert tips to help students achieve their best. Backed by research and trusted by teachers, Oxford Revise makes revision simple and effective. Exam Board: AQALevel: A LevelSubject: Physics Why this revision guide?• All-in-One Revision & Practice: Everything students need for AQA A Level Physics in one book.• Clear Structure: Follows a proven knowledge - retrieval - practice approach, the scientifically proven most effective way to learn and recall information.• Expertly Written: Created by revision specialists and supported by research into best revision techniques. Key Features:• Knowledge Organisers: All key knowledge you need explained simply and clearly. • Retrieval questions: Check that you have retained the knowledge before you move onto the exam practice. Regularly going back and retrieving prior knowledge helps you combat the forgetting curve.• Exam-style practice: Lots of opportunities to practise the type of questions you will encounter in your exams with useful tips and guidance.As you use this revision and practice guide, you will be securing your knowledge and building up your confidence.Answers to the activities and exam-style practice questions featured throughout the book are available to download from oxfordrevise.com/scienceanswers. For more subjects in the Oxford Revise series, search Oxford Revise or visit the Oxford Revise website oxfordrevise.com
334 kr
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Your essential companion for OCR A Level Physics A success! This all-in-one revision and practice guide combines clear explanations, exam-style questions, and expert tips to help students achieve their best. Backed by research and trusted by teachers, Oxford Revise makes revision simple and effective. Exam Board: OCRLevel: A LevelSubject: Physics A Why this revision guide?• All-in-One Revision & Practice: Everything students need for OCR A Level Physics A in one book.• Clear Structure: Follows a proven knowledge - retrieval - practice approach, the scientifically proven most effective way to learn and recall information.• Expertly Written: Created by revision specialists and supported by research into best revision techniques Key Features:• Knowledge Organisers: All key knowledge you need explained simply and clearly. • Retrieval questions: Check that you have retained the knowledge before you move onto the exam practice. Regularly going back and retrieving prior knowledge helps you combat the forgetting curve.• Exam-style practice: Lots of opportunities to practise the type of questions you will encounter in your exams with useful tips and guidance.As you use this revision and practice guide, you will be securing your knowledge and building up your confidence.Answers to the activities and exam-style practice questions featured throughout the book are available to download from oxfordrevise.com/scienceanswers. For more subjects in the Oxford Revise series, search Oxford Revise or visit the Oxford Revise website oxfordrevise.com.
Oxford Smart AQA GCSE Sciences (Foundation): Combined Science Trilogy and Entry Level Certificate Student Book
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
493 kr
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Please note this book is suitable for any student studying:Exam board: AQALevel: Entry Level Certificate (ELC) Science and GCSE (9-1) Combined Science: TrilogySubject: ScienceFirst teaching: September 2016 This student book is part of the refreshed, Oxford Smart AQA GCSE Sciences series which aims to break down barriers to learning, and encourage all students to be active STEM students. This book has been developed specifically for students working towards Grades 3-1, with the aim of building their confidence, make steady progress and achieve success at KS4. Covering the Entry Level Certificate and Foundation Combined Science: Trilogy specifications, simple page layouts and step-by-step explanations keep focus on the key concepts while developing literacy, maths, and practical skills. Regular questions provide opportunities to check understanding, track progress, and identify students who are ready to move onto Combined Science: Trilogy. Key featuresMakes science accessible by breaking key ideas down and using step-by-step explanationsTrack student progress with the built-in checkpoint assessment modelVocabulary building activities develop literacy skillsIntegrated practical skills pages prepare students for required practicals or TDAExam-style questions prepare students for assessmentFollows both ELC and Combined Science: Trilogy specifications for co-teaching
Oxford Smart AQA GCSE Sciences: Physics for Combined Science (Trilogy) Student Book
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
347 kr
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This AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy Physics Student Book has been brought right up-to-date to meet the needs of today's students. As well as clear and accessible explanations and diagrams, covering all of the required GCSE Physics knowledge and skills, this student book uses current research and evidence to go into even more depth. Carefully-picked and diverse examples give each topic contexts that students can relate to, helping them to make invaluable connections across the specifications and more widely. And there's more! Metacognitive strategies, helping students to learn about learning, have been included throughout, so students develop independent learning skills to become resilient and successful learners. This approach is across all of the AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy student books: Biology (9781382051392) and Chemistry (9781382051439). For the ultimate resource package, take a look at the matching Oxford Revise guide, Combined Higher (9781382004879) and Combined: Foundation (9781382004862)
460 kr
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This AQA approved, AQA GCSE Physics Student Book has been brought right up-to-date to meet the needs of today's students. As well as clear and accessible explanations and diagrams, covering all of the required GCSE Physics knowledge and skills, this student book uses current research and evidence to go into even more depth. Carefully-picked and diverse examples give each topic contexts that students can relate to, helping them to make invaluable connections across the specifications and more widely. And there's more! Metacognitive strategies, helping students to learn about learning, have been included throughout, so students develop independent learning skills to become resilient and successful learners. This approach is across all of the AQA GCSE Science student books: Biology (9781382051415) and Chemistry(9781382051460). For the ultimate resource package, take a look at the matching Oxford Revise Physics guide (9781382004886)
316 kr
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Stretch yourself to achieve the highest grades, with structured syllabus coverage, varied exam-style questions and annotated sample answers, to help you to build the essential skill set for exam success.- Benefit from expert advice and tips on skills and knowledge from experienced subject authors- Target revision and focus on important concepts and skills with key objectives at the beginning of every chapter- Keep track of your own progress with a handy revision planner- Consolidate and apply your understanding of key content with revision activities, short 'Test yourself' and exam-style questions- Apply your understanding of essential practical and mathematical skills with Skills boxes including worked examples
553 kr
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As health improvement initiatives take center stage worldwide, public health professionals face an ongoing challenge to prove that the programs are worthwhile and that interventions make an impact. The Global Programme on Health Promotion Effectiveness (GPHPE) of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education takes on this challenge in Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness. Fifty-five contributors representing six continents come together to analyze major programs around the world and evaluate their effectiveness. The result is a symposium in a book, the first in a series, representing the best critical thinking on crucial issues such as these:Assessment of evidence and evaluation of effectiveness in an international context.Synthesis of progress on the various GPHPE regional projects, with candid evaluations of strengths and limitations, and factors unique to each region.Advocacy to strengthen the evidence base for mental health promotion, physical activity promotion and a wide range of settings-based health promotion interventions.Challenges to health promotion and its assessment, including peace-building, urbanization, globalization, and social determinants.Global debates on emerging health promotion arenas—equity, methodology, partnership, development in adverse political climates, and others—as to whether or not traditional concepts of evidence, impact, and outcomes can be applied.Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness is a significant document with profound implications for practitioners involved in implementing health promotion programs. It will serve as a vital source of frontline knowledge for researchers and students of public health.
176 kr
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Open up the world of science to your students, enthusing and encouraging them to become focused, questioning and successful scientists, thinkers and problem-solvers. Science and technology encompass some of the most important skills children need to master in the modern world. This series introduces and develops the building blocks of science study, ensuring student interest and academic progression continue hand-in-hand throughout the primary school and on into secondary education.- new, appealing resource planned and designed to make each student feel and work like a scientist- language controlled with vocabulary support for students, plus full support for non-specialist teachers- features special projects and research projects to build skills towards the end of primary examinations- focus on practical work, green technologies, environmental issues and science in daily life.
213 kr
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This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.Reinforce learning and deepen understanding of the practical skills required by the revised syllabus; ideal as course companions or homework books for use when carrying out and analysing practical work throughout the course.- Support students' learning and provide guidance on practical skills with extra practice questions and activities, tailored to topics in the Student Book- Keep track of students' work with ready-to-go write-in exercises which once completed can also be used to recap learning for revision- Offer extra support for the mathematical and statistical parts of the courseAnswers can be found at www.hoddereducation.com/cambridgeextras
Eating for Lower Cholesterol
A Balanced Approach to Heart Health with Recipes Everyone Will Love
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
215 kr
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The second in Catherine Jones's wonderful series about the goings-on behind the facade of the market town of Little Woodford. The market town of Little Woodford seems peaceful and beautiful, with its thriving high street, ancient church and immaculate allotments. But behind this facade, troubles are brewing. Olivia Laithwaite has come down in the world, thanks to her gambling husband. she hates the modern showbox they've moved into and knows she must now humble herself to apply for a local job. Miranda Osborne has arrived with a flourish in Little Woodford and bought Olivia's beloved Grange. Now she starts to throw her weight around – objecting to everything, from the church bells to the local market stalls. It isn't long before the town is in turmoil. 'Delicious ... A cracking story. I absolutely loved it' Emma Lee-Potter.