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Gain a complete understanding of Grades 6, 7 and 8 STEM subjects.From atoms and rocketships to vaccines and the human nervous system, this fully illustrated home learning workbook will help your child be at the top of their science class! This engaging science book for kids makes tricky topics and challenging concepts completely crystal clear! Here's what's inside: - Covers the core STEM topics, from biology, chemistry and physics, to technology. - Clearly laid out with easy-to-follow instructions for children to use by themselves. - Answers are given at the back of the book. - Practice questions and practical exercises to help expand your child's knowledge of the subject. Take your child's STEM learning to the next levelDid you know that many plants have a transport system to carry water and nutrients wherever they are needed? Or that most power stations around the world burn fossil fuels to make electricity? Packed with fascinating facts, fun graphics and step-by-step explanations, t

STEM subjects are where the future's at. Now you can be a science superstar with this colorful practice book. Are you a budding Einstein? Or do you need a little more help to avoid falling behind in science class? DK's How to be Good at Science, Technology, and Engineering course book for children aged 7-14 now has two accompanying workbooks: Workbook 1 covers ages 7-11 and Workbook 2 covers ages 11-14. These workbooks will help to cement everything you need to know about "STE" subjects through practice questions and practical exercises. Easy-to-follow instructions allow you to try out what you've studied, helping you understand what you've learned in school or giving extra revision practice before that important test. Workbook 2 is aimed at children aged 11-14 (Grades 6, 7, and 8 in the US), and covers all the key areas of the school curriculum for this level, including genes and DNA, atoms and molecules, chemical reactions, the periodic table, heat transfer, electricity and magnetism

Dive into this uniquely elegant visual exploration of the sea An aesthetic look at marine life and the ocean environment, this book uses astounding photography and clear diagrams to make marine biolog

Some subjects are too interesting to be left at school! Carry on your love of history at home with Ancient Egypt - an activity-packed guide to one of history's most fascinating civilizations. Divided

Some subjects are too interesting to be left at school! Carry on your love of history at home with Ancient Greece - an activity-packed exploration of the lives and history of the ancient Greeks. Divid

Some subjects are too interesting to be left at school! Carry on your love of nature at home with Bugs - an activity-packed exploration of insects and their world. Divided into sections, the book star

Some subjects are too interesting to be left at school! Carry on your love of history at home with Medieval Life - an activity-packed exploration of life in the Middle Ages. Divided into sections, t

Some subjects are too interesting to be left at school! Carry on your love of geography and Earth sciences at home with Rocks & Minerals - an activity-packed exploration of the building blocks tha

Whether you're trying your hand at painting for the first time or honing your artistic ability, Artist's Painting Techniques is the handiest guide to teach you how to paint. Starting with the basics s

Discover the natural and physical world, how our body works, the galaxies surrounding our planet, and the periodic table in this compact science box set.Pocket Genius Science Collection combines four visually striking titles: Science, Human Body, Space, and Elements, in one exquisite slipcase that takes kids aged 9-12 through the fascinating world of all things science! This boxset contains: Pocket Genius ScienceCovering the basic principles of science, including matter and materials, energy and forces, and the living world, what things are made of, how things move, and how life works. Pocket Genius Human BodyFocusing on bones and joints, blood and the heart, lungs and breathing, the digestive system, brain, nerves, senses, and the life cycle, this is a head-to-toe look at our body and how it works. Pocket Genius SpaceExploring the Big Dipper, Little Dipper and other constellations, as well as in-depth looks at Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and to the moons o

This exciting introduction to Earth is brimming with explosive volcanoes, incredible habitats, and world-saving ideas.From Earth’s inner core to the thinnest air at the edge of the atmosphere, get ready for an aound-the-world adventure...Dig down and learn exactly what is under our feet. Investigate the workings of earthquakes and volcanoes. Learn how mountains are made and how rivers form. Find out about wind, rain, and extreme weather on Earth’s surface. Explore Earth’s habitats, and meet the plants and animals that call them home. Finally, find out about how our planet is under threat, and what you can do to protect it.Packed with fun facts and colorful illustrations, My Very Important Earth Encyclopedia will feed your imagination and quench your thirst for knowledge.

125 comprehensive, easy-to-use cards for exam preparationA fantastic aid for test preparation, these flash cards make math crystal clear and will have you exam-ready in no time.Make math super simple! These handy flash cards condense everything you need to know about math into bitesize key facts and crystal clear diagrams. Studying for exams has never been so easy. Math is explained in simple, user-friendly language, with colorful illustrations to help you grasp difficult concepts at a glance. Whether you’re catching up on lessons, doing homework, or revising for exams, these super simple cards will make you a math expert in no time.

Travel back in time and share the experience of everyday thoughts and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages. Great Diaries traces the history of the diary from ancient times to the present day, bringing together more than 80 historical and literary diaries, artists' sketchbooks, explorers' journals, and scientists' notebooks. Discover what it was like to build a pyramid, sail the seas with Magellan, travel into the heart of Africa, or serve on the Western Front.Find out how writers and artists planned their masterpieces, and how scientists developed their groundbreaking theories. Great Diaries takes you into the pages of the world's greatest diaries and notebooks, including those of Samuel Pepys, Charles Darwin, Henry-David Thoreau, the Goncourt brothers, Virginia Woolf, and Anne Frank, and shows you what they looked like. Stunning images of the original notebooks and manuscripts are complemented by key extracts and close-ups of important

Amazing Shapes brings this very important early learning topic to life with cute, bold illustrations, and lots of flaps to open. This interactive book follows the early primary Maths curriculum, with a few extra opportunities for eager learners, so that children feel supported and excited when they meet geometry topics in and out of class. Lift-the-flaps elements, fun questions throughout, plus a quiz at the end of the book encourage a child's curiosity, helping them become independent little learners who love maths!Children will get to know squares, circles, triangles, spheres, cubes, pyramids, and many more, and discover what makes each of these shapes extra important.They'll learn all about sides, corners, vertices, symmetry, turns, and tessellation as they lift the exciting flaps. Little readers can even turn 2-D shapes into 3-D with special net flaps! With Amazing Shapes, children will literally make geometry come off the page and into the real world.

Packed with more than 640 high-definition maps and over 950 illustrations and diagrams, this is the ultimate reference world atlas. Fully revised and updated to encompass recent world events, DK's Reference World Atlas meets the challenge of providing comprehensive global mapping at a very competitive price. First published in 1997 and now in its 11th edition, this extensive atlas is an invaluable reference for home, school, and office.The opening section is a fascinating introduction to our world with a series of maps that illustrate its physical, political, economic, and demographic geography. The main section is a series of beautifully clear and concise maps that give a superb overview of the world's continents. Each page contains a wealth of extra information that helps to separate this atlas from so many others, including inset maps, photographs and text to help give a real flavour of the geography and culture of a region.New information in this edition includes everything from re