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Science Web Reader Jim Henderson

Science Web Reader By Jim Henderson

Science Web Reader by Jim Henderson


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Summary

Each Reader contains a wide range of articles and reading activities with different styles of writing to encourage students to develop their literacy and thinking skills in a Science context.

Science Web Reader Summary

Science Web Reader: Physics by Jim Henderson

This book is designed to encourage students to enjoy reading about Science. It provides resources to support Ideas and Evidence in Science, and offers a wide variety of writing styles, including playlets, cartoons and stories. It contains differing levels of readability and scientific content, and provides exercises to encourage thinking skills and writing ability. Exercises presented, can be used for homework, class activities and individual study. It contains full colour artwork and photographs.

Table of Contents

Caroline Herschel - the work of Caroline and William Herschel, Joan Solomon; earthquake! - how scientists are designing buildings to withstand earthquakes, Averil Macdonald; inventing electric light - the work of Thomas Edison, Jonathan Osborne; energy - an eternal delight? - a story set in the future, a young girl looks at energy resources, Jim Henderson; energy for living in the Alps - how energy is supplied to a remote Alpine refuge, Steuart Kellington; I want an anti-gravity mat for Christmas - a young boy thinks about a world without gravity, Joan Solomon; the big wheel keeps on turning - the story of the design and construction of the London Eye, Jim Henderson; mountains of the moon - a cartoon story of Galileo's observations of the moon, Joan Solomon; mad inventors - a light-hearted look at unusual inventions, Richard Robinson; taking a barometer up the mountain - an historical story recounting the work of Galileo, Torriceli and Pascal on barometers, Joan Solomon; let's build a cliff railway - levers and forces used to good effect in an unusual cliff railway, Steuart Kellington; it's not worth the risk - a scientific approach to risk assessment, Mary Ratcliffe; solar panels around the world - the use of solar cells in providing electricity, Steuart Kellington; sound it out - the science of sound, Averil Macdonald; from frisbees to spiral galaxies - the physics of spin, Joan Solomon; strange rays in Wurzburg - a diary account of the discovery of x-rays, Jim Henderson; the steam engine, the telegraph and the murderer - how science and technology led to a murderer's arrest, Joan Solomon; a central sun - Thomas Recorde tells the story of Copernicus, Jim Henderson; voyager - voyagers 1 and 2 explore the solar system, Nigel Heslop; reflecting on light - the importance of reflection, Averil Macdonald.

Additional information

GOR002695529
9780174387398
0174387393
Science Web Reader: Physics by Jim Henderson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
2001-01-25
64
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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