Richard Spilsbury

What was it like to live in ancient Egypt? More specifically, what was it like to become Pharaoh of Egypt as a teenager? Why not let Ramesses II tell you about it? You'll read about his accomplishments and failures, as well as what day-to-day life was like for him, his subjects, and his slaves. A postscript explains what happened after he died.

Ramesses II

Louise Spilsbury

'The Earth's Resources' looks at the many different types of natural resources, and how people make use of them. It looks at water, minerals and metals, and renewable sources such as biomass, solar, geothermal and hydropower, and their importance as non-renewable resources run out.

The Earth's Resources

Discusses the impact environmentalism and green technology can have and has had on town and cities.

Towns and Cities

Wonderful Ecosystems

The Fukushima nuclear power plant was seriously damaged by a tsunami in 2011. Today, environmental problems continue, showing just how far-reaching damage from the massive waves of a tsunami can be. Other headline-grabbing tsunamis are profiled in this volume, providing readers with true-life examples as they learn about what causes tsunamis, where they are likely to hit, and how areas prepare for them throughout the main content. Full-color photographs of tsunami-caused devastation accompany the STEM content, boxes of real disaster statistics, and quotes from those who lived through a tsunami.

Tsunami Crushes Coastline

What is the difference between a tsunami and a tidal wave? Who helps people affected by tsunamis? How can people prepare for tsunamis? Can tsunamis be predicted? Case studies of recent tsunamis, including the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, are examin

Sweeping Tsunamis

This exciting new series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project work. The readers are graded at four levels, from 3 to 6, suitable for students from age 8 and older. They can support Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), andcover a broad range of topics, within three curriculum areas:The World of Science and TechnologyThe Natural WorldThe World of Arts and Social StudiesAlso available for each reader:Activity BookAudio CD Pack (Reader and Audio CD)Teacher's Notes and CLIL guidance at www.oup.com/elt/readanddiscoverThe Activity Book includes 16 pages of chapter-linked activities followed by after-reading whole book activities and a book review; focus on content, vocabulary, and grammar.

Oxford Read and Discover: Level 6: Cells and Microbes

This book looks at what reflections are and how we can use them. - Mirrors reflect light back at exactly the same angle. You can make a "mirror book" to explore symmetry and multiple reflections. - Why does a straight straw look bent in a glass of water? Experiment using air, oil and water to see how different materials affect the speed of light. - Look at how our eyes use reflected light to see and make a pinhole camera to show how the eye works. And much more!

Reflecting Light

The Skeleton and Muscles

This book looks at how shadows are created. - Test which materials block light (are opaque), let some light through (are translucent) and let most light through (are transparent). - Look at how you can make animal shadows using your hands! - You can make a sundial to explore how shadows can change depending on the position of the Sun. And much more!

Shadows

Presents information about landslides and avalanches, including their causes, their aftereffects, rescue efforts, and case studies of actual past disasters caused by them.

Landslides and Avalanches in Action

What is a hurricane? Where do hurricanes happen? Who helps hurricane victims? Read Howling Hurricanes to answer these questions and more. Each book in the Awesome Forces of Nature series looks at what causes natural disasters to happen, how people are aff

Howling Hurricanes

It’s hard to imagine the fiery orange lava that explodes from volcanoes as a hardened, black mass of rock, but that process is what forms igneous rocks—one of the three kinds of rock that make up Earth’s surface. This important Earth science concept is explored in the text, which also covers the different kinds of igneous rocks, how to use their physical properties to identify them, and what clues they offer about Earth’s past. The text also clues readers in to how we use this tough rock as a resource, and how people living near volcanoes use their environment to their advantage. Sidebars, fact boxes, and interesting photos supplement the text’s information-rich content.

Igneous Rocks

Explains how erosion and weathering can cause landslides, sinkholes, canyons, and waterfalls.

Erosion and Weathering

The Disappearing Mountain and Other Earth Mysteries

Uses everyday examples and activities to introduce key concepts about sound.

Why Can't I Hear That?: Pitch and Frequency

Forest fires can happen naturally, but the truth is that people cause them, too, often to terrible consequences. Readers learn how they start in both cases as well as how these fires spread, the damage they cause the environment, and how firefighters fight them on the ground and in the air. Case studies of recent forest fires, including the 2016 fires in California, provide readers with real-life examples to encourage connections between the book's STEM content and social studies concepts of conservation, community engagement, and the huge project of cleaning up a natural disaster like a forest fire.

Forest Fire Creates Inferno

Science has never been more exciting with this attention-grabbing approach which delivers true scientific learning through an action-packed story and spectacular graphic illustrations. The science in the story is backed up through simple experiments that readers can try for themselves.

Explore Light and Use Science to Survive

The Cave of Shadows

Discover the architects and construction engineers of the animal world! From underground aardvark burrows to giant termite mounds, find out how animals build homes to keep them snug and safe from predators.

Animal Homes and Hang-outs

Explains and explores the use of wind power.

The Pros and Cons of Wind Power

Introduces endangered species from South America, including West Indian manatees, Harpy eagles, and maned wolves.

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