Description: This book is an essential and great value home or school reference book to support Middle School students with Science learning. Organized in three sections, each covering the key aspects of the Next Generation Science Standards curriculum for physics, biology and chemistry, and including charts, tables and lists of important information. Key concepts and basic ideas are clearly explained with simple text and colorful pictures and diagrams. Includes internet links to educational websites for further learning.
Brief description: As Editorial Director, Jane oversees books about absolutely everything. She grew up in Moscow, Singapore, and in a forest in Sussex, building treehouses and pretending to be one of the Famous Five. Before university she was a social worker in Botswana and camped under the stars in the Kalahari Desert.
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A sumptuous reference companion - Books for Keeps
A sumptuous reference companion - not arranged alphabetically - 'for students of physics, chemistry and biology', the secondary pupils presumably. The language is academic and concise-technical; no frills or anecdotes. - Books for Keeps