Description
Junior Encyclopedia is a children's encyclopedia with a difference, providing young learners with a wealth of knowledge in an accessible way., , Crammed with amazing bite-sized facts, fantastic photographs and detailed artworks, Junior Encyclopedia explains key concepts in a fun way to appeal to younger readers and support their learning at school. Captions, picture annotations and special info panels provide extra information to reinforce a child's understanding. Plus, fun activities throughout help kids to engage with the facts, enabling them to recall the information at a later date., , Chapters and example topics in Junior Encyclopedia:, • Incredible Space: Our life-giving star, the Sun, • Active Earth: Inside Earth , • Wild Weather: The water cycle, • Super Science: What is electricity?, • Deadly Dinosaurs: Huge hunters, • Ocean Life: Deep-sea creatures, • Fantastic Mammals: Biggest mammals, • Brilliant Birds: Rainforest birds, • Awesome Bugs: Burrowing bugs, • Ancient Egypt: Powerful pharaohs, • Ancient Rome: The Roman Empire, • Knights and Castles: Life in the Middle Ages, , Fun Fact! boxes make curriculum subjects enjoyable:, • The surface of the Sun is nearly 60 times hotter than boiling water. It is so hot, it would melt a spacecraft that flew near it., • Flying fish can use their winglike fins to keep them in the air for as long as 30 seconds!, • The average depth of the Pacific is more than 4000 metres, making it the world's deepest ocean., , Activity panels help to demonstrate difficult ideas with practical projects:, • Quiz time! How did Egyptians travel? Look at the picture clue., • Understand how bugs fly by making wings with scissors, sticky tape, stiff card and tissue paper., • Take your own pulse using just modelling clay and a drinking straw.
