Making Science Work: Movies (Making Science Work) - Softcover

Oxlade, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0431064490 ISBN 13: 9780431064499

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books - Library Division, 1997

Synopsis

A title from the MAKING SCIENCE WORK series, which uses familiar topics, photographs and artwork to demonstrate ways in which scientific advances affect our everyday lives and how science is relevant to children's own experiences. Suitable for National Curriculum KS2.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Gr 3-5--These titles explain in clear, simple terms the part that science plays in these endeavors. Both books are successful in presenting both basic and slightly more sophisticated concepts in an interesting and palatable manner. Double-page chapters are heavily laden with full-color photographs and illustrations. Bold, large-print type introduces each new topic and encourages browsing. Crime Detection looks at forensic science, security, fingerprints, and how evidence is chemically analyzed and collected. Donna Jackson's The Bone Detectives (Little, Brown, 1996) is also highly pictorial but is much more sophisticated in its approach to the subject. Movies explores the history of moving pictures, how the film camera works, stunts, the difference between regular-sized and large-format film, animation, and computer enhancement. Libraries needing information on "everyday" science for the younger crowd will do well with these colorful introductory titles.

Joan Soulliere, formerly at Wenham Public Library, MA

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About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books - Library Division
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0431064490
• ISBN 13: 9780431064499
• Binding: Paperback