Bøger af Alix Wood

In this book, meet the people who drive milk tankers and learn all about their trucks and how they do this important and highly skilled job. Sit behind the wheel of a tanker as the driver navigates along narrow tracks to visit farms. Discover how computers and a miniature onboard laboratory are used by the driver to test the milk's quality. And join the driver as they unload at a vast plant where milk is packaged into cartons or made into cheese and yogurt. Filled with detailed photos, this book is perfect for introducing newly fluent readers to non-fiction reading.

Without the men and women who drive huge car carriers, there would be no new cars or vans on the road! In this book, car and truck fans will discover all about car carriers and how they work. Readers will spend time with a car carrier driver as they load up new cars, drive them across the country, and deliver them to their excited new owners. This engaging and high-interest introduction to non-fiction reading is also perfect for supporting social studies topics such as "The Jobs People Do" and "People in Our Communities Who Help Us."

In this fact-packed, non-fiction title, young readers will join tanker truck drivers on the road as they make deliveries to petrol stations. Driving a truck that carries enough liquid to fill 125 bathtubs is a skilful job. And when that liquid could catch fire and explode, there are lots of safety rules that every driver must follow. Readers will discover what it's like to drive a tanker truck and how the drivers use long, heavy hoses to fill up huge, underground tanks with fuel. Packed with photos, this book is perfect for supporting work about the jobs people do.

Dentists play an important part in helping us stay healthy. Readers discover fun facts about how dentists help us in this charming introduction to an essential STEM career. Illustrated kids guide readers through this unique reading experience that's filled with questions and answers about what dentists do and how they use science to do it. These illustrations are featured alongside full-color photographs as part of a design that is meant to engage both reluctant readers and impassioned little scientists. With short sentences and achievable text, young readers are able to independently explore this topic.

Packed with science, this title is a fascinating exploration of bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Incredible imagery and fun superhero references create a high-interest, non-fiction read for fans of science and factual books.

Packed with science, this title is a celebration of these striped, fuzzy, and busy insect superheroes that will introduce readers to the fascinating and complicated lives of bees. Incredible images and fun superhero references.

The creative and innovative activities and projects in this high interest Key Stage 1 title will help budding scientists discover the properties of rocks, how rocks form, all about the rock cycle, how sand and soil forms, how we use rocks and much more!

The creative and innovative activities and projects in this book will help budding scientists discover the parts of different plants, how plants take in nutrients and make energy through photosynthesis; produce oxygen and take harmful gases from the air; how plants are pollinated, and disperse seeds, how we grow plants for food and much more!

These beautiful new titles from this bestselling and award-winning series explore four exciting environments and the living things that make them their home and depend on these habitats for survival.

These beautiful new titles from this bestselling and award-winning series explore four exciting environments and the living things that make them their home and depend on these habitats for survival.

Ever wondered what causes a storm, why clouds come in so many shapes, or how to predict the weather? This awesome book on meteorology puts the answers in the reader's hands. Readers will get firsthand experience with this epic branch of science through fun experiments they can do in their own backyard or park. Hands-on projects help readers grasp abstract concepts. Step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs guide readers through each activity. Helpful What's Happening sidebars explain the wonders of meteorology demonstrated in each experiment. Fun and informative, this book is the perfect introduction to the science of weather and atmospheric phenomena.

Rocks and pebbles are easy to overlook in our world since they're often underfoot, but when they're transformed into an emoji pendant, tic-tac-toe game, or refrigerator magnet, they become inspiring materials to craft a variety of attractive and entertaining objects. This exciting collection of projects shows readers how to use rocks they find to make heartfelt gifts for friends and family. Each clever project is made achievable with accessible directions accompanied by colorful photographs. Young artists will realize that artistic inspiration is truly all around us.

Måske har du hørt om det fantastiske Hubble-rumteleskop. Men har du så også hørt om manden, det er opkaldt efter?I 1920’erne benyttede Edwin Hubble datidens største astronomiske teleskop til at undersøge og lære om galakser. Hans opdagelser førte til, at vi i dag ved, at Universet udvider sig, og at Mælkevejen blot er én ud af utallige andre galakser.Universet er enormt! Og det ved vi, fordi Hubble viede sit forskerliv til astronomien.

Rachel Carson var marinbiolog, og hendes speciale var derfor havene og dets væsner. Rachel påviste, at de pesticider vi sprøjter på markerne, spreder sig til havene, floderne og resten af naturen.Hendes forskning, bogudgivelser og deltagelse i tv-programmer gjorde, at verden fik øjnene op for miljøbeskyttelse.I dag ved vi alle, at vi skal passe på miljøet. Det ved vi, fordi Rachel Carson viede sit forskerliv til at fortælle om og bekæmpe forurening.

Du har sikkert set billeder af ham i kørestolen, og du har sikkert også hørt hans computerstemme.Stephen Hawking var det meste af sit liv ramt af sygdommen ALS, men sygdommen holdt ham ikke tilbage fra at udøve banebrydende forskning i fysik.Takket være Stephen Hawking har vi i dag en forståelse af sorte huller, der er et af de mest besynderlige objekter i rummet. Og den forståelse har vi, fordi Hawking viede sit forskerliv til studier af universet.

Marie Curie forskede i radioaktivitet.Hun blev den første kvindelige underviser på universitetet i Paris. Hun blev også dets første kvindelige professor, og den første kvinde til at modtage en Nobelpris.Marie undersøgte også røntgenstråling, og hun opfandt en mobil røntgenmaskine, der hjalp til med at redde livet for mange sårede soldater under Første Verdenskrig.I dag ved vi, hvad radioaktivitet er og skyldes, og vi kan bruge det i både industrien og forskningen. Det skyldes alt sammen, at Marie Curie viede sit forskerliv til at undersøge radioaktivitet.

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