This book is part of an exciting series on ecologically sustainable development for upper primary to lower secondary students. It challenges us to think differently about the way we use resources at home, and how we can work with, rather than against nature.Some features: Eco warnings: some of the ways people are wasting the worlds wealth Eco solutions: examples of doing things differently for a sustainable future Eco villains: showing how people make or use things in a non-sustainable
Describes the origins and history of various types of accessories, ornaments, and hair styles, and offers an interview with a jeweler, a crafts project, and other details.
Describes the origins and history of various types of working, foul weather, and sports attire, and offers an interview with a bathing-suit manufacturer, a crafts project, and other details.
Describes the reasons for wearing underwear, and the origins and history of various types of undergarments and sleeping apparel, and offers an interview with a corsetiere, a crafts project, and other details.
Each title features: -- A crafts activity -- A time line of one particular article of clothing -- An interview with a creator of clothing -- Clothes worn by famous people in history
Describes the origins and history of nurses' uniforms and various badges, the clothing of different subcultures, and wedding costumes, and offers an interview with an artist who designs patches, a crafts project, and other details.
This is not a shaggy dog story, although a dog carries the tale through history starting with the campfire. Digital Dark Age cleverly illustrates some of the important technologies we have invented to capture our stories and carry their threads across space and time. We live in the present and embrace new technologies that move at a faster and faster pace, but without effective systems in place to store our memories is it possible that, as Mark Twain once wrote, in the future we won't recall 'any but the things that never happened'?This is the cautionary note: the more complex the technology we make to keep our records the less control we have over our ideas, our writings, our photos, our history and arguably ourselves. The dog hasn't swallowed our story; we are simply unleashing it with our love of new technology. Is there nothing that can be done? Read this new book for some great tips on saving our past and present for the future.
Describes the origins and history of various types of fashion, fancy dress, and theatrical costumes, and offers an interview with a film and theatrical costumer, a crafts project, and other details.
This beautifully illustrated hardcover book tells the story of NSW railways for children aged 6-10, as seen through the eyes of Emily, an inquisitive eight-year old with a vivid imagination. In conversation with her Grandpa, Emily explores many aspects of rail heritage. Emily travels back in time and gets to ask the questions an 8-year old might ask.
This book supports the intent of the new Australian National Curriculum to help students to recognise that 'mathematical ideas have evolved over centuries and across all cultures and they continue to expand'. A maths odyssey encourages all Australian students to experience the power of mathematics and to develop the ability to use mathematical skills and knowledge creatively and efficiently"--P. 2.
Dorothy the Dinosaur and her friends The Wiggles, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus and Captain Feathersword are spending a day at the Powerhouse Museum. There's so much to see and do ... but before too long Dorothy loses her favourite handbag! So they set off to find it and uncover some remarkable things along the way. Join Dorothy and her friends on their adventure as they explore the museum and find trains and cars, engines and guitars, beautiful old dresses and vases, and -- eventually -- the missing handbag.
Explores the meaning of ecologically sustainable development, by looking at the current water use in Australia and its associated problems, including overfishing and pollution. Profiles people involved in changing the way society functions in relation to the environment. Provides suggestions for related activities. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Titles in this series look at ecologically sustainable development in relation to six areas that affect our daily lives -- i.e. travel and transport, water, community, shopping, land, and home. The content in the books covers some of the ways people are wasting the world's wealth, examples of doing things differently, and some of the jobs in a sustainable future.
Titles in this series look at ecologically sustainable develoment in relation to six areas that affect our daily lives -- i.e. travel and transport, water, community, shopping, land, and home. The content in the books covers some of the ways people are wasting the world's wealth, examples of doing things differently, and some of the jobs in a sustainable future.
Titles in this series look at ecologically sustainable development in relation to six areas that affect our daily lives -- i.e. travel and transport, water, community, shopping, land, and home. The content in the books covers some of the ways people are wasting the world's wealth, examples of doing things differently, and some of the jobs in a sustainable future.
Looks at the amount of waste generated by the things we buy and explores ways that things could be made or used differently to promote ecologically sustainable development. Profiles people involved in changing the way society functions in relation to the environment. Provides suggestions for related activities. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Looks at how people washed and ironed their clothes in Australia fifty to a hundred years ago. Includes the reminiscences of six Australian grandparents. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Considers what cooking and eating were like in Australia fifty to a hundred years ago. Includes the reminiscences of six Australian grandparents. Suggested level: junior, primary.
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