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The human body is an amazing machine, constantly processing information to keep us alive. 

This series provides broad coverage of the life processes curriculum for Key Stage 3 science. Each title presents detailed information on the main concepts and theories of each subject area.

In addition, the books stress the key features of science at this level - scientific enquiry, use of ideas and...

This Core Maths task asks the question ‘How do you know if you are really unwell?’ The activity explores the data surrounding body temperature, shows how to summarise continuous data and explores the effect on summary statistics that changing the size of the class interval has.

Body temperature:...

This book looks at the immune system and what it does to keep us safe and healthy. 

This book is a tour of anatomy from Robert Winston. From how the blood flows through the heart to how food is digested, the reader takes a trip through their very own body and will be astounded by its inner workings...

In this book, readers will find out what keeps their body upright and why it moves when they want it to. All will be revealed about the mysteries of the brain as well as why skunks smell so unpleasant.

Readers will discover how they take in life-giving oxygen get energy from their food as well as how urine...

The most astonishing and complex organism on earth - the human body - is explored in this dynamic series. Specialist photography and state-of-the-art digital illustration...

This third edition of 'Bodyspace' maintains the same content and structure as previous editions, but updates the material and references to reflect recent developments in the field. The book has been substantially...

This Nuffield Pathways Through Science module was presented in three episodes covering the study of human biology as well as adult concerns about fitness and health: Bd 1: Are you fit and healthy? Bd 2: Are you what you eat? Bd 3: Drugs - uses and abuses

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'Pathways through science' provides strategies for tackling the problem of differentiation through a versatile series of activities. The resources have been designed to match the proposed NEA/WJEC/ULEAC modular GCSE, but can also be organized for use with any other GCSE programme.

Each of the 13 modules...

An exciting adventure story about brilliant but accident-prone boy who is forced to go on the run, facing a handful of challenges along the way.

This book provides an insight into the true history of science - a weird and wonderful series of mishaps and confusions - and the real stories behind our greatest discoveries. 

This activity looks at climate change and its effects on succession in a location in Norfolk over 12000 years ago.

Students carry out a simulation of a bog core analysis, based on work by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research together with data from the Department of Geography, University of...