New Release Books by Jenny Vaughan

Space scientists believe there are billions of stars in our universe. Travel deep into space and discover how stars are born, what they’re made from, what they do, and what happens when they die.

This is a high-end geography series that explores some of the fastest-developing countries and cities in the world and assesses how they are dealing with the challenges of the 21st century. The topics looked at include population structure, the economy, environmental sustainability, and the outlook for the future.

Essential Mathematics for the Australian Curriculum provides an authoritative and practical interpretation of all content strands, substrands and content descriptions.

This is a guide to the Cambridge Mathematics NSW syllabus for the Australian curriculum for year 10.

One of todays big issues, Stem Cell research and Genetics, is examined in light of how science is bringing new opportunities, change, and sometimes questionable progress to daily life. Features include Face the Issues, What Do You Think?, and Get the Facts Straight time lines and sidebars.

Includes easy-to-prepare Christmas recipes from different cultures around the world.

Presents recipes for foods associated with various festivals and holidays around the world.

ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS GOLD FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM YEAR 10 provides a practical interpretation of the Australian Curriculum to help students meet the minimum requirements of the achievement standards. It focuses on consolidating core mathematical concepts and developing vital literacy and numeracy skills in a friendly and easy-to-follow layout. The three interconnected content strands are incorporated into 10-11 units of work that can be completed in the school year. Carefully chosen and assessed language, design and sentence structures engage students who struggle with maths and potentially with reading. Lets Start activities and Key Idea sections for every topic provide context and introduce core concepts. Examples show explanations alongside solutions, and are closely linked to carefully graded exercises, giving students the opportunity for immediate success and to work independently. Maths Words and Hint balloons reinforce the meaning of key terms and help students apply key concepts as they work through the exercises. Every question is grouped according to the proficiency strands of the Australian Curriculum with a particular emphasis placed on Understanding and Fluency to consolidate fundamental skills. Gold Star enrichment questions in each exercise allow enthusiastic students to challenge themselves. Important terms are defined within the text for immediate understanding and included in the glossary for reference and revision. Games and puzzles in every chapter give students a chance to have fun with mathematical ideas. Chapter reviews include summary mind maps of key concepts and lots of revision questions to test understanding. If you order this product you will receive the following components: Print Textbook: delivered in full colour print. PDF Textbook: a downloadable PDF version of the student text that enables students to take notes and bookmark pages. The PDF textbook can be used in class or as a reference at home. To access the PDF textbook, simply register for a Cambridge GO account and enter the 16 character access code found in the front inside cover of your textbook.

ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS GOLD FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM YEAR 9 provides a practical interpretation of the Australian Curriculum to help students meet the minimum requirements of the achievement standards. It focuses on consolidating core mathematical concepts and developing vital literacy and numeracy skills in a friendly and easy-to-follow layout. The three interconnected content strands are incorporated into 10-11 units of work that can be completed in the school year. Carefully chosen and assessed language, design and sentence structures engage students who struggle with maths and potentially with reading. Lets Start activities and Key Idea sections for every topic provide context and introduce core concepts. Examples show explanations alongside solutions, and are closely linked to carefully graded exercises, giving students the opportunity for immediate success and to work independently. Maths Words and Hint balloons reinforce the meaning of key terms and help students apply key concepts as they work through the exercises. Every question is grouped according to the proficiency strands of the Australian Curriculum with a particular emphasis placed on Understanding and Fluency to consolidate fundamental skills. Gold Star enrichment questions in each exercise allow enthusiastic students to challenge themselves. Important terms are defined within the text for immediate understanding and included in the glossary for reference and revision. Games and puzzles in every chapter give students a chance to have fun with mathematical ideas. Chapter reviews include summary mind maps of key concepts and lots of revision questions to test understanding.

Essential Mathematics Gold for the Australian Curriculum Year 7 contains the following features: • The three interconnected content strands are incorporated into 10-11 units of work that can be completed in the school year. • Carefully chosen and assessed language, design and sentence structures engage students who struggle with maths and potentially with reading. • Examples show explanations alongside solutions, and are closely linked to carefully graded exercises, giving students the opportunity for immediate success and to work independently. • Maths Words and Hint balloons reinforce the meaning of key terms and help students apply key concepts as they work through the exercises. • Every question is grouped according to the proficiency strands of the Australian Curriculum • Important terms are defined within the text for immediate understanding and included in the glossary for reference and revision. • Games and puzzles in every chapter • Chapter reviews include summary mind maps of key concepts and lots of revision questions to test understanding.

A biography of actress and singer Selena Gomez, discussing her rise to fame and successful acting and music careers.

Takes the reader undercover to watch how the world fights juvenile crime. Delves into the specifics of these crimes, and looks at evolving technologies used by law enforcement.

Welcome to Teen Stars! Whether you're already a fan, or just want to find out more, this series has something for everyone who's into the teen celebrity scene.

Essential Mathematics for the Australian Curriculum is an all-new comprehensive teaching and learning program developed especially for Years 7 to 10A of the Australian Curriculum. It offers a suite of print and digital resources that cater for the full range of learning abilities and styles in the maths classroom. This teacher edition supports teachers using the Year 8 textbook with a wide variety of features designed for use in and out of the classroom. It provides margin annotations of the student text, reproduced in this text so that teachers can open to the same page as the students while accessing additional information. This teacher edition also includes an access code for additional online teacher resources, available from the Cambridge GO website.

Then and Now is a Report text covering History themes for Year 1. It is part of Four Corners, the most visually compelling series of cross-curricular books to motivate all readers from 4 to 11.

Explains, in simple text and illustrations, the behavior and characteristics of animals that live in gardens, such as how spiders make webs, why gardeners like ladybugs, and what ants do all day.

ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS GOLD FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM YEAR 8 provides a practical interpretation of the Australian Curriculum to help students meet the minimum requirements of the achievement standards. It focuses on consolidating core mathematical concepts and developing vital literacy and numeracy skills in a friendly and easy-to-follow layout. The three interconnected content strands are incorporated into 10-11 units of work that can be completed in the school year. Carefully chosen and assessed language, design and sentence structures engage students who struggle with maths and potentially with reading. Lets Start activities and Key Idea sections for every topic provide context and introduce core concepts. Examples show explanations alongside solutions, and are closely linked to carefully graded exercises, giving students the opportunity for immediate success and to work independently. Maths Words and Hint balloons reinforce the meaning of key terms and help students apply key concepts as they work through the exercises. Every question is grouped according to the proficiency strands of the Australian Curriculum with a particular emphasis placed on Understanding and Fluency to consolidate fundamental skills. Gold Star enrichment questions in each exercise allow enthusiastic students to challenge themselves. Important terms are defined within the text for immediate understanding and included in the glossary for reference and revision. Games and puzzles in every chapter give students a chance to have fun with mathematical ideas. Chapter reviews include summary mind maps of key concepts and lots of revision questions to test understanding.

Four Corners provides you with a vast bank of highly motivating non-fiction resources across a wide range of themes. With 100 carefully graded titles to choose from, Four Corners is a fantastically flexible classroom resource - perfect to help you deliver key curriculum topics and encourage independent reading.

Examines the anatomy, behavior, and colony life of ants, as well as unusual facts about them and their nests.

Describes why natural disasters such as earthquakes, tidal waves, hurricanes, and volcanic eruptions occur and how people have been affected by them throughout history.

Learn about the insects that live around your home.

This title allows young readers to learn Spanish. It features speech bubbles in the pictures which highlight and repeat simple words. In the story, Tina wants to make friends with the new girl next door, but she gets off to a bad start. Then, when things start to disappear, Tina goes to investigate.

This book is bursting with facts on every subject, and its superb illustrations make it an ideal introduction to our amazing world for all children aged 5-9 years. From the invention of the wheel over 5,000 years ago, through to modern-day space travel, children's eyes will be opened to the fascinating world that we live in. How does a spidermake its web? Who was Captian Cook? What kindof animal is a dunnart? Young readers will enjoy dipping into this book with its fully illustrated spreads and clear, explanatory text. A special fact strip, 'Look and Learn' panel or 'Can You See?' feature appears on each page, highlighting exciting facts and providing simple explanations. The colourful pictures will grab the attention and fire the imagination of any child, making this a superb first learner's study aid, funfact primer and inspirational source of knowledge.

This book introduces the maiasaura, which lived in what is now Montana.