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Geography Detective Investigates

11 books in this series

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  Pollution

  Contents:
  

  • What is pollution?
  • What are the main causes of pollution?
  • How does pollution affect the natural world?
  • What is air pollution?
  • What is acid rain?
  • How does pollution affect the soil?
  • How does pollution affect rivers and seas?
  • What is global warming?
  • Why is global warming a problem?
  • Are people the problem?
  • What is being done to tackle pollution?
  • How can I help to reduce pollution?
  • Your project
  • Glossary
  • Further information
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5672 8

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  Seaside Towns

  Contents:
  

  • 1. What are seaside towns?
  • 2. How did seaside towns develop?
  • 3. What are piers, promenades, causeways and breakwaters?
  • 4. Who lives in seaside towns?
  • 5. What kind of buildings can you find in seaside towns?
  • 6. What jobs do people do in seaside towns?
  • 7. How do people travel to seaside towns?
  • 8. What attractions do seaside towns have?
  • 9. What wildlife can you spot at the seaside?
  • 10. What are the hazards of living in seaside towns?
  • 11. How do people protect seaside towns from the sea?
  • 12. How have people affected the seaside environment?
  • 13. Your project

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5764 0

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £7.99 PB

  
  
  
   

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  Villages

  Contents:
  

  • 1. What is a village?
  • 2. How are villages laid out?
  • 3. What types of houses are there?
  • 4. What landmarks can you find in villages?
  • 5. What are village schools like?
  • 6. What services are there?
  • 7. What jobs do people do?
  • 8. What traditions do villagers celebrate?
  • 9. What plants and animals live in villages?
  • 10. How do villages change?
  • 11. What is Wharram Percy?
  • 12. What is the future for villages?
  • 13. Your project

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5050 4

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
  
   

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  Villages

  Contents:
  

  • 1. What is a village?
  • 2. How are villages laid out?
  • 3. What types of houses are there?
  • 4. What landmarks can you find in villages?
  • 5. What are village schools like?
  • 6. What services are there?
  • 7. What jobs do people do?
  • 8. What traditions do villagers celebrate?
  • 9. What plants and animals live in villages?
  • 10. How do villages change?
  • 11. What is Wharram Percy?
  • 12. What is the future for villages?
  • 13. Your project

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5763 3

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £7.99 PB

  
  
  
   

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  Weather Patterns

  Contents:
  

  • What are weather patterns?
  • What causes weather and seasons?
  • Why do winds blow?
  • How do clouds, fog and dew form?
  • Why does it rain?
  • How do snow, hail and frost form?
  • What is the weather like on the coasts?
  • Do mountains have special weather?
  • What types of weather are dangerous?
  • How does weather affect us?
  • Is the weather changing?
  • How do we predict the weather?
  • Your project
  • Glossary
  • Further information
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5671 1

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB