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How it works in the home
Living in a house these days is so different from what it used to be. Not so very long ago houses were very cold, dark and drafty places to live in. People often had to carry water to their homes in buckets from an outdoor pump; and there were no machines to help them cook, wash and mend. What a difference there is today.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0894340484
- Collation
- 153 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
- Series Title
- Walt Disney
- Call Number
- 621 HOW
Wheels keep turning
Long ago an idea began turning in human minds - the idea was a wheel and once it started it couldn't be stopped. Throughout our history, wheels keep turning! This book takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the world, exploring the history of the wheel, from a rolling log to air-filled tyres, from a potter's wheel to a spinning CD, taking in pulleys, clockwork and even wheelbarrows on the way! In t…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780749662233
- Collation
- 31 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
- Series Title
- Wonderwise
- Call Number
- 621.8 MAN
Electric mischief : battery-powered gadgets kids can build
In this book in the Kids Can Do It series, Electric Al shows kids how to make their very own electric backscratcher, illuminated fork and more kooky creations using step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow illustrations. Features information on battery connections and switches, as well as lots of ideas for building on the basics. Projects include * electric dice * a bumper car * a noisemake…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 043949298X
- Collation
- 48 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
- Series Title
- Elactric mischief
- Call Number
- 621.3 BAR
TV & video
Using pictures and simple text to explain how TV and video cameras turn scenes into electronic information and how information is stored on videotape.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0860206394
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
- Series Title
- Usborne Guide to
- Call Number
- 621 GRI
What's it made of?
This title introduces early science concepts using everyday examples to teach young readers how the world around them works. It encourages young readers to develop enquiry by predicting outcomes.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781445123226
- Collation
- 30 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
- Series Title
- Now you know science
- Call Number
- 620.11 JEN
Things around us
Questions and answers present some of life's everyday mysteries, such as why steel rusts, why soap gets things clean, and how plants grow.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0809471647
- Collation
- 87 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
- Series Title
- A child's first library of learning
- Call Number
- 621 THI
I wonder why zips have teeth and other questions about inventions
"What did people use before they had refrigerators?" and "Where do inventors get their ideas?" are some of the questions answered in this intriguing look at inventions.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780753405253
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
- Series Title
- I wonder why
- Call Number
- 608 TAY
Wacky Inventions
In Step Anthologies 4 is a set eight anthologies designed to educate and fascinate pupils aged ten to twelve. Ranging in topics from inventions to places around the world.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789812425751
- Collation
- 30 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
- Series Title
- In step 4 anthologies
- Call Number
- 608 MAE
United tastes of America
Following the success of America: The Cookbook, author (and mother) Gabrielle Langholtz has curated 54 child-friendly recipes – one for each state, plus Washington D.C. and three U.S. territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). From Pennsylvania Dutch pretzels to Louisiana gumbo, Oklahoma fry bread to Virginia peanut soup, each recipe is made simple by a step-by-step format …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780714878621
- Collation
- 239 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 641.5973 LAN
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