With its unique content and style, BBC Knowledge holds the key to the mysteries of the world. Written by renowned academics and experts in the fields, BBC Knowledge's wide-range of features provide riveting and up-to-date information on subjects ranging from treasure hunting in the 21st century, Darwin's theory of evolution, the atomic bombing of Japan, global warming to the rivers of the Amazon. With material that is meant to stimulate the mind, this magazine looks to empower a young generation of readers.
• COVER STORY: The Science Of Appetite - There's a lot more to feeling hungry than you think. New research into what drives us to eat may teach us how to control the urge • NATION: An Auto Insider Takes on Climate Change - Congressman John Dingell has been accused of being in bed with the auto industry. But that's not stopping him from tackling global warming • HISTORY: America's Fear of Outsiders - The U.S. has always been a nation of immigrants. It's always been a nation ambivalent about them too REUPLOAD NEEDED
Prepare engaging weather lessons, from short topical units to year-long weather tracking projects. Basic factual material about weather patterns and such weather phenomena as thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, heat and cold waves, floods, and droughts, are covered along with such hot topics and issues as global warming, air pollution, acid deposition, and ozone depletion. Thorough, balanced, and comprehensive, the sourcebook serves equally well as a ready-reference and a planning tool.
A course book for secondary school learners preparing for the final exam. Covers the levels from B1+ to B2+ Tackles such issues as: famous Brits, houses and flats, generation gap, space exploration, printed media, people's beliefs, global warming, networking sites, jobs and work, British pets.
Discusses photosynthesis, how plants use water and soil, how things move inside a plant, how plants reproduce, seeds, survival in tough situations, and the effect of global warming on plants.
