Homes and Shelters

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Ginn Science level three students’ book Homes and Shelters was written for students aged seven to eight years and published in 1989. It contains 24 pages and relates to the content strand ‘Materials and their uses’. Using full-colour illustrations it introduces readers to the variety of materials used in buildings and how the insides of houses are kept warm and dry. It tells a story of how a modern house is surveyed before selling. It concludes with information about different kinds of houses found other parts of the world.

Contents
What is it made of?
Making bricks
Bricks
Other materials
Wood, clay and mud, stone, concrete and glass
Over our heads
Roofs
Warm and dry
Walls
Selling Granny's house
Story
Poems
Houses that move
Unusual homes
Glossary

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx76g

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