Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781760867140
Year: 2020
Publisher: ECPP


Description:
This pack includes six copies of the student book (9781760861377 – as described below) and a lesson plan (9781760861919).Title Information:­Solving Problems: Dams, Bridges, and Canals: Solving Problems: Dams, Bridges and Canals outlines the history and characteristics of these structures. It explores great engineering feats such as the building of the Panama Canal. The book also discusses the positive and negative impacts that dams, bridges and canals have on people and the environment.Content vocabulary: channel, construction site, damming, design, drought, engineer, fumigated, habitat, hydroelectricity, irrigation, lock, momentum, redirect, reservoirs, span, stagnant, structure, suspension, trussKey concepts:Dams, bridges and canals are structures that help people in various ways  Some dams, bridges and canals are complex structures that take years to design and buildDams, bridges and canals have improved the way people live but they can sometimes have negative impacts on people and the environmentReading Strategies: Identifying key informationRelated resource: Lesson Plan - Solving Problems: Dams, Bridges, and CanalsSeries Information: WorldWise is a high-interest literacy program that encourages inquiry and questioning while extending knowledge in science and a range of STEM topics linked to the curriculum. This engaging program teaches reading strategies simultaneously with natural, earth and physical science concepts – reflecting the diversity of the world students live in.Students will develop strategies and skills to read informative texts across a range of text types while they learn to become informative text write