"Freestyle" is a new, fully accessible range of books tailored for 11-15 year old pupils with a reading age of 8 years. The range uses a simplified version of the "Freestyle" layout, making it easier for the less confident reader to follow. 'Material Matters' provides a simple and clear introduction to materials, their properties and uses, featuring plenty of unusual and everyday examples that relate directly to the readers' lives. It offers a comprehensive coverage of the KS3 science curriculum and contains a wide range of photographs, fact boxes, new words band on each spread and search tips. [This book description comes from a different edition of this title. Please report any inaccuracies].

 

 

This book features in the following series: Freestyle Express, Freestyle Express-Material Matters, Material Matters, Raintree Freestyle, Raintree Freestyle-Material Matters .

This book has been graded for interest at 11-15 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2005 by Raintree .

Carol Baldwin is a freelance writer in Charlotte, North Carolina, and has written for a variety of local and national publications. Baldwin developed Teaching the Story from materials that she taught in several different classrooms. She is active in the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators and presents at educational conferences and workshops nationwide. You can contact Carol Baldwin through Maupin House Publishing for in-service training and conference speaking.