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Fast Forward Level 23: People Have Their Say
$9.90In a democratic society, members of the community vote to decide who will represent them in parliament. But voting is just one of the many ways people can have their say.
ISBN: 9780170127004
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Fast Forward Level 23: Twins
$9.90Twins are two people or animals that are born together, to the same mother. There are three kinds of twins – identical twins, fraternal twins and conjoined twins.
ISBN: 9780170127028
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Fast Forward Level 23: Discovering Metals
$9.90The discovery of metals changed the world. Metal tools and utensils helped to make everyday tasks easier for people. Metal weapons helped to make communities stronger against their enemies.
ISBN: 9780170127011
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Fast Forward Level 23: Forces
$9.90Forces make things move. They also make things go faster, slow down, stop or change direction.
ISBN: 9780170127035
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Fast Forward Level 22: Mining
$9.90Mining involves digging up minerals and other natural resources from under the Earth’s surface. Do the benefits of mining outweigh the negatives?
ISBN: 9780170126892
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Fast Forward Level 22: Ralegan Siddhi: A Special Community
$9.90Ralegan Siddhi is a rural village in India. It is not a wealthy place, but it is an excellent example of how a poor community can work together to build a better life for everyone.
ISBN: 9780170126908
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Fast Forward Level 22: Finding a Place: Italian Migration to Australia
$9.90Italians began migrating to Australia in the 1800s. Since then, they have found a place in their new country, and made great contributions to Australian business, culture, food and government.
ISBN: 9780170126885
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Fast Forward Level 22: The Story of Alexander Fleming
$9.90The world’s first antibiotic, called penicillin, was discovered in October 1928 by a doctor, Alexander Fleming. Fleming’s discovery would change medicine forever, and save millions of lives.
ISBN: 9780170126915
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Fast Forward Level 22: Electricity
$9.90Electricity is a form of energy. It is all around us. Today, most people around the world use electricity every day. But, more than 200 years ago, nothing was powered by electricity.
ISBN: 9780170126878
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Fast Forward Level 20: My Bushfire Diary
$9.90This morning, as I was getting on the school bus, I saw smoke. The bus driver said there was a small fire at Butterfly Creek, about ten kilometres from where I live …
ISBN: 9780170126625
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Fast Forward Level 20: Getting the Picture
$9.90Photography is a way of making pictures by using light. The idea of taking photographs has been around for hundreds of years. However, it wasn’t until 1826 that an inventor was able to take the first photograph.
ISBN: 9780170126632
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Fast Forward Level 20: The Great Depression
$9.90The great Depression is the name given to a period from 1929 to the late 1930’s, when there was a long economic depression around the world. Many people lost their jobs. Some people even lost their homes.
ISBN: 9780170126663
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