Six-book photocopiable, flexible series providing modern, appealing activities for the strands of science.
Features:
- aims to develop core scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding
- focuses on procedural understanding – on the nature, processes and skills of working scientifically such as questioning and predicting, planning and conducting, analysing data, evaluating and communicating
- each unit of work is in a four-page division (one teacher page and three pupil pages)
- first page presents a comprehensive teacher page providing the content focus, the investigative skills focus, background information, lesson notes and answers
- second page of the unit presents scientific information in a literacy based
- text passage with the key information explained clearly and concisely, using diagrams/artwork where appropriate
- third page of activities require the pupil to apply the information with the emphasis on thinking scientifically (using comprehension questions)
- final page of activities involve a scientific investigation/hands-on exploration of the concept.
- emphasis is placed on the pupil predicting, recording, analysing, evaluating and communicating their findings
- experiments/investigations are carefully chosen to make use of simple, everyday materials which the teacher/pupil will have easy access to
- emphasis on the curricular strands such as living things (both plant and animal), energy and forces (light, electricity, heat, sound), materials, and environmental awareness and care
- activities are designed to promote curiosity and interest in science by requiring pupils to test, change or confirm their ideas about how things are and how they work
- provides teachers with the necessary activities to enhance their science programme with a class
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