A hands-on whole-school primary science programme designed to inspire and engage children.
Put working scientifically at the heart of your curriculum with Switched on Science Second Edition. This fully updated edition covers the English national curriculum from EYFS to Year 6 with six exciting units in each year group.

The practical Teacher's Guides provide step-by-step instructions for teaching the unit with emphasis on helping develop children's investigative and working scientifically skills. Assessment activities and guidance are provided to help teachers identify children working at, above and towards the expected standard. Less experienced teacher's and non-science specialists will find embedded CPD to build their confidence in teaching primary science.

Accompanying digital resources are available online at My Rising Stars www.risingstars-uk.com/myrisingstars. Front of class Powerpoints and downloadable worksheets give teachers easy access to the resources they will need to deliver the programme, saving them hours of preparation. Digital interactive activities, bright modern videos and truly fun practical activities will help inspire inquisitive minds in science. For teacher's apprehensive about running practical science activities, step-by-step CPD will provide helpful support.

'Switched on Science provides lots of fantastic lesson ideas, full of practical activities, that can easily be adapted (if needed) to meet the needs of each class. It is easy to use, even for the non-specialist, and simply makes the planning and teaching of science a breeze. Children look forward to their science lessons and can't wait to find out what they will be exploring next.'
Tim Handley, Year 5 Teacher at Woodlands Primary School

Year 2 topics
1. Healthy me - Animals, including humans
2. Materials monster - Everyday materials
3. Mini worlds - Animals, including humans; Plants
4. Move it - Everyday materials; Living things and their habitats
5. Young gardeners - Living things and their habitats; Plants
SCIENCE IN ACTION TOPIC 6: Little masterchefs - Working Scientifically Skills project.

This book is part of a book series called Switched On Science .

This book is at the foundation stage (early years) of the key stage system. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) covers children from birth to age 5 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

This book has been graded for interest at 5-6 years.

There are 98 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Rising Stars UK Ltd .

Rosemary Feasey is known across the science community for her work in primary science. She has been Chair of the Association for Science Education; her experience is extensive, having taught across the primary age range and trained teachers at both Durham and Northumbria Universities. Rosemary has many publications for major publishers to her name. She is renowned for her in-service work across the UK and is a regular course leader for the Science Learning Network including courses at the National Science Learning Centre, York. Her work has, on many occasions taken her abroad including being part of a writing team for primary science curricula and involved providing CPD to teachers as well as providing intensive support in schools, she has also supported science in British international schools abroad. Her work has also taken her abroad as a key note speaker. Rosemary has worked with the BBC, BBC Scotland and Channel 4 on primary science programmes and was part of a BAFTA nominated team for work on a children's science series. Rosemary also works for the Primary Science Teaching Trust which includes evaluating funded projects, creating CPD units and mentoring members of the PSTT College.