In Secrets of Heat and Cold, among other things, you will find out how we measure heat, what happens at absolute zero and how heat is transferred from one place to another. You'll also find out some amazing facts about the Sun, polar animals and materials called 'superfluids' and 'superconductors'.

Simple experiments throughout the book will let you test some of these discoveries for your self - are you ready to unlock some Science Secrets?

Science Secrets is a series of 6 titles, aimed at KS2 readers, focussing on some of the core areas of the science curriculum.

This book is part of a book series called Science Secrets .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 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.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

Dr Carol Ballard worked for many years as a school science co-ordinator. She is now a full-time writer of information books for children and teenagers.