Exam Board: ISEB
Level: KS2
Subject: Science
First Teaching: September 2015
First Exam: June 2017

A stimulating and rigorous approach to Science that goes beyond the requirements of the National Curriculum for Year 6 pupils (aged 10 and above) preparing for Common Entrance and other independent entrance exams at 11+

o Endorsed by ISEB to ensure full coverage of the Common Entrance 11+ syllabus
o Develop key skills with clear explanations and diagrams
o Explore scientific concepts with lots of practical activities
o Challenge understanding with varied exercises and extension questions

Galore Park Science Year 6 Answers available to purchase from the Galore Park website:
www.galorepark.co.uk

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. This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 152 pages in this book. This is a study guide book. This book was published 2015 by Hodder Education .

Sue Hunter has very recently retired as full-time science teacher but she continues to be very involved in Science education. She is a member of the Common Entrance setting team, IAPS Subject Leader for Science and a governor of local primary schools. Sue has written extensively, including Galore Park's KS2 Science textbooks and 11+ Science Revision Guide. Sue Hunter has very recently retired as full-time science teacher but she continues to be very involved in Science education. She is a member of the Common Entrance setting team, IAPS Subject Leader for Science and a governor of local primary schools. Sue has written extensively, including Galore Park's KS2 Science textbooks and 11+ Science Revision Guide. Jenny Macdonald has had a happy and fulfilling career as a teacher, teaching in both state and private schools. She has recently retired having spent the last eighteen years teaching science in a local prep school. In the last few years she has contributed to Galore Park's KS2 Science textbooks.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Living things and their habitats
• • 1. 1: Making and using keys
  • 1. 2: Classification
• 2: Humans and other animals
• • 2. 1: Heart & circulation
  • 2. 2: Lungs & breathing
  • 2. 3: Health & exercise
  • 2. 4: Nutrition
• 3: Evolution and inheritance
• • 3. 1: Length of geological time/role of fossils as evidence
  • 3. 2: Variation between members of a species/inherited characteristics/cross breeding
  • 3. 3: How adaptation can lead to evolution
• 4: Light
• • 4. 1: Reflection
  • 4. 2: Speed and travel of light
  • 4. 3: How we see non-luminous objects
• 5: Electricity
• • 5. 1: Effect of changing number of components in a series circuit
  • 5. 2: Drawing circuit diagrams