This book aims to provide ready-made science lesson ideas that will considerably reduce the workload for many overburdened teachers. They can be easily adapted to suit varying levels of ability, and bring science to life.

The structure of the book mirrors the QCA scheme of work and separates chapters into year groups following the prescribed units for each year. This resource will provide a strong base of accessible ideas to enhance science education in the primary classroom.

This book is part of a book series called Classroom Gems .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 384 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Pearson Education Limited .

John Dabell is an experienced primary teacher, Ofsted trained inspector, writer and freelance numeracy consultant.

This book has the following chapters:

Chapter 1 - Assessment for learning ideas

Chapter 2 - Graphic organisers

Chapter 3 - Life processes and living things - experiments

Chapter 4 - Materials and their properties - experiments

Chapter 5 - Physical processes - experiments

Chapter 6 - Games

Chapter 7 - Science and literacy activities