Explaining science through examining items that children know about, this book covers all different types of springs, showing where they are found and how they work. It describes the forces at work when the spring is in action and explains balanced and unbalanced forces. It also touches upon storing energy, weight and mass and springs (muscles)in your body. It is core curriculum Science taught through everyday objects and is directly relevant to Key Stage 2. It contains a topic web and teacher's notes that will aid non-specialist teachers.

 

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

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 1999 by Hachette Children's Group .

John Stringer is a former Head and Advisory Teacher, now a well known TES Primary contributor, author, consultant and INSET provider.