As part of our commitment to help you manage the transition between Key Stage 2 and 3, we have extended the course down into Years 5 and 6. Exploring Science 5 and 6 includes all the key features of the Key Stage 3 scheme.

• Matches the QCA Scheme of Work for upper Key Stage 2.
• Differentiated at three levels.
• Provides animations and pupils' activities on the interactive CD-Rom (for use on the school network or with an electronic whiteboard).
• Includes revision material for the Year 6 SATs, plus FREE SATs-style questions are provided on the companion website, www.exploringscience.co.uk.
• Includes investigation pages.
• Provides a post-SATs project Unit to help the transition to Year 7.

This is book 5 in Exploring Science .

This book is at the following key stages: Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 . 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. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Pearson Education Limited .

Penny Johnson has been an engineer, a science teacher, and a full-time publisher of school textbooks. She is now a full-time freelance writer, consultant, and editor, who has co-written a number of science courses for use at home and in school. She lives in England.