Each fully photocopiable book in the DEVELOPING SCIENCE LANGUAGE series will be split into around ten 6-8 page 'units', each hitting a significant science curriculum topic. Content will include aspects of all the UK curricula, with references indicating which topics occur in which documentation. Each unit will comprise of: -a piece of information text aimed at 6 year olds, with key vocabularly highlighted -two comprehension activites based on the text (one activity differentiated at two levels) -one or more fun activities to reinforce the key words, such as completing a word search or labelling a diagram. 'DSL:Living Things 8-9' will address the 'biology' topics covered by the UK curricula at KS2/P4-7, using the QCA Science Scheme of Work' units for Y3 and Y4 as more detailed quide. To this will be added appropriate content from the other UK science curriculum documents, in particular the new Scottish 5-14 guidelines on Environmental Studies. Photocopiable science information texts appropriate to target age group. Differentiated comprehensions-credible literacy. Fully-photocopiable activities to develop science literacy:comprehension tasks and word games. Highlights and teaches key science vocabulary in context.

 

This book is part of a book series called Developing Science Language .

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 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Scholastic .

After graduating and doing research into physics, Neville Evans taught physics and science in secondary schools and higher education. For most of his career, he was a member of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Schools and Colleges in Wales. His main work was to do with science in scholos and colleges. He retired from the post in August 1998.