Find out all about the science in the world around us with Moving Up with Science. Written to support the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, each title explores key scientific topics through a combination of concise information and fun experiments.

Moving Up with Science: Plants explains why flowers have colourful petals; how leaves make food for plants; and how water moves inside roots and stems. Explore different types of flower and discover what happens when seeds are kept in the dark.

This book is part of a book series called Moving Up With Science .

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 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .

Peter D. Riley is a full-time author and has written over 200 books for primary and secondary Science.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Different types of plants
• 2: Roots
• 3: Stems
• 4: Leaves
• 5: Water on the move
• 6: Types of flowers
• 7: The parts of a flower
• 8: Pollination
• 9: Making seeds and fruits
• 10: Air and water
• 11: Plants and light
• 12: Nutrients in the soil
• 13: Glossary
• 14: Answers
• 15: Index