Summary
Contents
Subject index
This book provides materials to enable students aged 5-11 years to learn about the world around them through hands-on activities.
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Front Matter
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Chapters
- Chapter 1: The Role of Activities and Investigations in Science Education
- Chapter 2: Life and Living Processes
- Living and Non-Living Things
- Finding Out if Things are Alive
- Dormant Organisms: Living or Not?
- Chapter 3: Humans as Organisms
- Finding Body Landmarks
- Relating Body Landmarks to Internal Organs
- Dental Plaque and the Effect of Brushing
- What Happens as Food is Chewed
- Where does Food go when it is Swallowed?
- Nutrition, Food and Diet)
- The Skeleton: Support and Protection
- The Skeleton and Movement: Joints
- Finding Tendons
- Muscles and their Action
- Modelling the Chest and Breathing
- Movement of the Diaphragm and Ribs in Breathing
- Respiration and Body Temperature
- Blood and its Circulation
- Listening to the Action of the Heart
- Circulation of the Blood: Arteries
- The Pulse and how to Find it
- Circulation of the Blood: Veins
- Circulation of the Blood: Capillaries
- Exercise and the Action of the Heart
- Exercise and Breathing
- Exercise, Skin and Body Temperature
- Responding to Changing Light Levels
- How Much do we see Clearly?
- Judging Distances
- Using an Ear-Trumpet to Direct Sound-Waves
- Hearing: Judging Direction
- Detecting Tastes and Flavours
- Detecting Changes in Temperature
- Sensitivity to Touch
- Chapter 4: Green Plants as Organisms
- Measuring Stem and Leaf Growth
- Shoot Systems
- Root Systems
- Flowers
- Patterns of Plant Growth
- Observing Germination
- Investigating Conditions Needed for Germination
- The Effects of Environmental Conditions on Plant Growth
- Plants and Water
- Response of Shoots to Light
- Response of Shoots to Gravity
- Response of Roots to Gravity
- Plants as Food-Makers
- Plant Products as Energy Stores
- Asexual Reproduction
- Sexual Reproduction in Plants: Gaining an Overview
- Pollination
- Development of Fruits and Seeds
- Seed Dispersal
- Chapter 5: Variety, Adaptation and Interdependence
- Observing a Variety of Animals)
- Observing a Variety of Plants)
- Observing a Variety of other Living Things)
- Observing Food-Decaying Microbes
- Classification Using Keys)
- Adaptation)
- Adaptations of the Skulls of Mammals
- Adaptations of Fruits and Seeds to Wind Dispersal
- Adaptation and Environment
- Developing the Concept of a Food-Chain
- Food-Chains and Food-Webs within a Habitat
- Observing the Breakdown of Leaves
- Observing the Effects of Air Pollution
- Litter
- Chapter 6: States of Matter and Physical Change
- Distinguishing Solids from Liquids
- Solids Which ‘Flow’
- Gases and their Properties
- Observing Melting and Freezing
- Solid or Liquid?
- Freezing and Melting of Water
- Boiling of Water
- Condensation
- Evaporation
- The Cooling Effect of Evaporation
- Separating Particulate Mixtures by Particle Size
- Separating Mixtures by Dissolving and Filtering
- Separating Mixtures using other Properties
- Distinguishing Solutions and Suspensions
- Solutions and their Separation
- Solutions of Gases
- Investigating Absorbency
- Chromatography
- Waterproofing
- Chapter 7: Mechanical Properties of Materials and Objects
- Forces, Materials and Objects)
- Investigating Compressibility
- Comparing and Estimating Hardness
- Applying Forces in Different Ways
- Experiencing Stiffness and Flexibility
- Stiffness and Shape
- Observing Elasticity and Plasticity
- Measuring and Comparing Strength
- Tearing Strength of Paper
- Bserving Brittleness and Toughness
- Linking the Properties of Materials to their Uses)
- Chapter 8: Explaining Physical Changes
- Modelling a Solid
- Modelling a Liquid
- A Closer Look at Materials in Tension and Bending
- Crystals)
- Chapter 9: Chemical Changes
- Introducing the Idea of Chemical Change
- Cooking Egg-White
- Investigating Sponge-Cakes
- Investigating Bread
- Food and Microbes
- Reactions With Oxygen)
- Observing the Burning of a Candle
- Investigating the Conditions under which Rusting Occurs
- Chapter 10: Obtaining and Making Materials
- Sorting Natural and Man-Made Materials and Objects
- Investigating the Origins of Materials
- Investigating how Materials are Obtained and Used)
- Chapter 11: Earth Science
- The Place of Earth Science in the Curriculum)
- Measuring Air Temperature
- Making and Using Temperature Records
- Observing the Effects of Wind
- Measuring Wind Direction
- Measuring Wind Speed
- Water in the Atmosphere)
- Observing and Measuring Precipitation
- Modelling the Water Cycle
- Patterns of Weather)
- Rocks and their Formation)
- The Weathering of Rocks)
- Weathering and Soil Formation)
- Comparing Soil Textures
- Simple Soil Analysis
- Chapter 12: Energy
- Energy and Change)
- Forms of Energy)
- Thermal Expansion and Contraction of Air
- Temperature and Thermometers
- Heating by Conduction
- Heating by Convection
- Heating by Radiation
- Thermal Insulation
- Chapter 13: Electricity
- Investigating Simple Circuits
- Finding Out More about Simple Circuits
- Identifying Electrical Conductors
- Changing the Current in a Circuit
- Observing the Heating Effect of Electric Current
- Cause and Effect in Changing Current)
- The Effect of Adding Components to a Series Circuit
- A Puzzling Circuit
- Investigating Parallel Circuits
- Chapter 14: Forces and their Effects
- Forces and Movement in Physical Education
- Forces and Change in Art
- Experiencing and Measuring Forces
- Experiencing Pulling and Pushing Actions
- Investigating Changes of Movement
- Forces Out of Balance: Changes of Direction
- Forces Out of Balance: Changes of Shape
- Static and Limiting Friction
- Friction and Walking
- Sliding and Rolling Friction
- Solid-Air Friction and Parachutes
- Simple Levers: Removing a Can-Lid
- More Simple Machines
- The Bicycle: A More Complex Machine
- Beam Balances
- Experiencing Forces in Balance
- Forces in Balance: Object Stationary
- Forces in Balance: Object Moving
- Floating as Arrested Fall
- Displacement and Upthrust
- Floating and Sinking
- Making a ‘Sinker’ Float
- Chapter 15: Gravity and Magnetism
- Action-at-a-Distance by a Magnet
- Action-at-a-Distance by Gravity
- Simple Investigations with Falling Objects
- Changes of Direction in Falling
- Investigating Pendulums
- Sorting Magnetic and Non-Magnetic Materials
- Observing Magnetic Fields
- Barriers to Magnetic Fields
- Magnetic Poles and North-South Polarity
- Attraction and Repulsion of Magnets
- Testing for Magnetism
- Comparing the ‘Strength’ of Magnets
- The Magnetic Field-Compass
- Magnetic Attraction and Temporary Magnets
- Making Small Permanent Magnets by Induction
- Testing ‘Weak’ Magnets
- Non-Metallic Magnets)
- Chapter 16: Sound
- Investigating Vibration and Sound
- Transmission of Sound
- Pitch and Frequency
- Controlling Pitch in Strings
- Variable Sounds Made by Blowing
- Loudness and Energy
- Musical Instruments)
- Observing Sound Insulation in the Classroom
- Comparing Materials as Sound Insulators
- Chapter 17: Light
- Finding Out about Children's Theories of Vision
- Theories of Vision: Darkness and Light
- The Dark-Box and the Movement of Light
- Finding Sources of Light
- Transmission of Light through Different Materials
- Making a Pin-Hole Viewer
- Shadow Formation using a Point Source of Light
- Shadow Formation Using an Extended Source of Light
- Shadows in Sunlight
- Absorption of Light)
- Refraction between Water and Air: Illusions
- Refraction between Glass and Air: Lenses
- How a Mirror Changes the Path of Light
- Seeing Round Corners
- Reflection in Mirrors: Images
- Dispersion and the Spectrum
- Colour Mixing: Paints and Dyes
- Mixing Coloured Lights
- Coloured Lights and Coloured Objects
- Chapter 18: The Earth in Space
- Modelling the Solar System
- Modelling the Earth in Orbit
- Modelling Day and Night
- Patterns of Sun-Shadows
- Modelling Phases of the Moon
- Modelling Energy Input to the Earth
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