Scientific Enquiry and its Place in the National Curriculum
This is a report of a SCORE workshop held in September 2011 at the Royal Society to explore the place of scientific enquiry in the national curriculum. The report summarises the main issues raised and describes the views of the participants. The workshop was chaired by Libby Steele, Head of Education at the Royal Society. The group…
Stepping into Science
This resource, part of Stepping into Science from the BP Educational Service, looks at the topic of materials. Designed for children aged four to seven years it contains a short video, which introduces an investigation to see which materials are waterproof. It includes information on how to set up a fair test, make a prediction,…
Action!
From Teachers TV this video, part of the Science Tube series, examines forces in action, what they do and how they can be measured using a Newton meter. There are four sections that each look at different forces. Skateboarder See how the various materials used for a skateboard have different relationships with the forces of…
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Extinction
The Ginn Science topic book Extinction was written for students in Year Two (Primary Three) aged six to seven years and published in 1992. It relates to the content strand ‘Other animals and plants’, has 24 pages and requires a considerably higher reading level than other Ginn Science Year Two students’ books. It…
Materials
The Ginn Science topic book Materials was written for students in Year Two (Primary Three) aged six to seven years and published in 1992. It relates to the content strand ‘Materials and their uses’. It has 24 pages and requires a considerably higher reading level than other Ginn Science Year Two students’ books.…
My Bike
The Ginn Science story book My Bike was written for students in Year Two (Primary Three) aged six to seven years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Energy and forces’ and is intended for students to read independently. It gives drawings of a bicycle with main parts labelled. Unfortunately the children…
Cranes
The Ginn Science story book Cranes was written for students in Year Two (Primary Three) aged six to seven years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Energy and forces’ and is intended for students to read independently. It gives full-colour illustrations of cranes being used to raise loads in a range…
Look!
The Ginn Science story book Look! was written for students in Year Two (Primary Three) aged six to seven and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Ourselves and healthy living’ and is intended for students to read independently. It tells the story of a girl who made a bead necklace for her mother and thought…
Sniffer’s Walk
The Ginn Science story book Sniffer’s Walk was written for students in Year Two (Primary Three) aged six to seven and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Ourselves and healthy living’ and is intended for students to read independently. It tells the story of two children taking their dog to the shops,…
The Rainy Day
The Ginn Science story book The Rainy Day was written for students in Year Two (Primary Three) aged six to seven and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Materials and their uses’ and is intended for students to read independently. It tells the story of a family visiting a park and caught in a sudden rainstorm…
Gerry’s House
The Ginn Science story book Gerry’s House was written for students in Year Two (Primary Three) aged six to seven and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Materials and their uses’ and is intended for students to read independently. It tells the story of a boy bringing home a gerbil and keeping it…
Our Pets
The Ginn Science story book Our Pets was written for students in Year Two (Primary Three) aged six to seven and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Other animals and plants’ and is intended for students to read independently. It tells a story about a family’s pet cat and dog, what they do, what…
At the Seaside
The Ginn Science story book At the Seaside was written for students in Year Two (Primary Three) aged six to seven and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Earth and Space’ and is intended for students to read independently. It tells the story of a family camping near the seaside and what they did on a…
My Day
The Ginn Science story book My Day was written for students in Year Two (Primary Three) aged six to seven and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Earth and Space’ and is intended for students to read independently. It tells the story of what a boy did on a school day from getting up to going to bed.
The News
The Ginn Science Year Two information book on The News was written for Year Two (Primary Three) students aged six to seven years and published in 1991. It relates to the content strand 'Energy and forces'. It focuses on the recording, production and transmission of TV programmes which bring news from all over the world.
Special Clothes
The Ginn Science Year Two information book Special Clothes was written for Year Two (Primary Three) students aged six to seven years and published in 1991. It relates to the content strand ‘Materials and their uses’. It illustrates the different clothes that are worn in different conditions and for various activities,…
Making a Pond
The Ginn Science Year Two information book Making a Pond was written for Year Two (Primary Three) students aged six to seven years and published in 1991. It relates to content strand ‘Other animals and plants’ and illustrates the range of animals that live in or near ponds and describes how to dig, line and populate a…
Athletes
The Ginn Science Year Two information book on athletes was written for Year Two (Primary Three) students aged six to seven years and published in 1991. It relates to the content strand ‘Ourselves and healthy living’ and illustrates the importance to athletes of training, healthy food, rest and coaching.
Ginn Science: Year Two Resource File
Ginn Science Year Two Resource File for teachers was first published in 1988 and revised in 1995 to accommodate the 1995 National Curriculum in England and Wales. The revised file, of over 200 pages, contains full instructions for use of the materials provided to support science throughout Year Two in England or Primary Three in…
The Hot Day
The Ginn Science story book The Hot Day was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to content strand ‘Materials and their uses’. In full colour illustrations, it tells a story about an ice cream melting and dripping onto the ground on a hot day. There are captions…
Follow the Footprints
The Ginn Science story book Follow the Footprints was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Earth and space’. In full-colour illustrations it tells a story of two children following footprints and tracks in mud, soft sand and left after…
My New House
The Ginn Science story book about My New House was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Materials and their properties’. The full-colour pages depict photographs of the various stages of a house being built. Captions of a few words…
The Cold Day
The Ginn Science story book about a Cold Day was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Materials and their uses’. It tells a story about a girl going out to play on cold day and putting on clothing when various parts of her become cold.…
Summertime
The Ginn Science story book about Summertime was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Earth and space’. It illustrates, in full colour, the activities what a boy likes to be able to do and wear in summer, with a short sentence on each…
Winter
The Ginn Science story book about Winter was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Earth and space’. Through full-colour illustrations and no words it depicts various winter scenes showing people in thick warm clothing involved in activities…
The Garden Hose
The Ginn Science story book about the Garden Hose was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Energy and forces’. The full-colour illustrations describe a family using a garden hose in various activities which show the force of the water…
Fetch!
The Ginn Science story book Fetch! was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Energy and forces’. In full-colour pages, with words on only the first and last, it shows a family throwing objects into a pond for a dog to fetch. The dog…
Down the Slide
The Ginn Science story book Down the Slide was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Energy and forces’. In full-colour pages, it shows children playing on a slide, how one gets stuck and slides down sitting on a jumper. On each page…
I Can’t Reach
The Ginn Science story book I Can’t Reach was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to content strand ‘Ourselves and healthy living’. In full-colour pages, it describes how a small boy needs help to reach things that are too high for him but can reach…
Birthday Presents
The Ginn Science story book about Birthday Presents was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1988. It relates to the content strand ‘Ourselves and healthy living’. It tells a story through full colour drawings with few words of a girl with her birthday presents, feeling them…
The Weather Forecast
The Ginn Science information book The Weather Forecast was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1991. It relates to the content strand ‘Earth and space’ and shows how the television weather forecast represents different types of weather on the map and shows what each type…
Bread
The Ginn Science information book Bread was written for Year One (Primary Two) students aged five to six years and published in 1991. It relates to the content strand ‘Materials and their uses’ and describes the ingredients for making bread, where they come from and how they are used in making different kinds of bread.