Course Book 1

The Young Scientist Investigates Course Book 1 comprises 12 units of work, grouped under three concept headings: living things; structures, forces and energy; and change. Each unit is a series of double-page spreads relating to the topic. For instance the unit on fruit and vegetables has spreads on ‘vegetables’, ‘growing vegetables’, 'new vegetables from old’, and ‘fruits’. At the end of each unit there is a spread on ‘checking’ which asks questions, suggests further activities and provides a list of ‘what every young scientist should know’ about the topic of the unit.

Contents
What do scientists do?

Living things
Unit 1: We are all different
Unit 2: Fruit and vegetables
Unit 3: Living things depend upon each other
Unit 4: Pond life

Structures, forces and energy
Unit 5: Houses and other buildings
Unit 6: Materials
Unit 7: Skeletons, muscles and movement
Unit 8: Pushing, pulling, sliding, rolling

Change
Unit 9: Sun, moon, stars and planets
Unit 10: The seasons
Unit 11: Science in the kitchen
Unit 12: Life cycles