Electricity and magnetism: teachers' guide, key stage 2

This teacher's guide covers electricity and magnetism for primary science Key Stage 2. It is accompanied by two students' books, one for years 3-4 and one for years 5-6.

Other features include:

  • An explanation of the SPACE (Science Processes and Concept Exploration) approach to science teaching and learning
  • An at-a-glance chart showing coverage of the National Curriculum
  • A detailed planning section with guidance on resources, safety and cross-curricular ideas
  • A variety of starter activities for finding out children's ideas
  • Real examples of children's ideas collected during research
  • A chapter devoted to help children develop their ideas
  • An assessment chapter giving practical help with assessing children's work in terms of National Curriculum levels
  • An accessible background science chapter.

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Subject(s)Science
Age5-7, 7-11
Published1993
Published by

Shelf referenceA 372.35044 NUF
ISN/ISBN9780003100495
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/x8bgr

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