This guide provides clear and simple explanations for engaging students in meaningful and hands-on, minds-on ways of understanding science. Eight Essentials of Inquiry-Based Science, K-8 breaks each essential into...

The aim of the Children’s Learning in Science Project (CLIS) was to discover how to use a constructivist approach to teach selected topics, and translate this into materials which could be used by teachers.

These are...

Published in 2006 by the Scottish Government, this report looks at the progress towards a Curriculum for Excellence. It was designed to present ideas and stimulate discussion between stakeholders in education within Scotland.

The Curriculum for Excellence considers how and what children and young people...

This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use with the Variety of Life topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7:...

This Nuffield Primary Science book consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7:
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This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use with the Using Energy topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7:
*Keeping warm and keeping cool
*People keeping warm
*Cold days
*People keeping cool
*Hot and cold
*The...

This Nuffield Primary Science book consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7: *Making shadows *Plant and animal colour *Using mirrors *Shadows *Lights at night *Reflections *Mirror patterns *Transparent things *Eye spy *Light tricks

This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use with the Living Processes topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads, aimed at students aged 5-7:
*Are you my mother
*Eating and drinking
*Keeping healthy
*Growing
*Getting older
*Keeping clean...

This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use in the Forces and Movement topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7:
*A day at the fair
*Pushes and pulls: weight
*Keeping safe near water
*What floats? What sinks?
*Getting...

This Nuffield Primary Science book consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7:
*What is under your feet?
*The wise man and the foolish man
*Samd
*Rocks all around us
*People using rocks
*Change in the weather
*Weather...

This Nuffield Primary Science book consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7:
*Musical sounds
*Peace and quiet
*What a lot of noise!
*Animal ears
*Listen everyone!
*Stephen’s day
*Sound puzzle
*Bells
*Body...

This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use with the Earth in Space topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7: 

*Telling the time

*Seasons

*Looking at the night sky

*What is the time?

*What time of year is it?...

This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use with the Materials topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7:
*Farm animals
*Something is wrong
*When things are invisible
*Fairytale houses
*Making things with glass
*...

This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use with the Living Things in their Environment topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7:
*Where do they live?
*What lives in a garden?
*The Litter Bin Game
*Elephants
*Look at...

Published in January 1980, this report sets out preliminary views on the form that a framework for the proposed National Curriculum should take and the ground it should cover. The ideas were presented to start a consultation process, leading to a curriculum that would apply to schools nationally and promote...