'A comprehensive treatment of all the major aspects of the science national curriculum in a lucid, unpatronising style, supported by a good range of black and white diagrams and photographs ... this book offers useful reference and support.' - Times Educational Supplement

• Chapter 1. Life Process Nigel Skinner Chaper 2. Humans as organisms Nigel Skinner Chapter 3. Green plants as organisms Nigel Skinner Chapter 4. Variation and classification Ann Graham Chapter 5. Living things and their environment Ann Graham Chapter 6. Materials and their properties Geoffrey Wickham Chapter 7. Natural materials - The story of rock Carrie Branigan Chapter 8. Electricity and magnetism Linda Webb Chapter 9. Forces and motion Jennifer Kennedy and Jim Jardine Chapter 10. Light Jennifer Kennedy Chapter 11. Sound Geoffrey Wickham Chapter 12. The earth and beyond Jennifer Kennedy and Jim Jardine Appendix.

'A comprehensive treatment of all the major aspects of the science national curriculum in a lucid, unpatronising style, supported by a good range of black and white diagrams and photographs ... this book offers useful reference and support.' - Times Educational Supplement

• Chapter 1. Life Process Nigel Skinner Chaper 2. Humans as organisms Nigel Skinner Chapter 3. Green plants as organisms Nigel Skinner Chapter 4. Variation and classification Ann Graham Chapter 5. Living things and their environment Ann Graham Chapter 6. Materials and their properties Geoffrey Wickham Chapter 7. Natural materials - The story of rock Carrie Branigan Chapter 8. Electricity and magnetism Linda Webb Chapter 9. Forces and motion Jennifer Kennedy and Jim Jardine Chapter 10. Light Jennifer Kennedy Chapter 11. Sound Geoffrey Wickham Chapter 12. The earth and beyond Jennifer Kennedy and Jim Jardine Appendix.