TY - BOOK AU - Wenham, Martin AU - Ovens, Peter TI - Understanding primary science : : science knowledge for teaching SN - 978-1-84860-119-2 AV - 372.35044 W48u PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - SAGE publishing KW - Science KW - Study and teaching (Elementary) N1 - Includes index; PART ONE: DEVELOPING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE Helping Children to Become Scientific PART TWO: LIFE PROCESSES AND LIVING THINGS Life processes Humans and Other Animals Plants Variation, Classification, Adaption and the Environment PART THREE: MATERIALS AND THEIR PROPERTIES Matter Grouping and Classifying Materials Changing, Combining and Separating Materials PART FOUR: PHYSICAL PROCESSES Electricity Forces and Motion Gravity and Magnetism Sound and Light The Earth and Beyond N2 - Now in its 3rd edition, this book provides a prime resource for for enabling the effective teaching of science at primary level. It now also includes a CD-rom of 200 science investigations for use with young learners of science, to help trainee teachers explore the practical application of the topics covered in the book ER -