This book helps encourage children to think creatively and independently therefore encouraging self-esteem.  It includes ready-to-use ideas, suggestions for building a thinking ethos as well as guidance and solutions...

This series takes the latest topical themes and provides accessible and practical advice. Over 50 practical activities to build your confidence and effectiveness.  Invaluable expert support at your fingertips using...

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

The Young People's Book Prize aims to promote literacy in young people and to inspire them to read about science. It also supports the writing of excellent, accessible STEM books for under-14s.

These resources offer a series of activities to use alongside the six books which have been shortlisted for the Young People’s Book Prize 2021.The activities include investigations and experiments related to various topics, such as plants, biodiversity and the environment, inventions and inventors, space and the...

These resources offer a series of activities to use alongside the six books which have been shortlisted for the Young People’s Book Prize 2022. The activities include investigations and experiments related to various topics, such as materials and structures, biodiversity, micro-organisms, water and food waste as...

These resources offer a series of activities to use alongside the six books which have been shortlisted for the Young People’s Book Prize 2023. The activities include investigations and experiments related to various topics, such as our bodies, viruses and bacteria, invertebrates and space, as well as various...

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

The Young Scientist Investigates topic book on Air gives information, illustrated by full colour photographs and drawings, about the composition of the air, its importance to living things and its properties. It is intended for children aged 8-11 to read and then to answer question and carry out investigations of...

The Young Scientist Investigates topic book on Birds, first published in 1981, gives information, illustrated with full-colour photographs, about the features and behaviour of birds. It is intended for children aged 8-11 to read and then to answer question and carry out investigations involving observing feathers...

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’, ‘...

The Young Scientist Investigates Course Book 2 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 reproduction in birds and mammals has spreads on...

The Young Scientist Investigates topic book on Electricity and Magnetism was first published in 1982 and gives information, illustrated by full colour photographs and drawings, about magnets and electric power generation and use. It is intended for children aged 8-11 to read and then to answer question and carry...

The Young Scientist Investigates topic book on Energy gives information, illustrated by full colour photographs and drawings, about the nature and forms of energy. It is intended for children aged 8-11 to read and then to answer question and carry out investigations of how we get and use energy.

The Young Scientist Investigates topic book on Everyday Chemicals was published in 1984 and gives information, illustrated by full colour photographs and drawings, about how chemicals used in everyday life are obtained. The word ‘chemical’ is used throughout to refer to elements and compounds of different kinds,...