Books in the Understanding Science series

Understanding Science is a series of topic-based study books for Key Stage 2, providing comprehensive coverage of key subject areas. Animals & Plants covers the following topics: plants, living things and their habitats, fossils, animal life cycles, food chains, evolution, adaptation and inheritance.

Understanding Science is a series of topic-based study books for Key Stage 2, providing comprehensive coverage of key subject areas. Our Bodies covers the following topics: human life cycles, puberty, human digestive and circulatory systems, teeth, muscles, skeletons, diet, drugs and medicines.

Understanding Science is a series of topic-based study books for Key Stage 2, providing comprehensive coverage of key subject areas. Using Materials covers the following topics: properties and uses of materials, thermal conductors and insulators, solids, liquids, gases, rocks, soil and fossils.

Understanding Science is a series of topic-based study books for Key Stage 2, providing comprehensive coverage of key subject areas. Light, Sound & Space covers the following topics: light and sound travel, reflection, shadows, vibration, pitch, volume, the Earth, Sun, Moon and solar system.

Understanding Science is a series of topic-based study books for Key Stage 2, providing comprehensive coverage of key subject areas. Forces & Electricity covers the following topics: electricity and circuits, magnets, measuring forces, friction, water and air resistance, machines and gears.

Understanding Science is a series of topic-based study books for Key Stage 2, providing comprehensive coverage of key subject areas. Changing Materials meets the National Curriculum requirements for Key Stage 2, and covers the following topics: evaporation, condensation, the water cycle, burning, filtering, melting, solidifying and dissolving.