Successful science teaching in primary schools requires a careful understanding of key scientific knowledge. Explaining Primary Scienceundefinednbsp;covers all the major areas of science relevant for beginning primary school teachers, explaining key concepts from the ground up, helpingundefinednbsp;trainees develop intoundefinednbsp;confidentundefinednbsp;science educators.

Classroomundefinednbsp;activities andundefinednbsp;videosundefinednbsp;of useful science experiments and demonstrations for the primary classroom are integrated into each chapter to translate concepts intoundefinednbsp;teaching practice.

Chapter content is linked to theundefinednbsp;National Curriculum in Englandundefinednbsp;and theundefinednbsp;Curriculum for Excellence,undefinednbsp;demonstrating howundefinednbsp;you couldundefinednbsp;relate understanding to the relevant curriculumundefinednbsp;taught in schools.