This is a versatile series that uses carefully planned ideas and detailed lesson plans that teachers can follow as a structured programme or just 'dip in' as required.

Each chapter contains:

• whole-class introductory ideas and activities
• ideas for introducing the text extract
• differentiated activities where the same activity is presented at three levels of ability
• activities for group work
• ideas for the plenary sessions
• follow-up literacy lesson ideas
• follow-up science lesson ideas

Years 5/6 chapters include:

• Keeping healthy
• Changing sounds
• Earth, Sun and Moon
• Life cycles - plants
• Life cycles - animals
• Micro-organisms
• Dissolving
• Changes
• Interdependence and adaptation
• Forces