Ways Into Science: Your Body, Your Senses

by Riley, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781445134796
• ISBN10: 1445134799
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-10-25
• Publisher: Hachette Children's

Summary

In Your Body, Your Senses readers can find out all about the parts that make up their amazing bodies, and learn how our senses help us find out about the world around us.

A first science series that introduces young readers to basic science principles in a friendly and accessible way. Early scientific skills are taught through a combination of experiments, activities and key questions, designed to get young scientists thinking!

Written by award-winning author Peter Riley, who has trialled the material extensively in schools. Suits the requirements of the National Curriculum at KS1.

Author Biography

Peter Riley was a science teacher for 25 years, 17 of them as Head of Science. His first book was published in 1981, and he has been a full-time author since 1996, with over 200 books published for children, students and teachers. He is the winner of the prestigious Schoolbook Award for Science in 2000, as well as being shortlisted for the Aventis Science Prize 2004 and nominated for the Educational Resources Award in 2009.

Table of Contents

• 1: Parts of the body
• 2: Our senses
• 3: Our sight
• 4: Light in the eye
• 5: Hearing
• 6: Hearing test
• 7: Smell
• 8: Smell test
• 9: Four tastes
• 10: Touch
• 11: Touch test/Using your senses
• 12: Useful words/Some answers
• 13: Index/About this book