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Step Into Science: Rocks and Soil

Peter Riley, Author

Series: Step Into Science

Imprint: Franklin Watts

Publication date: December 8, 2022

Category: Science: general interest

ISBN: 9781445183251

Series: Step Into Science

Imprint: Franklin Watts

Publication date: September 28, 2023

Category: Science: general interest

ISBN: 9781445183268

Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of rocks and soil!

Step Into Science: Rocks and Soil looks at Earth and the rocks that make it up, from its fiery core and volcanoes to limestone cliffs and fossils. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you’ll explore how rocks form and reform over time, and how they change the world around us.

Colourful and quirky illustrations make these core science topics exciting and fresh and encourage interaction with the subject.

Written to support the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, each title explores key scientific topics through a combination of concise information and fun experiments.

Perfect for readers aged 7+

Titles in the series:
Electricity
Forces & Magnets
Habitats
Light
Plants
Rocks & Soil
Sound
The Body

Reviews

Explores key scientific topics through a combination of concise information and fun experiments. This combination is ideal to encourage children to make their own investigations and further their own learning through hands-on experience

Parents In Touch

Peter manages to bring these pages to life with simple and fluent text ... There are plenty of areas which children will want to find out more about and I can see the book acting as a springboard to further studies

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Peter Riley

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.