Excel in Scienceis a series of contemporary, bold and attractive books for teaching science at the primary school level. The books place emphasis on active learning of science and provide a wide range of activities to encourage learning. They are attractively laid out, with pictures closely linked to the text so that they are effective and easy for children to follow. Scientific theory is covered thoroughly, with the text carefully worded to make it easy to understand.
The sections related to CCE activities, life skills and values cover all the scholastic andco-scholastic areas mentioned in the NCERT’s CCE Manual. They encourage both individual and group work, including multi-disciplinary activities. They place emphasis on the development of problem-solving skills in students.
The books are accompanied by teacher’s edition and teacher’s manual books.
The key features of the books are:
- A chapter titled ‘Be a Scientist’ that encourages students to use the scientific method (classes 3–5)
- Diagrams and illustrations linked to the text
- Nuggets on scientists and inventors to inspire the students
- Simply worded text for easy understanding
- Life skills, values and CCE activities (scholastic and co-scholastic), tagged for easy identification and listed inside the cover
- Two summative assessment papers
- A glossary of important words
Lessons have: Learning objectives Clear goals for students
Get Active! (FA) A pre-learning activity with a full-page picture
Quick check! (FA) Questions within the chapter to gauge understanding
Niblet Related and interesting information
Do it! (FA) Simple activities for formative assessment
To sum up... A brief overview of the lesson
Test your learning (SA) A wide variety of exercises for summative assessment, including MCQs in all chapters
HOTS (SA) Questions that test higher-order thinking skills
Life skills and values (FA) Skills and values that help students cope with problems in daily life
More Do it! (FA) A variety of projects, experiments and activities for formative assessment
Web links Links to websites with interesting information and activities