Excel in Science  is a series of nine contemporary,  bold and attractive books for teaching science. Excel  in Science completes the series for the middle school level.  The books are closely aligned to the NCF and fulfil the CCE requirements of the  NCERT comprehensively.
    The books follow the scientific method and encourage  hands-on learning. With these books, students will become thoroughly grounded  in both the theory and practice of science and emerge as young scientists.
  The key features of the books are:
      - Well-structured lessons, with lesson  objectives, theory, practical work and exercises that completely cover  the NCERT  syllabus and adhere to the guidelines laid down in the CCE Manual
     - Clearly labelled sections for formative  assessment (FA) and summative assessment (SA), with a list of FA  activities for easy access
     - Two summative assessment papers, two formative  assessment papers and suggestions for two practical exam papers (The  summative papers follow the pattern suggested by the CBSE.)
     - A National Science Olympiad practice paper
     - A section titled ‘Be a Scientist’ that encourages  students to use the scientific method
     - Information on scientists and inventors to  inspire students
     - Heritage  corner to  inform students about the advance in scientific thought in ancient, medieval  and modern India
     - Simply worded text for easy understanding
     - A glossary of important words
     - Colourful illustrations and images
   
  Each lesson includes:
    Learning  objectives     Clear goals for students
    Get  active!             A  pre-learning mind opener activity with a full-page picture
    Quick  check!         Questions within the chapter to gauge  understanding (FA)
    Do it!    Activities and  experiments for students to carry out and learn from (FA)
    Niblet           Related and interesting information
    To  sum up...           A brief  overview of the lesson
    Assessment  corner      Exercises in the NCERT pattern (SA)
    Higher-order  thinking skills and problem solving Questions that test the higher-order thinking skills and  problem-solving skills of students (SA)
    Life  skills and values   Skills  that help students cope with problems in daily life and develop values for life  (FA)
    Activities  for formative assessment       A variety of  projects, experiments and activities as listed in the CCE Manual (FA)
    Web  links  Links to websites with interesting information  and activities