The Book
Science Wh!z is a series of contemporary, bold and attractive books for teaching science at the primary school level. The six books follow the scientific method and encourage hands-on learning. With these books, students will enjoy learning-by-doing and emerge as young scientists.
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
- Two to three test papers
- A glossary of important words
Each lesson includes:
Learning objectives Clear goals for students
Get Active! A pre-learning activity with a full-page picture
Quick check! Questions within the chapter to gauge understanding
Niblet Related and interesting information
Do it! Simple activities for students to carry out and learn from
To sum up... A brief overview of the lesson
Test your learning A wide variety of exercises
HOTS Questions that test higher-order thinking skills
Life skills Skills that help students cope with problems in daily life
More Do it! A variety of projects, experiments and activities
Web links Links to websites with interesting information and activities
The Author(s)
Radhika Suri has spearheaded the setting up of successful pre-school and school chains that provide quality education. She has written books for children and conducted teacher training and parenting workshops.
Sameera Sood works for Inspire Education and has co-authored the books with Radhika Suri.
Vinita Khanna has more than 30 years teaching experience at the primary level. She has been the principal of Army School Secunderabad and moved on to work with DPS Vasant Vihar and Sanskriti School in Delhi. She presently provides guidance/consultancy at the primary school level. She has authored and co-authored a number of very popular textbooks for this age group.
Tara Sridhar has over two decades of experience teaching science at various levels in renowned schools in Chennai. She presently teaches Physics and Chemistry at the secondary level.
Jaipriya Balaji has over 15 years of experience in teaching and has worked in renowned CBSE and ICSE schools all over India. She teaches Science and Mathematics.