Using straightforward language and many examples drawn from classroom practice, this text has been designed to support and extend the student teacher’s own subject knowledge and understanding of science in the context of the primary classroom. The authors offer an accessible guide to all the main concepts in Key Stages 1 and 2 science teaching for PGCE, BA(QTS) and BEd students. Science co-ordinators and teachers who regard themselves as non-specialists in science should welcome a text that brings together science and science teaching in the primary years.