How To Be Brilliant At Materials

How to be Brilliant at Materials contains 42 photocopiable worksheets with practical activities to help children acquire knowledge and understanding of the way materials are classified, how they can be changed, and ways of separating them. Topics include: testing for hardness, density, porosity, magnetism, conductivity of heat and electricity, and flexibility; materials used in houses; comparing soils; solids, liquids and gases; mixtures; changing materials; dissolving, filtering and evaporation; the water cycle; energy efficiency.

How to be Brilliant at Science Investigations contains 40 worksheets with activities, to help Key Stage 2 (KS2), 7-11 year old pupils develop the skills needed to plan and carry out investigations and to draw conclusions from the results. Topics covered include: Tooth decay, Muscles, Seeds, Habitats, Testing washing powders, Red cabbage water magic, Pinhole cameras, Camouflage, Making the best telephone, Light bulbs and Where is the Sun now?

Mental arithmetic is now an important part of the school curriculum in both primary and secondary schools. How to be Brilliant at Mental Arithmetic contains over 40 photocopiable activities to help children develop the skills needed to do fast and accurate mathematical calculations. The sheets introduce a variety of techniques and strategies and provide opportunities for children to practise, reinforce and assimilate their new skills. Brilliant Publications publishes a range of books for 0-15 year olds. Details of our titles can be found on our website www.brilliantpublications.co.uk

How to be Brilliant at Shape and Space contains 40 photocopiable worksheets designed to improve pupils' understanding of shape, their understanding of position and movement and their understanding of measure. They will learn about: angles; nets; Euler's formula; the Platonic solids; squares, triangles and quadrilaterals; parallel lines; lines of symmetry, and reflective and rotational symmetry.