Pupil Book 5 provides consolidation and practice of the concepts and skills learnt throughout Year 5 in Science Directions. Each page of the pupil book is linked to units of work found in Teaching File 5 and reinforces work covered through class activities.

* Illustrations - to stimulate interest and show the relevance of the scientific ideas being learnt

* Questions - for individuals, groups and the whole class to reinforce skills, extend knowledge and use as a basis for discussion

* 'Remember' boxes - summaries of key scientific facts and skills to help pupils retain what they have learnt

* 'Did you know?' - interesting facts and statistics