With a strong focus on helping children to learn the big ideas in science, this book provides detailed and practical guidance on how to use ICT to support creative science teaching. Emphasizing learning science through the technology rather than from it, the book strikes a good balance between practical and academic dimensions through:

practical suggestions on how to plan schemes of work and lessons

case studies that highlight how ICT can be incorporated into cross-curricular themes of study

examples of real science lessons

advice on organizing learning in out of school settings

Written with the standards for achieving qualified teacher status in mind, this user-friendly text is a vital resource for all students on initial teacher training courses and newly qualified teachers at primary level.