Knowledge and Understanding of Science Knowledge and
Understanding of Science was a series of five books written to
help teachers in primary schools with background understanding
of science. The books deal with the topics in physical science
which generally cause the greatest difficulty to primary
teachers: Forces, Energy, Chemical changes, Genetics and
ecology, Electricity and magnetism. Published in 1991-4 by the
National Curriculum Council (the body at the time responsible
for implementing the National Curriculum at the time) the guides
provide professional development activities for use either by
teachers alone or working in groups with colleagues. It was
intended that after working through the text and successfully
completing the assessments, teachers would have covered those
aspects of the topics described in the programmes of study for
Key Stages One and Two of the National Curriculum. The purpose
of the material was to extend teacher knowledge and
understanding; it was not suitable for direct use in t