My Pals are Here! Science Activity Book aims to stimulate young minds, cultivate their interest and spark their curiosity in finding out about the things around them. It adopts a hands on and inquiry based approach to the learning of Science, helping pupils to explore and reinforce the concepts learnt in the textbook.

    There is a wide variety of challenging and interesting activities in this book, ranging from experiments and investigations to projects and even researching the Internet for information. These activities develop pupils’ skills and processes, while helping them understand the purpose for inquiry. Following the themes of the latest Primary Science syllabus, there are five parts to the Activity Book, Diversity, Cycles, Systems, Energy and Interactions.

1. Magnets and their characteristics
1.1 Magnetic check
1.2 Where is a magnet strongest?
1.3 Freely-turning magnets
1.4 The invisible push and pull

2. Making magnets
2.1 Making a magnet by the stroke method
2.2 Making an electromagnet

3. Magnets, magnets, everywhere
3.1 Use of magnets
3.2 Magnet to the rescue!