Hands-on Science Textbook Primary 4 (Contents Page)

Contents

LIVING THINGS AND LIFE PROCESSES

Chapter 1 Life Cycles 1

1.1 Life Cycles of Animals 2
1.2 Life Cycles of Plants 10

ENERGY AND THEIR CHANGE 15

Chapter 2 Light 16
26
2.1 Properties of Light
2.2 Shadows 32

Chapter 3 Heat 33
35
3.1 Sources of Heat 38
3.2 Temperature 40
3.3 How Heat Travels 50
3.4 Effects of Heat
3.5 Conductors of Heat

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MATTER AND THEIR PROPERTIES

Chapter 4 Matter 55

4.1 Properties of Matter 56
4.2 Three States of Matter 67

EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE

Chapter 5 Environment and Natural Resources 76

5.1 Resources from the Environment 77
5.2 Resources and Technology 86
5.3 Man’s Impact on the Environment 90
5.4 Caring for the Environment 93

Chapter 6 Solar System 97

6.1 The Sun, the Earth and the Moon 98
6.2 Planets in the Solar System 101
6.3 Other Objects in the Solar System 106

STEM Activity 111

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Special Features

What pupils What pupils Reflects what
already know would like to pupils have
explore as they learned
study the
chapter

Let’s Try! Let’s Find Out! STEM Activity

Helps pupils to Encourages pupils An activity that engages
master their to find information in applying the
scientific knowledge and present their knowledge of scientists,
and skills findings mathematicians
and engineers

Let’s Think Map It Out Let’s Scan

Challenges pupils A diagram to ‘map’ Provides direct access to
with questions out all the concepts the relevant information
that promote in the chapter on the Internet by
higher-order scanning the QR codes
thinking skills given

Let’s Know More Explain It Online

Presents extra Explains difficult QuickQuiz
information that is terms used in the
relevant to the text Provides direct access
concept learned to extra questions by
scanning the QR codes
given

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