Primary Investigations consists of seven teacher resource books and five student books. The teacher resource books provide easy-to-follow lesson plans, questions for class discussion, lesson commentaries and extensions, scientific background information and blackline masters. The student books set out investigations and extend students' technical reading.

The sample material listed below is in PDF format (you may prefer to start with an abbreviated HTML version of the Introduction to the Teacher Resource Books.)

Awareness and observation Introduction	Sample lessons: Team games: Shapes Fast drops, slow drops	Equipment list
Order and organisation Introduction	Sample lessons: Team games: Paper shapes I'll huff and I'll puff	Equipment list
Change and measurement Introduction	Sample lessons: Team games: Play clay (teacher) Play clay (student) Changing pictures (teacher) Changing pictures (student)	Equipment list
Patterns and prediction Introduction	Sample lessons: Team games: Magnets make patterns (teacher) Magnets make patterns (student) Whorls, arches and loops (teacher) Whorls, arches and loops (student)	Equipment list
Systems and analysis Introduction	Sample lessons: Team games: Making a balloon rocket (teacher) Making a balloon rocket (student) Bottle divers (teacher) Bottle divers (student)	Equipment list
Energy and investigation Introduction	Sample lessons: Team games: Liquid layers (teacher) Liquid layers (student) Jumping with energy (teacher) Jumping with energy (student)	Equipment list
Balance and decisions Introduction	Sample lessons: Team games: Sand pendulums (teacher) Sand pendulums (student) Oo-Roo! (teacher) Oo-Roo! (student)	Equipment list

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