The "Starting Science" series is designed to introduce students to some of the important skills associated with a hands on approach to the subject. In completing this series of thematic investigations children are required to utilize such skills as: Observing, Classifying, Recording, Predicting, Sequencing, Comparing and Contrasting, Identifying, and Labelling.

The activities in this book, Book Three, revolve around the themes of:

• Myself and other living things
• Living things - their needs and processes
• Keeping warm
• Structure of materials and effects of chemical changes

Also available:

• Starting Science 1: Animals, Matter, Plants
• Starting Science 2: Electricity and Magnetism, Light and Sound, Weather, Human Effects on the Environment