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Building Science Concepts: Titles and concept overviews

All New Zealand primary schools were sent copies of the Building Science Concepts series from 2001–2004.  

Sort the list below in order of book title, book number, contextual strand, and curriculum level to view details about the book and the PDF of the relevant concept overview.

Many books are still available to order. Please check the List of available Building Science Concepts books.

64 books.

Book Title Lvl CS
1 Waterways: How Rivers and Streams Work 2-3 Planet Earth and beyond icon.
2 Weathering and Erosion: The Shaping of Our Landscape 3-4 Planet Earth and beyond icon.
3 Birds: Structure, Function, and Adaptation 1-4 Living world icon.
4 Animal Life Histories: Reproduction, Growth, and Change 1-4 Living world icon.
5 Fur, Feathers, and Bark: Animal and Plant Coverings 1-4 Living world icon.
6 Soil Animals: Diversity beneath Our Feet 3-4 Living world icon.
7 The Bush: Classifying Forest Plants 3-4 Living world icon.
8 The Moon: Orbits, Appearances, and Effects 3-4 Planet Earth and beyond icon.
9 Shadows: Effects of the Absence of Light 1-2 Material world icon. Physical world icon. Planet Earth and beyond icon.
10 Light and Colour: Our Vision of the World 1-2 Physical world icon.
11 Seeing Colours: The Spectrum, the Eye, and the Brain 3-4 Physical world icon.
12 Volcanoes: Hot Rock in a Cool World 3-4 Planet Earth and beyond icon.
13 Aluminium: Extracting and Using the Metal 3-4 Material world icon. Planet Earth and beyond icon.
14 Making Porridge: Conducting Heat and Cooking Food 1-2 Physical world icon.
15 Where's the Water?: Water's Forms and Changes in Form 1-2 Material world icon. Physical world icon. Planet Earth and beyond icon.
16 Sand, Salt, and Jelly Crystals: Melting and Mixing Materials 1-2 Material world icon.
17 Flight: Control in the Air 1-4 Living world icon. Physical world icon.
18 Exploring Sound: Using Sound-makers and Musical Instruments 1-2 Physical world icon.
19 Properties of Sound: How Sound-makers and Musical Instruments Work 3-4 Physical world icon.
20 Our Star, the Sun: Life and Time in a Solar System 1-2 Planet Earth and beyond icon.
21 Life between the Tides: Sandy Shores, Mudflats, and Rocky Shores 1-2 Living world icon.
22 Tidal Communities: Interdependence and the Effects of Change 3-4 Living world icon.
23 Fresh Food: How Food Keeps and Loses Its Freshness 1-2 Living world icon.
24 Preserving Food: Processes in Food Storage 3-4 Material world icon.
25 Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds: Plants and Their Reproductive Parts 1-2 Living world icon.
26 Making New Plants: How Flowering Plants Reproduce 3-4 Living world icon.
27 Exploring Space: Discovering Our Place in the Universe 3-4 Planet Earth and beyond icon.
28 The Night Sky: Patterns, Observations, and Traditions 3-4 Planet Earth and beyond icon.
29 Solar Energy: Sun Power on Earth 2-4 Physical world icon. Planet Earth and beyond icon.
30 The Air around Us: Exploring the Substance we Live in 1-4 Material world icon. Physical world icon.
31 Water and Weather: The Water Cycle and the Atmosphere 3-4 Material world icon. Physical world icon. Planet Earth and beyond icon.
32 Introducing Metals: The Properties and Uses of Common Metals 1-2 Material world icon.
33 Working with Metals: The Origins and Applications of Common Metals 3-4 Material world icon.
34 Parachutes: Floating and Falling in Air 3-4 Physical world icon.
35 Is This a Plant?: Introducing the Plant Kingdom 1-2 Living world icon.
36 Heat on the Move: Transferring Heat Energy through Temperature Difference 3-4 Physical world icon.
37 Floating and Sinking: How Objects Behave in Water 1-2 Physical world icon.
38 Understanding Buoyancy: Why Objects Float or Sink 3-4 Physical world icon.
39 Is This an Animal?: Introducing the Animal Kingdom 1-4 Living world icon.
40 Earthquakes: Feeling the Earth Move 3-4 Planet Earth and beyond icon.
41 Fossils: Digging up the Past 2-4 Planet Earth and beyond icon.
42 Marbles: Exploring Motion and Forces 3-4 Physical world icon.
43 Spring: Observing Seasonal Changes 1-2 Living world icon. Planet Earth and beyond icon.
44 Spring Is a Season: How Living Things Respond to Seasonal Changes 3-4 Living world icon. Planet Earth and beyond icon.
45 Slugs and Snails: Investigating Small Animals 1-4 Living world icon.
46 Keeping Warm: Getting Heat Energy and Keeping It 1-2 Material world icon. Physical world icon.
47 Insulation: Keeping Heat Energy In 3-4 Material world icon. Physical world icon.
48 Fabrics: Origins, Properties, and Uses 1-4 Material world icon.
49 Invisible Forces: Magnetism and Static Electricity 3-4 Physical world icon.
50 Storms: Extreme Weather 3-4 Living world icon. Planet Earth and beyond icon.
51 Standing Up: Skeletons and Frameworks 1-2 Living world icon. Material world icon. Physical world icon.
52 The Land Changes: Keeping Earth's Systems in Balance to Sustain Life 3-4 Planet Earth and beyond icon.
53 Moulds Are Fungi: Structure, Function, and Interrelationships 3-4 Living world icon. Material world icon.
54 Windmills and Waterwheels: Harnessing the Energy of Wind and Water 3-4 Physical world icon.
55 Mammals: Investigating a Group of Animals 3-4 Living world icon.
56 Bread: The Chemistry of Breadmaking 2-4 Material world icon.
57 Eggs: Mixing, Beating, Crushing, and Heating 1-2 Material world icon.
58 Ice: Melting and Freezing 1-2 Material world icon. Physical world icon.
59 Bikes: Levers, Friction, and Motion 3-4 Physical world icon.
60 Rubbish: How Do We Deal with It? 1-2 Material world icon.
61 Recycling: New Uses for Rubbish 3-4 Material world icon.
62 Spiders Everywhere!: Silk-spinning Carnivores in Our World 3-4 Living world icon.
63 Growing Plants Indoors: What an Indoor Plant Needs 1-2 Living world icon.
64 Candles: Investigating Combustion 3-4 Material world icon.

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