The zany characters of the Science Squad will guide kids ages 5-7 through this engaging, fact-packed book from Robert Winston all about the key STEAM subjects: science, technology, engineering, art, and maths.

This bright and cheery illustrated book for kids ages 5-7 breaks down STEAM subjects, like science and technology, into fun and easily understandable chunks. Join Robert Winston and the Science Squad to unravel the mysteries of the world: find out how robots work, what a food chain is, where lightning comes from, how lungs allow you to breathe, and much more. The Science Squad characters (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Maths) guide the reader through the book and are always on hand with tips, fun facts, and simple explanations. With pages covering living things, the human body, space, physics, geography, math, engineering, and chemistry, this book is a perfect introduction for kids starting to learn about science at school, or those who are just developing an interest in how the world works.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .

Professor Robert Winston is a household name thanks to popular TV series that include The Human Body, which won three baftas, Superhuman, Walking with Cavemen and The Human Mind. A winner of the Royal Society's prestigious Michael Faraday Gold Award, he was made a life peer in 1995.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Introduction
• 2: Meet the Science Squad
• 3: The Universe
• 4: The Solar System
• 5: Our super Sun
• 6: The Earth
• 7: The Earth's atmosphere
• 8: The Moon
• 9: The water cycle
• 10: Solids, liquids, and gases
• 11: The weather
• 12: Dangerous planet
• 13: Animals
• 14: Plants
• 15: Evolution
• 16: The Arctic food web
• 17: Ecosystems
• 18: Inside a rainforest
• 19: Climate change
• 20: Microlife
• 21: The human body
• 22: Think about it
• 23: The senses
• 24: Technology
• 25: Simple machines
• 26: Time
• 27: Measuring
• 28: Using numbers
• 29: Materials
• 30: Building bridges
• 31: Take to the skies
• 32: Floating and sinking
• 33: Friction
• 34: Electricity
• 35: The Internet
• 36: Robots
• 37: Glossary
• 38: Index
• 39: Acknowledgements