Lol, Howler's post brings home to me why I, despite my long-standing interest in science, am at core a mathematician and not a scientist. DS looks as though he's going the same way. We both like the occasional experiment, and for it to go right!

Books: my DS loves/d (come to think of it, he doesn't use them so much now at 8.5, I think because he has memorised them) the Usbourne Dictionary of series, especially the Dictionary of Chemistry. Despite the name, it's not a dictionary, and has loads of illustrations. The fonts are small, but that's pretty common with highly-illustrated books - my guess is these would have the right tone. They have lots of information, and I guess are principally supposed to be revision aids for much older children.


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