This book is specifically written for the Year 7 Australian Curriculum Science Course. The three topics (strands) covered are: Science as a Human Endeavour, Science Inquiry Skills and Science Understanding.

All the Science Understanding subtopics (substrands) are covered as follows in the chapters:

• Classification and ecology (Biological Sciences)
• Separating mixtures (Chemical Sciences)
• Astronomy, water and resources (Earth and Space Sciences)
• Forces (Physical Sciences)