| Contents | 4 |
| Introduction | 6 |
| Our World | 8 |
| Our world | 8 |
| The Arctic | 10 |
| Canada and Alaska | 12 |
| United States of America | 14 |
| Mexico and Central America | 16 |
| South America | 18 |
| Africa | 20 |
| Scandinavia | 22 |
| UK and Ireland | 24 |
| The Low Countries | 26 |
| France | 28 |
| Germany and the Alps | 30 |
| Spain and Portugal | 32 |
| Italy | 34 |
| Central Eastern Europe | 36 |
| Eastern Europe | 38 |
| Southeast Europe | 40 |
| Russia and Central Asia | 42 |
| Middle East | 44 |
| Southern Asia | 46 |
| Southeast Asia | 48 |
| China and neighbours | 50 |
| Japan | 52 |
| Australia | 54 |
| New Zealand and the Pacific | 56 |
| Antarctica | 58 |
| Flags of the world | 60 |
| People and society | 62 |
| History of people | 82 |
| Human body | 100 |
| The living world | 124 |
| The living world | 124 |
| What is an animal? | 126 |
| Types of animals | 128 |
| The world of mammals | 130 |
| Marsupials | 132 |
| Water mammals | 134 |
| The world of birds | 136 |
| The world of reptiles | 138 |
| The world of amphibians | 140 |
| The world of insects | 142 |
| The world of non-insects | 144 |
| The world of fish | 146 |
| What is a plant? | 148 |
| How plants work | 150 |
| Fungi | 152 |
| Micro life | 154 |
| Food chains | 156 |
| Ecosystems and habitats | 158 |
| Age of the dinosaurs | 184 |
| Science and technology | 214 |
| What is science? | 214 |
| Advances in science | 216 |
| Being a scientist | 220 |
| Science and everyday life | 222 |
| All living things | 224 |
| Properties of matter | 226 |
| Changing states | 228 |
| Amazing atoms | 230 |
| Molecules | 232 |
| Reactions and changes | 234 |
| What is energy? | 236 |
| Electricity | 238 |
| Light | 240 |
| Sound | 242 |
| Forces and motion | 244 |
| Machines | 246 |
| Planet Earth | 248 |
| The universe | 270 |
| Reference section | 296 |