Bacon's College — A 68-page science book with the periodic table and numeracy on hand

The brief

Bacon's College came to us for a science book that would carry students through the year with the references they actually need already built in. The department was clear about which ones — the periodic table, the numeracy skills students borrow from maths every lesson (rearranging formulae, converting units, compound measures), and the kinetic particle theory diagram that comes up again and again across topics.
They wanted those references printed inside the book rather than handed out as loose sheets that get lost, folded into bags, or left at home. They also wanted the cover itself to do a job — a target grade box on the front so every student knows what they're working toward before they've opened to page one.

What we designed

Working with the Bacon's science team, we built a 68-page science book with the everyday reference material baked in alongside the lined writing pages.

A cover with a target grade box top-right and ruled lines for name, class, teacher and subject, so the book is set up the moment it's handed out.
A full-colour periodic table spread inside, showing relative atomic mass, atomic symbol, name and proton number for every element, with the groups colour-coded and the key properties of alkali metals, alkali earth metals, transition metals, post-transition metals, halogens and noble gases called out around the edges.
A numeracy-in-science reference spread covering the skills students lean on across physics and chemistry — converting between metric units, substituting into formulae, rearranging equations (changing the subject), and compound measures like speed and density, with worked examples for kinetic energy, the power equation and equations of motion.
A kinetic particle theory page showing the arrangement and movement of particles in solids, liquids and gases, so students have one clear diagram to refer back to whenever states of matter come up.
Lined writing pages throughout for class notes, with the references positioned so students can flip to them mid-task without losing their page.

The finished book

The book gives every Bacon's science student the same toolkit on their desk every lesson — a target grade in view on the cover, a periodic table they don't have to ask for, and the numeracy and particle theory references already to hand when a lesson calls for them.