Nelson iScience for the Australian Curriculum - Year 10: Student Book with 4 Access Codes

Part of the series Nelson iScience for the Australian Curriculum.

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The Nelson iScience series fully meets the requirements of the Australian Curriculum with full integration of the three strands: Science Inquiry Skills, Science as a Human Endeavor and Science Understanding. It contains new, up-to-date, engaging and innovative science in an easy to use design.

Nelson iScience assists teachers who are looking for a fully developed program that flawlessly embeds ICT into teaching practice. Many students enter the classroom skilled in utilising a large array of technology; Nelson iScience provides these students with a means to use and expand upon these skills to assist them in learning. It will assist teachers and students to use ICT to: inquire, create, communicate and collaborate. Nelson iScience also encourages students to develop safe and ethical work practices when using ICT.

Contents:

• Unit 1: Genetics: chemistry from our ancestors
• Unit 2: Evolution
• Unit 3: Organising and classifying elements: understanding structure
• Unit 4: What a reaction!
• Unit 5: The Big Universe
• Unit 6: Global systems
• Unit 7: Force to go
• Unit 8: Energy and systems

Key Features:

• Easy to use in the classroom
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• Visually appealing full-colour design
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• Each unit begins with an overarching unit question linked to one of the overarching ideas
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• Hands-on investigations and activities build, reinforce and consolidate Science Inquiry Skills
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• Development of Higher Order Thinking skills embedded within activities and text
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• Technology and Web 2.0 activities embedded within activities and text
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• Questions throughout text and end of unit classified using Bloom’s taxonomy.