Science Essentials 10 - Print

Take a problem solving approach! Developed specifically for the Australian Curriculum, Science Essentials includes full coverage of science understanding, science as a human endeavour, science inquiry skills and the general capabilities.

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Science Essentials 10 - Print

Integrating knowledge, skills and science processes, Science Essentials 10 creates a deeper understanding of Science and its relationship to the world. Chapter introductions set up a real-life problem to be investigated. Activities, questions, articles and assignments build knowledge and provide the means to solve the problem.

Features

• Incorporates an investigative, problem solving and thinking curriculum approach
• Extensive variety of hands-on activities
• Effectively links science to real life applications
• Skill sections develop a variety of practical and theoretical skills
• 'Scientist at work' case study in each chapter
• Self assessment at the end of each chapter

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Contents

• 1. Using science
  • 1.1 Why study science?
  • 1.2 Making tests fair
  • 1.3 Recoding and presenting results
  • 1.4 Designing your own test
  • 1.5 Right or wrong?
• 2. Chemical reactions
  • 2.1 Investigating reactions
  • 2.2 Type of reactions
  • 2.3 Reaction rate
  • 2.4 Catalysts
  • 2.5 Conservation of mass
• 3. The periodic table
  • 3.1 The periodic table
  • 3.2 Bonding
  • 3.3 Formulas
  • 3.4 Writing equations
  • 3.5 Predicting precipitates
• 4. Using chemistry
  • 4.1 Everyday gases
  • 4.2 Metal reactions
  • 4.3 Burning and rusting
  • 4.4 Batteries
  • 4.5 Electrochemistry
• 5. DNA and genetics
  • 5.1 Mitosis and meiosis
  • 5.2 DNA and genes
  • 5.3 Dominant or recessive
  • 5.4 Other forms of inheritance
  • 5.5 Genetic disease and cloning
• 6. Evolution
  • 6.1 Variation
  • 6.2 Natural selection
  • 6.3 Evidence for evolution
  • 6.4 What will happen in the future?
• 7. Forces and motion
  • 7.1 Forces
  • 7.2 Speed
  • 7.3 Speed and stopping distances
  • 7.4 Acceleration
  • 7.5 Collisions
• 8. Alternative energy sources
  • 8.1 The energy situation
  • 8.2 The fuels we use now
  • 8.3 Energy of the future
  • 8.4 Saving energy
  • 8.5 Energy-efficient houses
• 9. Earth's systems
  • 9.1 Matter cycles
  • 9.2 Energy cycles
  • 9.3 Carbon and nitrogen cycles
  • 9.4 Earth's air and oceans
  • 9.5 Human impact
• 10. Environment case studies
  • 10.1 Botany Bay
  • 10.2 Uranium mining
  • 10.3 Oil spills
  • 10.4 Nightmare in Bhopal
  • 10.5 Save the albatross
  • 10.6 Global Warming
• 11. The universe
  • 11.1 Our nearest star
  • 11.2 Galaxies galore
  • 11.3 Stars
  • 11.4 The search for ET
  • 11.5 The Big Bang

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