This pack contains 1 copy of the Pearson Science 10 Student Book, 1 copy of Pearson Science 10 Activity Book, and an access codes to the eBook.
Retaining the market-leading inquiry approach to science learning with new and updated content informed by feedback from users of the first edition.
The Pearson Science Activity Book is a write-in resource designed to develop and consolidate students’ knowledge and understanding of science by providing a variety of activities and questions to apply skills, reinforce learning outcomes and extend thinking.
Updated with explicit differentiation and improved learner accessibility, it provides a wide variety of activities to reinforce, extend and enrich learning initiated through the student book.
The access code will give 15 months access to the eBook from the date of activation.
Reader+ is the home of your eBooks. It gives you more options, more flexibility and more control when it comes to the classroom materials you use. It comes with features like in-text note taking, bookmarking, highlighting, interactive videos, audio tools, presentation tools and more.
Key features of the Student Book
- Literacy Consultant Dr Trish Weekes has completed a thorough literacy review to ensure that learners are even more supported in this edition with a greater use of visuals, increased scaffolding and clearer explanation of key terms.
- A focus on Australian Innovations and Future Careers in STEM written to promote the importance of science in solving problems and expose students to exciting career opportunities.
- Questions offering a broader range of entry levels throughout the book.
- More focus on thinking, inquiring and research skills with a new Inquiry section at the end of each chapter.
- Fully reviewed and updated practical activities carried out by an experienced lab technician. All practical activities now align with revised school safety regulations and also utilise more readily available materials ensuring these activities are even more accessible.
- A greater range and variety of new practical activities featuring Student Designed Investigations and STEM activities.
- New STEM4Fun features also appear throughout, taking Science4Fun to a new level.
- A focus on scientific concepts and inquiry skills with opportunities to learn, investigate and practise these skills.
- A series of ‘Step up’ Chapters to prepare and launch students into senior science courses. The Year 10 student book features step up chapters on Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
- Each Student Book comes with an eBook, a digital version of the student book, available for both online and offline use.
Key features of the eBook, using Reader+
- Available for use online and offline.
- Read the student book with bonus multimedia content.
- Add, edit, and delete highlights and notes.
- Synchronise state and data across multiple devices even when the user is offline.
Key features of the activity book
- Redesigned for independent use by students and is suitable for in-class use or as a complete homework program.
- New and updated worksheets as well as retaining the most effective ones.
- Each chapter of the activity book aligns with the student book and commences with a knowledge preview that can be used to help assess prior understanding.
- Activities and questions to reinforce learning outcomes.
- Integrates vocabulary support recommended by Literacy Consultant Dr Trish Weekes including the use of hints and greater scaffolding of content. All new literacy reviews target a broader range and depth of literacy development, building stronger literacy. An overview has been added to the end of each chapter to increase the visibility of key learning and integrate reflection to call out skills requiring support and improvement.
- Answers to the Activity Book can be found on Pearson Places.
Table of Contents:
- 1. Science investigation skills
- 2. DNA and genetics
- 3. Geological time
- 4. Natural selection and evolution
- 5. The periodic table
- 6. Chemical reactions
- 7. Global systems
- 8. The universe
- 9. Motion and energy
- 10. Forensic science
- 11. Biology
- 12. Chemistry
- 13. Physics
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