Covering the new Australian Curriculum with fresh, local content, a wide range of activities and innovative digital resources to meet the needs of all Queensland science students.
- New curriculum content is clearly addressed with fresh local content and Queensland species or environments are used to demonstrate concepts wherever appropriate, helping students make connections in their science learning.
- Each dedicated skills chapter now includes evaluating and communicating skills to guide students to evaluate and analyse evidence, sources and data.
- The needs of a wide range of students are addressed with an appealing visual design and diverse activities to engage, support and extend students, including new extension content and activities covering mathematical processes, new Making Thinking Visible activities and over 50 hands-on activities per year level.
- Tools for students to keep track of their progress and learn independently include Learning Intentions, Success Criteria checklists, videos, auto-marked questions and interactive widgets.
- The use of cognitive verbs and Marzano’s taxonomy utilised by QCAA, Investigations, and data questions in every chapter help improve student thinking and prepare them for QCE studies.
- Intercultural inquiry skills and First Nations peoples perspectives are appropriately covered as an additional method or practice within the content, and supported with teaching notes in the Online Teaching Suite.
- New diagnostic tools for each content chapter. Set ready-made pre- and post-tests for your students and use the intuitive reporting to identify and target gaps in knowledge.
- Valuable time-saving support for planning, teaching, task managing, assessing, and reporting on student progress is provided through a powerful Learning Management System.
Included Components
Print
The text delivered in print format.
Interactive Textbook powered by Cambridge Edjin
The online version of the student text delivers a host of interactive features to enhance the teaching and learning experience, and when connected to a class teacher account offers a powerful Learning Management System. It is accessed online through Cambridge GO using a unique 16-character code provided with the Print Textbook, or available for purchase separately as a digital-only option.
The Interactive Textbook is available as a calendar-year subscription. Your subscription term is defined as follows: if activation occurs between January and July of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December this year. If activation occurs between August and December of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December the following year.
Digital resources are expressly available for personal use only.
Offline Textbook available in the interactive textbook
The downloadable offline version of the student text enables students to take notes and bookmark pages. It is downloaded through your account using the same unique 16-character code that is included with the purchase of the Print Textbook and the Interactive Textbook.
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