CHANGES - REVISED SCIENCE PATHFINDERS Yr 9 & Yr 10
* Layout redesigned to give a more spacious feel to the pages * All diagrams replaced with scientifically accurate, professionally drawn images by New Zealand's top scientific illustrator, Tony Mander * Fonts replaced with contemporary, easier-to-read fonts * Many new photos are included * All text edited to increase the clarity and simplicity of the language * Terminology simplified wherever possible * All content checked for scientific accuracy * Complete coverage of all achievement objectives of the new New Zealand curriculum * Curriculum coverage matrices included * Existing topics and units aligned with the new curriculum * New units added on waves and climate change to meet expectations of the new curriculum * Glossaries and indexes expanded to better meet the needs of students.
Schools will need to demonstrate to ERO that their courses provide complete coverage of the achievement objectives of the new curriculum, so the curriculum coverage grid should engage the interest of teachers. All of the original topics and units are still there and have been linked to the new curriculum, so teachers do not need to be concerned that the topics that they have taught in the past will no longer be present in this highly popular series of books.
Also included with each book is a CD, which contains:
* Digital files for each page of the book * Students worksheets and tests * Enlarged versions of all diagrams, which can be used for teaching presentations or student handouts.
Description
This book, together with Pathfinder Science Book B, provides a complete guide for students for students in the first two years of New Zealand secondary school Science. It is designed so that students can understand and recall scientific ideas, facts, formulae and skills.
Table of contents
Curriculum Coverage Unit Format
Living World Strand
Nature of Life Unit 1: Living Things Unit 2: Cellular Life Unit 3: Diversity of Life Unit 4: Microscopic Life
Plant Life Processes Unit 5: Nutrition & Food Unit 6: Circulation of Water Unit 7: Reproduction Unit 8: Growth & Sensitivity
Physical World Strand
Energy Changes & Heat Unit 9: Types of Energy Unit 10: Energy Transformation Unit 11: Thermal Energy Unit 12: Heat Transfer
Waves & Energy Unit 13: Light Waves Unit 14: Reflecting Light Unit 15: Refracting Light Unit 16: Colour & Wavelength Unit 17: Sea & Sound Waves
Material World Strand
Matter & Particles Unit 18: States of Matter Unit 19: Changing States Unit 20: Moving Particles Unit 21: Dissolving Away
Atoms & Reactions Unit 22: Atoms & Elements Unit 23: Inside Atoms Unit 24: Reacting Atoms Unit 25: Gases & Reactions
Planet Earth & Beyond Strand
Solar System & Life Unit 26: The Planets Unit 27: The Sun & Stars Unit 28: Earth's Motion Unit 29: Conditions for Life