Unit 1: Internal relationships: coordinating complex organisms
Unit 2: Internal relationships: defending the body
Unit 3: External relationships: how organisms build ecosystems
Unit 4: Changing ecosystems
Unit 5: The story of the atom
Unit 6: New substances
Unit 7: Chemical reactions in living and non-living systems
Unit 8: Our changing planet
Unit 9: Communicating with energy
Gary has regularly presented at DLTV DigiCON - the annual IT teachers conference. Gary was President of Mag-Net (Magnificent network – Online Association of STEM Educators). Gary has been awarded for his involvement at a State and National level with IT.
Anna Davis is the science coordinator at Casimir Catholic College. She is a past president of both the Science Teachers’ Association of New South Wales and the Australian Science Teachers’ Association. She was awarded the 2006 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools.
Deb Smith is an experienced science teacher and author. She is Head of Science at Centenary State High School and is currently working at the QSA developing the senior science syllabi.
Annie Termaat has been using inquiry methods to teach science since 1989. She was a member of writing teams for MYP Sciences guides, edited MYP Sciences teacher support materials, co-authored ‘MYP Interact’ and has contributed to the assessment of the program as a monitor, moderator and task developer. In addition to her MYP experience, Annie has also co-authored titles in the Nelson iScience series. She has taught in Turkey, Malaysia and in Australia.
Easy to use in the classroom
Visually appealing full-colour design
Each unit begins with an overarching unit question linked to one of the overarching ideas
Hands-on investigations and activities build, reinforce and consolidate Science Inquiry Skills
Development of Higher Order Thinking skills embedded within activities and text
Technology and Web 2.0 activities embedded within activities and text
Questions throughout text and end of unit classified using Bloom’s taxonomy.