Overview
The Nelson iScience series fully meets the requirements of the Australian Curriculum with full integration of the three strands: Science Inquiry Skills, Science as a Human Endeavor and Science Understanding. It contains new, up-to-date, engaging and innovative science in an easy to use design.
Nelson iScience assists teachers who are looking for a fully developed program that flawlessly embeds ICT into teaching practice. Many students enter the classroom skilled in utilising a large array of technology; Nelson iScience provides these students with a means to use and expand upon these skills to assist them in learning. It will assist teachers and students to use ICT to: inquire, create, communicate and collaborate. Nelson iScience also encourages students to develop safe and ethical work practices when using ICT.
Nelson iScience will be available in both print and digital formats. The Nelson iScience Teacher Resource will support teachers who are less confident with ICT, making their classes more engaging and increasing student understanding. It will be available in printed format with a NelsonNet Teacher Website.
Online Resources for NelsonNet
NelsonNetBook contains links to:
– workspaces where students complete their class or homework
– extra activity sheets to enrich and extend student learning
– videos, animations, audios and interactive quizzing to enrich the learning experience
– Connection sheets integrating the skills from other KLAs within Science.
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.