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 A, 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
Ecology Unit 1: Niche & Adaptations Unit 2: Interdependence Unit 3: Energy & Elements
Animal Life Processes Unit 4: Food & Nutrition Unit 5: Respiration & Circulation Unit 6: Excretion & Movement Unit 7: Sensitivity & Coordination Unit 8: Reproduction & Growth
Physical World Strand
Movement & Forces Unit 9: Motion Unit 10: Force & Acceleration Unit 11: Forceful Effects Unit 12: Levers & Work
Electricity & Magnetism Unit 13: Charged Particles Unit 14: Current & Voltage Unit 15: Resistance & Power Unit 16: Magnetic Effects
Material World Strand
Atoms, Acids & Bases Unit 17: Atoms Revisited Unit 18: The Nature of Acids Unit 19: Acids & Bases Unit 20: Everyday Acids
Materials & Fuels Unit 21: The Nature of Metals Unit 22: Metal Reactions Unit 23: Properties of Plastics Unit 24: Fuels & Energy
Planet Earth & Beyond Strand
Earth Systems Unit 25: Tectonic Plates Unit 26: The Changing Crust Unit 27: Volcanoes Unit 28: Earthquakes Unit 29: Heat Distribution