Nelson iScience Year 7 Teacher's Edition

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. A comprehensive range of teacher resources are available to support the Nelson iScience series, including this full-colour teacher's edition of the Year 7 student book. The Teacher's Edition features page-by-page wraparound commentary overlaid on the actual pages of the original text. Advice and practical ideas are provided to help teachers implement the new curriculum, including the cross-curricular capabilities. The book includes student text answers, extension ideas for more capable students and tips for assessment. *Complimentary access to NelsonNet is available to teachers who use the accompanying student book as a core resource in their classroom. Contact your education consultant for access codes and conditions.

Table of Contents:
1 What is science? What do you already know about science? Activity 1.1: Culminating assessment task ' Mind map Famous scientists Activity 1.2 Famous scientists Activity 1.3: Timeline ' Scientists Stereotype Activity 1.4: Stereotypes of scientists Activity 1.5: Stereotypes Scientists of today Activity 1.6: Scientists of today Modern-day heroes? Activity 1.7: Who do you know Habits of mind Activity 1.8: Scientists' habits of mind Activity 1.9: Create a scientist What do scientists do? Where do they work? Activity 1.10: Where do scientists work? Activity 1.11: Tour of a lab Activity 1.12: Jigsaw scientist Activity 1.13: Science careers ' Pursue your interest Science equipment Unit review 2 Inquiring with science What do you already know about scientific inquiry? Activity 2.1: Which brand of plastic wrap is the strongest? Activity 2.2: Culminating assessment task ' Do TV ads tell the whole truth? Types of data Activity 2.3: Which is the nicest biscuit? Activity 2.4: Points of difference What makes a good scientist? Activity 2.5: Scientist wanted Activity 2.6: Safety messages Activity 2.7: Hazchem in the science lab Activity 2.8: Storyboarding safety The scientific method Investigation: Fair testing ' Which paper towel? Data, and what to do with it Activity 2.9: Using a spreadsheet to create a graph Example of a science report Unit review 3 Classification What do you already know about classification? Activity 3.1: What do you already know? Activity 3.2: Culminating assessment task ' Leaf classification Activity 3.3: Reorganising your pantry Activity 3.4: What to do with a dead ringer Activity 3.5: Create a mind map Living or non-living? Activity 3.6: PMI ' Plus, Minus and Interesting Classifying living things The Linnaean classification system Activity 3.7: Find out more about Linnaeus Activity 3.8: A dog by any other name The seven levels of classification Activity 3.9: Acrostics Activity 3.10 Visualising human classification Concept of species Dichotomous keys Activity 3.11 Constructing a dichotomous key Activity 3.12 A dichotomous key to identify insects Things that just don't fit Unit review 4 Ecosystems What do you already know about ecosystems? Activity 4.1: What do you already know? What is an ecosystem? Activity 4.2: Culminating assessment task ' Food webs in your environment Relationships in the ecosystem Investigation: Determining water loss in plants Activity 4.3: Role play ' Creating a food chain Human impact Conserving our ecosystems Activity 4.4: Education for the community Unit review 5 Mixtures What do you already know about mixtures? Activity 5.1: Group competition Activity 5.2: Culminating assessment task ' Investigating a common household mixture Pure substances and mixtures Activity 5.3: Comparing physical features Types of mixtures Activity 5.4: Classifying mixtures Common mixtures Activity 5.5: Making mixtures in the kitchen Unit review 6 Separating substances What do you already know about separating substances? Activity 6.1: What do you already know? Activity 6.2: Culminating assessment task ' Researching an everyday application of a physical separation technique Separating solutions Activity 6.3: Using evaporation to separate a salt solution Activity 6.4: Does ink contain water? Activity 6.5: Paper chromatography of spinach leaves Separating suspensions Activity 6.6: Using filtration to separate sandy water Other methods of separation Investigation: Separating a challenging mixture Investigation: Modelling methods of cleaning up oils spill Unit review 7 Our place in space What do you already know about our place in space? Activity 7.1: What do you already know? Activity 7.2: Cumulative assessment task ' Lost in space Finding our way around the sky Activity 7.3: Celestial sphere model The Sun's position in the sky Activity 7.4: The Sun moves Pioneers of astronomy Activity 7.5: Pioneers of astronomy Earth's movements in space Activity 7.6: Comparing seasons Activity 7.7: Earth's tilt The Moon Investigation: Modelling