Science Alive 1 + CD-ROM: Jacaranda My Middle Years Project(8 Science Alive National Series)

The Science Alive series has been designed to fascinate, confront and stimulate the Middle Years student. Stunning full-colour illustrations and photographs are complemented by high-interest text that is both accessible and instructive. Students also have access to the complete textbook through a bonus CD-ROM that also includes animations of key concepts, interactive activities and self-testing revision exercises. Science Alive learning materials and activities cater for a wide range of abilities and interests. A separate book of photocopiable Multiple Intelligence worksheets extends the topics and range of activities for different types of learners. Features * Detailed illustrations and concepts to engage both the visual and linguistic learner * Graded activities for a range of learning styles on every spread * Special boxed features - How about that! and How it works - provide high-interest material to engage young learners * Hands on Science activities give a range of exciting practical activities to cement important concepts * Newspaper spreads explore issues and events from Science in an engaging fashion * Check and Challenge provides a complete range of revision questions and some challenging extension activities

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: The world of science Where are the scientists Play it safe Heating in the laboratory Reporting back Science on the move High-tech cars Science in the swim Healthy science Out and about 'New road threatens koalas' Check and challenge Summary of key terms Chapter 2: Separating mixtures Which are my shoes? Filtering at home 'Asia chokes' Going bush Mixtures to consume Salty solutions Separating colours Flushing wastes Recycling products Separating blood Check and challenge Summary of key terms Chapter 3: Machines everywhere In the garden Living levers Playing with machines On the road On the road again On the building site 'The Great Pyramid is completed' Way back when ... Life on the goldfields Machines in the kitchen Check and challenge Summary of key terms Chapter 4: The changing Earth What's in the Earth? When the Earth erupts When lava cools Cooling under ground Wearing away The human contribution Sedimentary rocks Metamorphic rocks How old is that rock? 'Prehistoric mammal uncovered' Check and challenge Summary of key terms Chapter 5: Forensic science Forensic science Be the detective Eyewitness Fingerprints Let's magnify Prints of all kinds Paper evidence Hair and fibres Blood and saliva 'Celebrity fakes it' Check and challenge Summary of key terms Chapter 6: Magnetic and electric effects Attractive metals Make it into a magnet Using magnets Making magnetic maps 'Homing pigeons grounded' Inside atoms Lightning strikes The electric force Making electric maps Static: good and bad Check and challenge Summary of key terms Chapter 7: Cells 'The inside story on Naomi' Living building blocks Seeing cells Inside cells Plant or animal? Plants up close Animal cells A team game - tissues and organs Putting it all together - systems Check and challenge Summary of key terms Chapter 8: Classification It's alive! This or that? Living kingdoms The animal kingdom Inner backbones 'Platypus hoax exposed' Spineless wonders The plant kingdom The other kingdoms Check and challenge Summary of key terms Chapter 9: Neighbours in space 'Man on moon' The neighbourhood Twinkle ... twinkle Spacetrek Mysteries in the sky Days and seasons Moon shapes Ebb and flow Block out! Check and challenge Summary of key terms Chapter 10: Light and sound Light energy Seeing things A look in the mirror Mirrors with a curve Sound energy Your ears and hearing Measuring sound Sound technology 'Extra-terrestrial life?' Check and challenge Summary of key terms Chapter 11: Laboratory toolbox Working safely Measuring things Sensitive equipment Keeping a record Reporting your findings Summary of key terms