This book is specifically written for the Year 8 Australian Curriculum Science Course. The three topics (strands) covered are: Science as a Human Endeavour, Science Inquiry Skills and Science Understanding.

All the Science Understanding subtopics (substrands) are covered as follows in the chapters:•

• cells and body systems (Biological Sciences)•
• elements and compounds (Chemical Sciences)•
• minerals, rocks and the environment (Earth and Space Sciences)•
• energy (Physical Sciences)

Chapters:

• cells and body systems
• elements and compounds
• minerals, rocks and the environment
• energy
• investigations and problem solving
• course test 1
• course test 2
• answers
• index