Jacaranda Core Science Stage 4 NSW Syllabus 3e learnON + Print

For NSW Science 7-10 Syllabus (2023), implemented from 2026

Bring Science to life, empower teachers and inspire future scientists

Core Science has you covered, with Syllabus-aligned lessons by NSW teachers and innovative tools for your modern classroom.

• Differentiation in every lesson
• Data Science content, Depth Studies guidance and Working Scientifically processes
• 4-in-1 resource: digital, textbook, eWorkbook and eLogbook

More than a textbook: all you need to support your students in one resource

• Plan
  • eLogbooks for practical investigations with Teacher Laboratory Guides and risk assessments
  • Teaching advice and differentiation support for every lesson in teachON
  • Customisable work programs, including Syllabus mapping
  • Edit the Course Content to customise student learning
• Teach
  • A sequenced set of lessons to ensure 100% Syllabus coverage
  • Extra resources to enhance the learning experience in every lesson
  • 1:1 match between the textbook and digital resource
  • eWorkbooks with extra, customisable activities
• Learn
  • Every student gets help when they need it with a personal GenAI tutor (jacTUTOR)
  • Bring Science to life with investigations, teacher‑led videos, interactivities and PhET simulations, weblinks and projects
  • Interactive and differentiated question sets with immediate feedback in every lesson
  • Working Scientifically processes within the content, activities, questions and SkillBuilders. Plus, dedicated Working Scientifically topics, including Depth Study guidance.
• Assess
  • Auto‑marked quick quizzes in every lesson
  • Customisable, quarantined assessments for every topic
  • Build custom tasks using any question in the resource with the testmaker tool
  • Ready‑made pre‑ and post‑tests
• Analyse
  • Learning is visible with learning data available for both teachers and students
  • Identify and act on areas of weakness early with live data and instant reports
  • Export learning data and upload to your LMS to get a full picture of learning

Table of Contents

Focus Area: Observing the universe 
1 Investigating 
2 Our place in space

Focus Area: Forces 
3 Forces in action 
4 Forces in context

Focus Area: Cells and classification 
5 Cells 
6 Classification

Focus Area: Solutions and mixtures 
7 Properties of matter 
8 Mixed-up liquids

Focus Area: Living systems 
9 Living systems 
10 Ecosystems

Focus Area: Periodic table and atomic structure 
11 Types of matter 
12 The periodic table

Focus Area: Change 
13 Energy transfers 
14 Chemical change 
15 Geological change

Focus Area: Data science 1 
16 Data science

Focus Area: Working scientifically 
17 Working scientifically and depth study guidance