Science Stage 4 for Years 7-8 (print + digital)

Components

Hardcopy book

eBook access code
The eBook version of the student text provides 27-months access from date of activation. It is accessed online through FS Portal using a unique 14-character code found in the hardcopy book. A free FS Portal account is required.

Science Stage 4 for Years 7–8 comprises the print and digital versions of the book as a single purchase. It includes comprehensive content covering whole of Stage 4 with corresponding questions and investigations – all aligned to the NSW syllabus for the Australian Curriculum and covering the four major strands:

• Living World
• Chemical World
• Physical World
• Earth and Space

The Textbook addresses all syllabus dot points with thorough coverage of Information and communication technology capabilities, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures.

Comprehensive 'Copy and Complete' summaries make excellent revision for each topic with answers supplied for non-science replacement teachers. A wide range of case studies relate the concepts to real world applications for student research.

The author has included all the extra material she "never had time to research while teaching."

Science Stage 4 Questions for Years 7–8 is available separately and contains hundreds of multiple-choice questions for each topic along with true-or-false and written response questions plus marking criteria and suggested answers.

Contents

• Preface
• Physical World
• Forces
• Types of Forces
• Energy
• Science and Technology
• Copy and Complete summaries
• Earth and Space
• Rocks and Minerals
• The Solar System
• The Earth's Resources
• Water
• Copy and Complete summaries
• Living World
• Classification
• Cells
• Survival and Reproduction (A closer look at body systems)
• Science and Technology
• Ecology
• Copy and Complete summaries
• Chemical World
• Properties of Matter
• Elements, Mixtures, and Compounds
• Mixtures
• Chemical Reactions
• Copy and Complete summaries
• Copy and Complete Answers