Covering the new Australian Curriculum with fresh, local content, a wide range of activities and innovative digital resources to meet the needs of all Queensland science students.New curriculum content is clearly addressed with fresh local content and Queensland species or environments are used to demonstrate concepts wherever appropriate,
helping students make connections in their science learning.
Each dedicated skills chapter now includes evaluating and communicating skills to guide students to evaluate and analyse evidence, sources and data.The needs of a wide range of students are addressed with an appealing visual design and diverse activities to engage, support and extend students, including new extension content and activities covering mathematical processes, new Making Thinking Visible activities and over 50 hands-on activities per year level.Tools for students to keep track of their progress and learn independently include Learning Intentions, Success Criteria checklists, videos, auto-marked questions and interactive widgets.The use of cognitive verbs and Marzano’s taxonomy utilised by QCAA, Investigations, and data questions in every chapter help improve student thinking and prepare them for QCE studies.Intercultural inquiry skills and First Nations peoples perspectives are appropriately covered as an additional method or practice within the content, and supported with teaching notes in the Online Teaching Suite.New diagnostic tools for each content chapter. Set ready-made pre- and post-tests for your students and use the intuitive reporting to identify and target gaps in knowledge.Valuable time-saving support for planning, teaching, task managing, assessing, and reporting on student progress is provided through a powerful Learning Management System.Learn more at cambridge.edu.au/qldscience About the AuthorsGemma is a nationally certified lead teacher, working as a senior biology teacher at a Brisbane school. With over 16 years’ experience teaching senior sciences in the UK and Australia, she also has a tertiary background in Ecology and a Masters of Science in Biodiversity and Conservation. She has also completed an Education Doctorate (EdD) specialising in scientific literacy.
About the AuthorDr Brodie Reid teaches secondary science and Year 11 and 12 ATAR Chemistry. He also has many years of experience teaching at the tertiary level and is an author of over ten academic publications. He has presented his research internationally, winning several awards along the way.The Interactive Textbook is available as a calendar-year subscription. Your subscription term is defined as follows: if activation occurs between January and July of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December this year. If activation occurs between August and December of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December the following year.