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Unlock the world of science with the Oxford Insight Science Skills & Activity Book for NSW Stage 4. This comprehensive workbook is specifically designed to assist students in revising essential course material while offering opportunities for extension and deeper exploration of scientific concepts. Targeted for Year 7 and Year 8 learners, this expertly crafted educational resource features an engaging layout filled with vibrant full-colour images and relevant scientific diagrams that captivate students' attention.
Each write-in activity encourages hands-on learning, helping students enhance their scientific skills and knowledge across key areas:
- **Literacy Builder Activities**: Cultivate vocabulary, speaking, comprehension, and writing skills to facilitate better understanding of science.
- **Questioning and Predicting Activities**: Develop the ability to formulate questions, make predictions, and construct hypotheses—skills critical for budding scientists.
- **Investigation Planning**: Understand key principles such as controlling variables, fair testing, risk assessment, and the importance of collaboration in scientific inquiry.
- **Conducting Investigations**: Engage in safe procedures, accurate data recording, and identifying improvements in experimental methods.
- **Data Processing and Analysis**: Learn the art of summarising, organising data, and drawing meaningful inferences from visual representations.
- **Problem Solving**: Foster critical thinking by suggesting scientifically-backed solutions and evaluating claims.
- **Communication Skills**: Master the art of scientific writing and presenting findings lucidly in various formats.
The Oxford Insight Science Skills & Activity Book not only prepares students for academic success but also nurtures lifelong inquiry skills that are essential in today’s world.
Please note: Shipping for this item is FREE. Expect delivery within 15 days, with no unexpected import charges, customs duties, or taxes as products ship directly from our Auckland warehouse. This item is brand new and published by Oxford University Press ANZ, ISBN: 9780190327736, Year: 2020.
NOTE: Shipping for this item is FREE, please allow 15 days for shipping. As its shipped from our Auckland warehouse there is no unexpected import charges, custom duties or taxes.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780190327736
Year: 2020
Publisher: Oxford University Press ANZ
Description:
Oxford Insight Science Skills and activity books are designed to help students revise course material and explore opportunities for extension. With an engaging design, full-colour photos and relevant scientific diagrams throughout, these write-in workbooks provide students with additional tools to develop their understanding of the key science skills. Key features:Literacy builder activities develop students’ vocabulary, speaking, comprehension and writing skillsQuestioning and predicting activities develop the skills required to identify questions, make predictions and form hypothesesPlanning investigations nurture understanding of identifying and controlling variables, fair tests, risk assessments, individual and collaborative work, lab settings, equipment and materialsConducting investigations activities develop students’ abilities to follow procedure, perform roles safely, record data accurately, assess the method and identify improvementsProcessing and analysing data and information tasks build students’ skills in summarising and organising data, extracting information from visual representations, performing simple calculations and proposing inferences based on dataProblem solving activities coach students to suggest possible solutions, evaluate claims and solve inadequacies in data collection or analysisCommunicating activities introduce students to writing scientifically, presenting results and information and using different formats to communicateSkills lab practical activities and investigations give students an opportunity to apply critical thinking, inquiry skills or design an experimentHandy hints provide t
Each write-in activity encourages hands-on learning, helping students enhance their scientific skills and knowledge across key areas:
- **Literacy Builder Activities**: Cultivate vocabulary, speaking, comprehension, and writing skills to facilitate better understanding of science.
- **Questioning and Predicting Activities**: Develop the ability to formulate questions, make predictions, and construct hypotheses—skills critical for budding scientists.
- **Investigation Planning**: Understand key principles such as controlling variables, fair testing, risk assessment, and the importance of collaboration in scientific inquiry.
- **Conducting Investigations**: Engage in safe procedures, accurate data recording, and identifying improvements in experimental methods.
- **Data Processing and Analysis**: Learn the art of summarising, organising data, and drawing meaningful inferences from visual representations.
- **Problem Solving**: Foster critical thinking by suggesting scientifically-backed solutions and evaluating claims.
- **Communication Skills**: Master the art of scientific writing and presenting findings lucidly in various formats.
The Oxford Insight Science Skills & Activity Book not only prepares students for academic success but also nurtures lifelong inquiry skills that are essential in today’s world.
Please note: Shipping for this item is FREE. Expect delivery within 15 days, with no unexpected import charges, customs duties, or taxes as products ship directly from our Auckland warehouse. This item is brand new and published by Oxford University Press ANZ, ISBN: 9780190327736, Year: 2020.
NOTE: Shipping for this item is FREE, please allow 15 days for shipping. As its shipped from our Auckland warehouse there is no unexpected import charges, custom duties or taxes.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780190327736
Year: 2020
Publisher: Oxford University Press ANZ
Description:
Oxford Insight Science Skills and activity books are designed to help students revise course material and explore opportunities for extension. With an engaging design, full-colour photos and relevant scientific diagrams throughout, these write-in workbooks provide students with additional tools to develop their understanding of the key science skills. Key features:Literacy builder activities develop students’ vocabulary, speaking, comprehension and writing skillsQuestioning and predicting activities develop the skills required to identify questions, make predictions and form hypothesesPlanning investigations nurture understanding of identifying and controlling variables, fair tests, risk assessments, individual and collaborative work, lab settings, equipment and materialsConducting investigations activities develop students’ abilities to follow procedure, perform roles safely, record data accurately, assess the method and identify improvementsProcessing and analysing data and information tasks build students’ skills in summarising and organising data, extracting information from visual representations, performing simple calculations and proposing inferences based on dataProblem solving activities coach students to suggest possible solutions, evaluate claims and solve inadequacies in data collection or analysisCommunicating activities introduce students to writing scientifically, presenting results and information and using different formats to communicateSkills lab practical activities and investigations give students an opportunity to apply critical thinking, inquiry skills or design an experimentHandy hints provide t