Overview
Science Works 2 Student Book has 16 chapters on the 'Material World' and 'Physical World' strands. It is an engaging New Zealand science course written and designed for year 8 students; curriculum-linked, full colour, visually attractive with manageable topics. Topics are presented with learners in mind and key scientific concepts are introduced in language which is easily processed.
1. Kitchen action
2. Bouncing back
3. Chemical reactions
4. Atoms and matter
5. Electric effect
6. From X-rays to radio
7. Forces
8. What's hot
9. Seeing the light
10. Magnetic attraction
11. Melting moments
12. Mixing and separating
13. Sorting materials
14. Sounding waves
15. The air around us
16. Clean water
Flexible: definitely not a tightly-integrated ‘package’ that needs to be presented in a particular way or in a particular sequence
Highly visual
Accessible writing style
In this chapter we will learn briefly tells students what they will cover
Hands-on activities range from simple observations to proper science experiments that can easily completed in the classroom, without extensive preparation, and without access to specialised science equipment
Questions and Extension activities
Teacher’s books provide support for teachers who do not have a strong science background and contain answers to the end of chapter questions, additional hands-on activities and extra formative questions as well as summative assessment