Explicit and comprehensive coverage of the Australian Curriculum v9.0

New adaptive testing to identify and target gaps in student knowledge.

  • Authoritative interpretation of the Australian Curriculum v9.0 by expert authors allows for close alignment to the new requirements.   

  • 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. 
  • Ready-made pre-tests and post-tests are provided for each chapter. 

  • Each test includes 3 levels of questions – Level 1 (knowing), Level 2 (applying), Level 3 (reasoning). 

  • Tests are auto-marked and adaptive to student responses. 

  • Two report types allow teachers to target support and measure growth. 

Wide choice of practical activities that work in a school environment

  • All Practicals in the series cover at least two of the Learning Areas from the Australian Curriculum and involve students using lab equipment and conducting analysis on their results. Investigations comprise more than one area of the experimental design as extended class or lab activities. 

  • Each content chapter encourages student collaboration and engagement by taking a hands-on, practical approach to incorporating STEM activities in the science classroom. 

Features you loved from the first edition

  • Graded questions in downloadable worksheets and even more extension material for capable students allows teachers to meet the varying abilities of students. 

  • The Interactive Textbook engages today’s digital students through videos, interactive widgets, auto-marked quizzes, online Scorcher competition, answers for question sets, worksheets and more. 

  • The Online Teaching Suite provides valuable time-saving support for planning, teaching, task managing, assessing, and reporting on student progress.

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