Exam board: AQA Level & Subject: GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy First teaching: September 2016 First exam: June 2018 To support students in their completion of the required practicals on their GCSE Science (9-1) course, the Collins AQA lab book is the only resource that they need. This lab book will: * provide students with all the information they need to perform their required practicals; including the method, apparatus needed, common mistakes and safety tips * be the one place to record the outcomes of practicals, providing and easy reference for revision * challenge students with extra questions designed to improve analysis, evaluation and maths skills * prepare students for their examinations, with exam-style questions directly linked to the required practicals and apparatus use.

Super Facts for Super Kids is a fun, fresh take on animal nonfiction for beginning readers. Filled with engaging photographs, comic-style illustrations, and cool infographics, these Level 2 Ready-to-Reads are sure to flip, float, and fly off the shelves!

Alligators and crocodiles are strong enough to bite through bone, but did you know that they can’t chew their food? Readers will love learning about what makes alligators and crocodiles “super,” as well as how to tell the two animals apart. The backmatter discusses the conservation success story of the previously endangered American alligator.

Oxford Smart Activate Physics Teacher Book holds high aspirations for all students to succeed by building on what they have learned at KS2 and progress with confidence to GCSE. Teachers are supported to inspire students' awe and wonder in the science that surrounds them and to help learners develop a science identity that is curious and independent. Based on a Developing/Secure/Extending assessment framework, this Teacher Book provides all teachers, both specialists and non-specialists, with practical suggestions and guidance to reactive knowledge, trigger student interest, and reflect on their learning and progress. Links between topics, sciences, and the wider KS3 curriculum are clearly established through curriculum narrative documents. Informed by up-to-date educational research and tried and tested by (UK) Pioneer schools to ensure that every aspect works for all students, all teachers, and in all secondary science classrooms, Oxford Smart Activate is the next evolution of the best-selling Activate series from series editor and curriculum expert, Andrew Chandler-Grevatt.

This book brings together a group of feminist activists, psychologists, and peace workers from countries on every continent who describe how they apply global/transnational feminism in their activist peace and justice projects in the cultures and countries in which they live and work. The contributors, who are from different locations in the "global village", reflect on their engagement in Global South/North border crossings and partnerships, taking into consideration such variables as the gender, economic/class, ethnic, racial, political and imperializing/colonizing tensions inherent in the work. Authors discuss the feminist principles that guide their work, describe a project or set of projects illustrating how they apply feminist theory and practice, and reflect on the complexitites, tensions and conundrums inherent in negotiating cross-national feminist partnerships in research, practice, and activism. This book was originally published as a special issue of Women & Therapy.

Oxford Smart Activate Biology Teacher Book holds high aspirations for all students to succeed by building on what they have learned at KS2 and progress with confidence to GCSE. Teachers are supported to inspire students' awe and wonder in the science that surrounds them and to help learners develop a science identity that is curious and independent. Based on the Developing/Secure/Extending assessment framework, this Teacher Book provides all teachers, both specialists and non-specialists, with practical suggestions and guidance to reactive knowledge, trigger student interest, and reflect on their learning and progress. Links between topics, sciences, and the wider KS3 curriculum are clearly established through curriculum narrative documents. Informed by up-to-date educational research and tried and tested by (UK) Pioneer schools to ensure that every aspect works for all students, all teachers, and in all secondary science classrooms, Oxford Smart Activate is the next evolution of the best-selling Activate series from series editor and curriculum expert, Andrew Chandler-Grevatt.

This book explores teaching and learning through science investigation and practical work. It draws upon two representative case studies from New Zealand and examines what students are learning from science investigation; in addition, it identifies and describes ways in which teachers can make changes that benefit student learning when given time to reflect and respond to research literature and findings. The book illustrates how teaching through science investigations in ways that are informed by research can lead to positive learning outcomes for students. As such, it offers valuable insights for practitioners, researchers, and educators with an interest in learning through science investigation.

Stretch yourself to achieve the highest grades, with structured syllabus coverage, varied exam-style questions and annotated sample answers, to help you to build the essential skill set for exam success. - Benefit from expert advice and tips on skills and knowledge from experienced subject authors - Target revision and focus on important concepts and skills with key objectives at the beginning of every chapter - Keep track of your own progress with a handy revision planner - Consolidate and apply your understanding of key content with revision activities, short 'Test yourself' and exam-style questions - Apply your understanding of essential practical and mathematical skills with Skills boxes including worked examples

The book analyses the knowledge, beliefs and behaviours that comprise the environmental attitudes of young people in the Asia-Pacific region and the cultural, political and educational contexts that have shaped them. The findings are based upon a questionnaire survey of over 10,000 young people together with focus group studies in India, South China, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Brunei, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and the west coast of the USA.

In the future, you could run on robot legs, your doctor could be a computer, you mght have tiny machines inside your body to keep you healthy... and you could even live forever! Take a trip into the future of medicine with this fact-packed, funny and fascinating new book. Paul Ian Cross, author of How to Vanquish a Virus and Bodies, Brains and Bogies, explains everything from genetic modification, eco-health and virtual reality medicine, to remote surgery by robot and personalised medicine. These hyper-exciting advances might sound like science fiction - but they're all being developed by scientists, and some are even being used right now! This brilliantly informative book, with hilarious, detailed illustrations from Steve Brown, de-mystifies a whole host of upcoming technology and shows how the future of medicine could make the world a brighter place.

Starring the Cat in the Hat, this rhymed nonfiction board book about space is perfect for nurturing a love of science in babies and toddlers too young for the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library series! The Cat in the Hat and Thing One and Thing Two tour the solar sytem in this sturdy board book that's perfect for introducing babies and toddlers to the world around them. With stops at the Sun and each of the eight planets, there's plenty to look at and lots of fun facts to learn. (Who knew? A crater on Mercury is named for Dr. Seuss!) There's no better way to introduce informational texts or the natural world to kids than with the Cat in the Hat--someone who knows a LOT about having fun! Also look for Dr. Seuss Discovers: Bugs!

Designed for classroom and independent study, our Revision Guides include a FREE online edition and complement the Student Books with a range of features: One-topic-per-page format helps you revise more quickly, without the hassle Exam-style worked examples match the new specification and demonstrate good exam technique 'Now try this' exam-style practice questions let you test your understanding of a topic Problem solving support throughout including tricky questions on easy topics and strategies and techniques for answering harder questions Complete coverage of the new specification including brand-new topics Visual explanations of key concepts help you revise quickly and recall key skills in your exams

Take the uncertainty out of teaching science to young children with this comprehensive curriculum framework that aligns with national early learning standards. Enjoy over 100 interactive activities guaranteed to encourage children to explore the wonders of their world. Each activity includes background scientific information for teachers, a guide to implementation, and children's typical responses for stress-free science fun.

Support students through the AQA A-level Chemistry specification with this write-in workbook, providing extra guidance, practice and scaffolding to reinforce understanding and improve key skills. - Develop and consolidate understanding using the practice questions to check knowledge - Build key skills and practise the different question types with maths, practical-based and synoptic questions - Support assessment preparation using exam-style questions that get progressively more difficult - Use flexibly alongside your existing textbooks and schemes of work as homework, classwork and for intervention - Enable students to mark work independently with answers and worked solutions available online This book for AQA A-level Chemistry Year 2 covers: Physical Chemistry (Topics 8-12), Inorganic Chemistry (Topics 4-6), Organic Chemistry (Topics 7-16).

With an extraordinary array of color photos and original paintings as well as fascinating new information, Giant Predators of the Ancient Seas explores how scientists use fossil clues to learn about the lives and habitats of the most exciting sea animals that ever lived. This volume gives readers an in-depth, straightforward look at the giant creatures that prowled the waters of prehistory.

Lots of questions, including those that require longer text answers, give students plenty of practice on all types of exam questions. Stretch questions and take it further sections provide the right level of a challenge for the higher tier. Grade Studio worked examples with examiner commentary helps students to understand how to move up the grade scale to achieve an A*. End of chapter exam-style questions and examiner tips provide thorough exam preparation. Written to incorporate higher-order thinking skills and featuring extra physics and maths to appeal to high achievers.