Oxford Insight Science for NSW Stage 5 Skills & Activity book

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 tips on how to approach skills, remember key information and interpret data