These full-colour, hardcover student texts are
organized into three units and match the topics in the new IRP.
Each unit begins by clearly outlining the learning goals to
promote understanding.
Features include:
Key ideas on first page of each chapter
Learning Tips that support Reading for Information
Scientific vocabulary is highlighted and defined in pictures
and words
Examples of student work
Purposeful activities
Check Your Understanding activities and questions
Chapter review that brings together key ideas and vocabulary
with visual support
Skills Handbook in the back of every Student
Text
Teacher's Resource are packaged in sturdy three-ring
binders that include:
Comprehensive support for lessons
Science background information
Practical assessment tools that are available as Blackline
Masters and modifiable files on CD-ROM
Support for ESL and struggling readers
Scaffolding Masters that support struggling readers and
are tied with every concept section of the Student Text
CD-ROM and free access to the web-based version
More than 1000 questions per grade tied to the Student
Text
and specific outcomes from the IRP
Ability to modify existing questions or add your own questions
Answers for every test generated
200+ Illustrations from the Student Text in .jpg format
that can
be used to create transparencies, slides, and student handouts
