Series features

Science Alive for VELS encompasses a full range of learning materials to help teachers build breadth and depth into science learning. The material is designed to fascinate and engage the adolescent learner, and encourage curiosity in the world around them. Deep learning is fostered through probing science in many layered ways, developing a range of skills in the process.

Features of the Science Alive for VELS series include:

Text

• Complete coverage of the Level 5 Science standards with links to Physical, Personal and Social Learning and Interdisciplinary Learning strands
• Stunning full-colour spreads with accessible and instructive text
• Detailed illustrations and captions to engage both the visual and linguistic learner
• Structured activities catering for a wide range of abilities and intelligences, with many links to other domains such as Thinking
• Hands-on activities and experiments to provide opportunities for coverage of Science at Work standards
• Special chapters focusing on links between the domain of Science and the domains of Health and Physical Education and Design, Creativity and Technology
• Checklists to encourage students to think about their own learning.

CD-ROM

• Entire text is provided on the CD-ROM to save students carrying a text to and from school
• Includes animations of key concepts, interactive activities and self-testing revision exercises.
  

Teacher Support Kit

• Interdisciplinary Learning worksheets to further link and extend the domains of Communication, Design, Creativity and Technology, ICT and Thinking
• Teaching notes for each of the spreads in the text outlining teaching purpose, links to VELS, links to CD-ROM and worksheets, common pitfalls, suggested answers to activities, tips and suggestions for experiments, and new and modified experiments
• Risk assessment sheets for new and existing practical work.