Developing deep understandings This leading series includes full coverage of required knowledge, science as a human endeavour, skills and the general capabilities set out in the curriculum. Yet the outstanding features that have made ScienceWorld a pre-eminent series in schools continue in this edition. ScienceWorld 7 caters for a variety of student needs and learning styles, and has a proven formula to engage students in active learning of science. The accessible content, investigations and experiments encourage students to make connections between science in the classroom and real-world contexts. ScienceWorld 7 - Print & eBook Features Unit-based approach, with content supported by extensive activities Reading level suitable for the average student Clear explanations, simple and engaging diagrams and photos Contents 1. Working in a laboratory 1.1 Laboratory equipment 1.2 Safety in the laboratory 1.3 Using a burner 1.4 Science is investigating 2. Science skills - Doing a project 2.1 Inferring and predicting 2.2 Measuring 2.3 Displaying data 2.4 Experimenting 3. Forces 3.1 Forces around you 3.2 Frictional forces 3.3 Gravitational forces 4. The living world 4.1 Classifying things 4.2 The five kingdoms 4.3 Animals and plants 5. Earth in space 5.1 How the Earth moves 5.2 A trip to the moon 5.3 Sun-Earth-moon 6. Separating mixtures 6.1 What's a mixture? 6.2 Solutions 6.3 Seperating mixtures 7. Living places 7.1 Living in a food web 7.2 Ecosystems 7.3 Ecosystems under threat 8. Using magnets 8.1 Magnetic forces 8.2 Magnetic fields 8.3 Electricity and magnets 9. Consumer science 9.1 Consumer testing 9.2 Options 10. How things work 10.1 Simple machines 10.2 Pulleys and gears 10.3 How things fly 11. Earth’s resources 11.1 Water resources 11.2 Living resources 11.3 Minerals and energy View Sample Pages View Sample Pages View Other Year Levels in the 'ScienceWorld' Series Year 8 Year 9 Year 10