Samples

Activities

The text includes a variety of activities designed to foster the development of thinking skills and the processes and skills of investigation. The diverse formats include step-by-step experiments, reading activities, informal discussions, and student-designed investigations.

Investigation/Chemistry: Observing Changes in Matter
(file size: 263 K; file name: p1-24-26.pdf)  

Investigation/Earth: Age Dating of Sedimentary Rocks
(file size: 208 K; file name: p2-275-276.pdf)

Investigation/Biology: The Structure of Cells
(file size: 448 K; file name: p2-332-334.pdf)  

Investigation/Physics: Doing Work with a Ramp
(file size: 204 K; file name: p1-418-419.pdf)

The text also provides group activities that are cross-curricular and foster collaborative learning.  

Collaborative Learning Activity: A Model of Gene Splicing
(file size: 285 K; file name: p2-424.pdf)  

Cross-Curricular Activity: Comparing World Regions
(file size: 161 K; file name: p2-455.pdf)

Science in our World boxes describe key scientific breakthroughs:

Science in our World: Disposing of Household Hazard Waste
(file size: 173 K; file name: p1-93.pdf)

Science in our World: Women in Engineering
(file size: 196 K; file name: p2-123.pdf)

Did You Know highlights interesting facts and scientific discoveries:  

Did You Know
(file size: 197 K; file name: p1-331.pdf)

Extension boxes are enrichment activities intended to challenge students or to reinforce new concepts:  

Extension
(file size: 189 K; file name: p1-200.pdf)

Extension
(file size: 207 K; file name: p2-483.pdf)

Profile pages highlight historical science figures:

Profile: Andrew Cooperman: Artist and Metalsmith
(file size: 138 K; file name: p1-48.pdf)

Career features show opportunities in science:

Career: Stacy Gerlich: Disaster Trainer
(file size: 98 K; file name: p1-230.pdf)

Computer Application pages explain the various uses of computers in the science disciplines:  

Computer Application: How Astronomers Use Computers
(file size: 193 K; file name: p1-355.pdf)

Substantial opportunity for review and assessment are provided throughout each chapter.  

Instant Practice
(file size: 116 K; file name: p1-56.pdf)

Review
(file size: 108 K; file name: p2-131.pdf)

Chapter Review
(file size: 85 K; file name: p2-38-39.pdf)