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Integrated Science: Book One.
Alan Fraser, Ian Gilchrist, Tony Partridge, and others. Integrated Science series. Dallas, Tex.: J. M. LeBel, 1994.
Program Overview
The Integrated Science series includes 3 full-year courses that integrate chemistry, physics, and the life, earth, and space sciences with environmental issues and emphasize the development of critical-thinking skills. Four major themes are incorporated in the program: energy, changes over time, systems and structures, and environmental interactions. Designed for students of different ability levels, the lessons are graded as "starting off," "going further," or "for the enthusiast." In addition to the student edition and teacher's manual, the program offers a variety of support materials.
Student Edition
Recommended grade level:
6.
Reading level: late 7. Integrated Science: Book One is organized in 14 chapters on these subjects: scientific measurements and the processes of science, living things, energy, matter, solvents and solutions, cells and reproduction, electricity, gases, heat, earth sciences, earth in space, and energy and the environment.Each chapter consists of 3 to 5 sections of 3 pages each. Sections begin with a hands-on activity or discussion.
Activities include, for example, calculating the volume of a drop of water, making a tin car racer, building a windmill that can lift a 50-gram mass, measuring the freezing temperature of water, determining the best way to filter muddy water, examining the reproductive parts of a flower, measuring lung capacity, classifying rocks, using weather maps to compare global patterns of winds and air pressures in summer and winter, and extracting metals from their ores.
Teacher's Manual
The teacher's manual includes an overview of the organization of the student textbook, safety information, sample lesson plans, information on incorporating cooperative learning techniques, and a summary of the main ideas presented in each chapter of the student textbook. For each section of the student textbook, the teacher's manual includes an estimate of the time required to complete the section, a materials list, information on planning for and conducting activities, and sample answers to student questions.
Program Resources and Support Materials
A variety of support materials is available, including a resource pack with additional activities, chapter review tests, a math-and-science process skills program, and transparencies.
Key to Content Standards: 5-8 (see app. C)
UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES: Systems, order, and organization; evidence, models, and explanation; change, constancy, and measurement.
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry; understandings about scientific inquiry.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Properties and changes of properties in matter; transfer of energy.
LIFE SCIENCE: Structure and function in living systems; reproduction and heredity; populations and ecosystems; diversity and adaptations of organisms.
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE: Structure of the earth system; earth's history; earth in the solar system.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Understandings about science and technology.
SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Populations, resources, and environments; science and technology in society.
HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE: Science as a human endeavor.
Prices:
Student edition (ISBN 0-920008-60-7), $37.95. Teacher's manual (ISBN 0-920008-61-5), $19.95. (Contact publisher/supplier for complete price and ordering information.)
Publisher/supplier:
LeBel.
Materials:
Available locally, or from commercial suppliers.
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