Cambridge Checkpoint Science Student’s Book 3

Description

Endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the full curriculum framework.

Spark engagement and understanding with an investigative and experimental approach and the strongest emphasis on Scientific Enquiry.

Key Features

• Benefit from a flexible approach allowing you to teach strands separately or as combined science with topics organised by subject
• Help students demonstrate an investigative and experimental approach
• Cater for all students’ needs with a course written to ensure language is appropriate for students from around the world

Fully matched to the Cambridge Lower Secondary Science Curriculum Framework, the Cambridge Checkpoint Tests and the Cambridge Progression Tests.

Table of Contents

1. Preface
2. Acknowledgements
3. What makes a scientist?
4. BIOLOGY
   1. Photosynthesis
   2. Reproduction in flowering plants
   3. Adapting to a habitat
   4. Ecosystems
   5. Human influences on the environment
   6. Classification and variation
5. CHEMISTRY
   1. The structure of the atom
   2. The periodic table
   3. Endothermic and exothermic reactions
   4. Patterns of reactivity
   5. Preparing common salts
   6. Rates of reaction
6. PHYSICS
   1. Density
   2. Pressure
   3. Turning on a pivot
   4. Electrostatics
   5. Electricity
   6. Heat energy transfers
   7. World energy needs
   8. Theories of everything
7. Index

Author Biography

Peter D. Riley has been a secondary head of science, and has extensive writing experience at lower Secondary and at Primary level. He is a full-time author and has written over 200 books for primary and secondary Science.