Science Focus: Looking into Science 1

This student book accompanies the seven teaching units which make up Science Focus: The Salters’ Approach for the spring and summer terms of Year Seven. 

Looking into Science 1 is a full colour book which can be used to support, enrich or extend lessons. Content is arranged as a succession of double-page spreads, each of which is closely linked to a particular activity or lesson in Teacher’s Guide 1. The lesson plans and teaching notes in the teacher’s guide give references to the relevant pages of the student books, and these references are shown again with the teaching notes for each activity.

Looking into Science 1 provides information, interactive text and guidelines for a variety of practical and text-related activities. The book can be used to stimulate interest in a new topic, perhaps by asking students to read a spread as homework, or as a reference source during lessons. Some spreads may be used as a ‘starting point’ for discussions, debates or role-play exercises.

The seven teaching units covered in Looking into Science 1 are:

*Paper Chain: Making and re-cycling paper

*Out of this World: Space travel, the Moon and other satellites

*Switching On: An introduction to electric circuits

*Skin Deep: Function and care of skin, hair and teeth

*Making Sense of IT: Sensors and logic gates in simple control circuits

*Having Babies: An introduction to human reproduction

*Neighbours: Identification of plant and animal species

The units are arranged in the same order in this book, Working with Science 1 and Teacher’s Guide 1.