Your students can do science. Here are the reasons why.

The following features make it that much easier to understand the science principles they will be studying. Students will find that regardless of which science discipline they approach, whether it be physics or chemistry, the way one goes about learning each of them is the same. Every step along the way will prepare them for the following step. Using all these features together will help your students actually learn about science and see how it works for them every day, everywhere. Look for these features in each chapter of Active Physical Science.

Scenario
Each chapter begins with a realistic event or situation. Students might actually have experienced the event, or they can imagine themselves participating in a similar situation at home, in school, or in their community. Chances are they probably never thought about the science involved in each case.

Challenge
This feature presents the problem students will soon be expected to solve, or the tasks they are expected to complete using the knowledge gained in the chapter.


Criteria
Before students begin the chapter and the challenge, they and their classmates, along with you, the teacher, will explore exactly how they will be graded. They will review the criteria and expectations for solving the challenge, and make decisions about how their work should be evaluated.


Goals
At the beginning of each activity students are provided with a list of goals that they should be able to achieve by completing their science inquiry


What Do You Already Know?
In Active Physics you learn by doing. Activities encourage you to work through problems by yourself, in small groups, or with the whole class.


Investigate
In Active Physical Science students learn by doing science. In small groups, or as a class, they will take part in scientific inquiry by doing hands-on experiments, participating in fieldwork, or searching for answers using the Internet and reference materials.

Reading Sections
These sections provide text, illustrations, and photographs that will give your students a greater insight into the concepts they explored in the activity. Equations and formulas are provided with easy-to-understand explanations. Science Words that may be new or unfamiliar to them are defined and explained. In some chapters Checking Up questions are included to guide them in their reading.

Reflecting on the Activity and the Challenge
Each activity helps to prepare students to be successful in the challenge. This feature gives them a brief summary of the activity. It will help them relate the activity that they just completed to the challenge. It’s another piece of the chapter jigsaw puzzle.

Science to Go
Questions in this feature ask students to use the key principles and concepts introduced in the activity. They may also be presented with new situations in which they will be asked to apply what they have learned. These questions are excellent as a study guide, helping students review and understand what is most important from the activity. Students will also be provided with suggestions for ways in which they can organize their work and get ready for the challenge.

Inquiring Further
This feature stretches their thinking. It provides lots of suggestions for deepening the student’s understanding of the concepts and skills developed in the activity. Also, if they’re looking for more challenging or in-depth problems, questions, and exercises, they’ll find them right here.

Stretching Exercises
If they're looking for more challenging or in-depth problems, questions, and exercises, students
find them right here.

Chapter Assessment
How do your students measure up? Here is an opportunity to share what they have actually learned. Using the activities as a guide, they can now complete the challenge they were presented at the beginning of the chapter.

Science You Learned
This lists the physics terms, principles, and skills you have just learned in the chapter.

Physics at Work