This suite of resources provide a clear two-year framework to help you and your students meet and exceed AQA's mastery goals using content matched to AQA's big ideas and enquiry processes.

This title is AQA approved.

* Aligned to AQA's big ideas and KS3 syllabus with Student Book Part 1 covering Part 1 of the syllabus and Student Book Part 2 covering Part 2
* Three part progression in lessons encompassing the AQA mastery statements of know, apply and extend
* Enquiry processes embedded throughout the course to help your students think and work scientifically
* Differentiated 'check your progress' lists for each chapter to help students and teachers measure and make progress in learning
* In addition to questions throughout the text, there are questions at the end of each chapter providing assessment benchmarked to the know, apply and extend statements
* 'Ideas you have met before' and 'In this chapter you will find out' provide context and link ideas together for students
* 'Know this vocabulary' boxes reflect keywords from the AQA syllabus
* Prepares students for the new, more challenging GCSE
* Provides the first step in our AQA syllabus support for Secondary Science giving students a clear path of progression
* From experienced author team Ed Walsh and Tracey Baxter
* Tailored assessment and intervention matching to each chapter available in our 'GCSE Science Ready' course

About the Author
Ed Walsh is Science Adviser in Cornwall and the Series Editor for Collins KS3 Science. He has contributed to Collins KS4 Science books supporting courses from AQA, EdExcel and OCR, and has written materials for the Secondary National Strategy. Ed was a teacher for 20 years, 12 as subject leader, and has taught in Manchester, South Wales and Cornwall. He is a regular provider of CPD events at ASE Conferences.

Reviews

These resources are a clever mix of conceptual challenge and cognitive complexity that support students to think about science in a creative and sophisticated fashion...Collins AQA KS3 Science can help keep students switched on and clued in.

The[y] cover the cornerstone concepts students need to know; they embed investigative thinking and working scientifically, and arm students with the appropriate scientific language essential for answering questions, debating and justifying their ideas.

- John Dabell for Teach Secondary magazine

Book Information
ISBN 9780008215286
Author Ed Walsh
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Collins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 540g
Dimensions(mm) 265mm * 192mm * 12mm