Interactive Science For Inquiring Minds is a series comprised of a 2-volume textbook, theory workbook, and practical workbook. This Interactive Science Theory Workbooks is written as a companion to the textbooks and practical workbooks to provide students with ample practice and reinforcement. Features of the theory workbooks include: Activities that are fully or partially guided to provide opportunities for students to acquire and develop science process skills, manipulative skills and creativity in the learning of science. Portfolio Assessments encourage students to further explore each topic through thought-provoking questions that are closely related to the practical activities. Using IT promotes the use of internet resources for students to further explore each topic independently and in groups using the inquiry approach and to broaden their scientific knowledge. Revision activities consist of varied question types and questions with different level of difficulty. Each activity has clearly defined aims, background information and many illustrations to guide the students along. The activities are designed to help students acquire the necessary process skills and provide opportunities for hands-on learning. Questions are provided in every activity to help the students draw inferences and conclusions. A revision worksheet is included in each chapter. Each revision worksheet has multiple choice questions, short-answer or structured questions and a data response question. It helps to evaluate the student' understanding of each chapter and to provide ample examinations practice for the students. The Interactive Science for Inquiring Minds Theory Workbook is suitable for both class and home use. Although the activities are designed for group work, most of them, or parts of them, can be done independently. Some of them, such as a visit to the water treatment plant in Singapore, cannot be done as given, but can be adapted. The review questions can be used as tests, since each chapter in the textbook also has review questions.
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