The third and final book in the series, Oxford Big Ideas Science 3, is a flexible two-year solution catering for all Years 9 and 10 science students. Written from the ground-up for the VELS curriculum, and incorporating cutting edge science, Oxford Big Ideas Science 3 is designed to cover core and elective topics for those students ending science at Year 10, and for those students continuing into VCE sciences. Extending the same big ideas introduced in Books 1 and 2 – Matter, Systems and Energy – and introducing a fourth big idea – Our Future – this title offers science for our future scientists and for our future citizens. Because scientific literacy is every young person’s right.

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• Brand new content, written for VELS Level 6
• Flexible two-year book: caters for different teaching models at Years 9 and 10 
• Builds on and extends the same big ideas introduced in Books 1 and 2 – Matter, Systems and Energy – and introduces a fourth big idea – Our Future
• Focused skills development, including step-by-step instructional photography of key skills
• Thinking skills and scientific literacy: science in the media, scientific ethics, decision making, science careers
• Explicit VCE links: biology, chemistry, physics, psychology and environmental science
• Content innovation: nanotechnology, synchrotron science, Large Hadron Collider, climate change science, water on Mars …and more!

eBook

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Part I: Matter
1. Consumer science: How do scientists test manufacturers’ claims?
2. It’s all elemental: What are the elements of matter?
3. A property matter: What are the properties of matter?
4. Chemical reactions: What happens when atoms are rearranged?
5. Molecules of life: What are the molecules of life?
Part II: Systems
6. Genetics: How significant is your genetic make-up in determining who you are?
7. Evolution and natural selection: Why is there such a variety of living things on Earth?
8. Coordination and regulation: What are the internal communication systems of living things?
9. Medical science: How will science keep me healthy?
10. Psychology: Why do humans think, feel and behave the way we do?
Part III: Energy
11. Energy in ecosystems: How is energy made available to living organisms?
12. Electromagnetism and electronics: How do electronic gadgets work?
13. Light energy: What is light energy?
14. Force, mass and movement: How and why do things move?
15. Origin and evolution of the Universe: Where do we come from?
Part IV: Our future
16. Sustainability: How can we make a difference?
17. Emerging technologies: How will emerging technologies impact on our future?

Sample Pages

Chapter 14 - Force, Mass and Movement


Sample teacher support resources

Assessment rubrics
Teaching program
Student self-test
Student self-test answers
Chapter test
Chapter test answers
Worksheet 13.1
Worksheet 13.2
Worksheet 13.3
Worksheet answers


Interactive whiteboard activity
Chapter 8: The human eye




3D animation
Structure of the human eye




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Part 1 Matter
1.0 Consumer science: How do scientists test manufacturers’ claims?
2.0 It’s all elemental: What are the elements of matter?
3.0 A property matter: What are the properties of matter?
4.0 Chemical reactions: What happens when atoms are rearranged?
5.0 Molecules of life: What are the molecules of life?


Part 2 Systems
6.0 Genetics: How significant is your genetic make-up in determining who you are?
7.0 Evolution and natural selection: Why is there such a variety of living things on Earth?
8.0 Coordination and regulation: What are the internal communication systems of living things?
9.0 Medical science: How will science keep me healthy?
10.0 Psychology: Why do humans think, feel and behave the way we do?


Part 3 Energy
11.0 Energy in ecosystems: How is energy made available to living organisms?
12.0 Electromagnetism and electronics: How do electronic gadgets work?
13.0 Light energy: What is light energy?
14.0 Force, mass and movement: How and why do things move?
15.0 Origin and evolution of the Universe: Where do we come from?


Part 4 Our future
16.0 Sustainability: How can we make a difference?
17.0 Emerging technologies: How will emerging technologies impact on our future? 

Chapter 14 - Force, Mass and Movement
Chapter 14 - Force, Mass and Movement - sample echapter