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TOC Blue Science Workbook. 7th Ed.

Table of Contents


Carry Out a Practical Investigation

  • NCEA Achievement Standard 1.1
  • Introducing the laboratory
  • The Scientific Method
  • Designing an experiment: the 'Fair Test'
  • Example experiment

Process information

  • NCEA Achievement Standard 1.2
  • Describe a use of science under direction.

 

Biology

  • NCEA Achievement Standard 1.3
  • Microbes
  • Bacteria
  • Fungi
  • Viruses
  • The body's defence against disease
  • The evolution of resistant microbes
  • AIDS: a study of a viral disease
  • The uses of bacteria and fungi
  • The carbon-oxygen cycle
  • The nitrogen cycle
  • Cells
  • Cell division
  • Mitosis
  • Meiosis
  • Variation in living things
  • Genetics
  • Gene charts
  • Sex determination in humans
  • Genes, chromosomes and DNA

Chemistry

  • NCEA Achievement Standard 1.4
  • Atoms
  • The elements
  • The electron structure of atoms
  • Ions
  • Compounds and mixtures
  • Chemical bonds
  • Solutions
  • Chemical formulae of ionic compounds
  • Chemical formulae of molecular compounds
  • Chemical equations
  • Rates of reaction
  • Metals and their reactions
  • Solutions and precipitation
  • Metal compounds and their reactions
  • Rusting: a study in corrosion
  • Acids, bases and neutralisation
  • Carbon
  • Organic carbon compounds
  • The extraction of iron
  • Oil and gas in New Zealand

Earth Science

  • NCEA Achievement Standard 1.5
  • Rocks and the rock cycle
  • Igneous rock
  • Sedimentary rock
  • Metamorphic rock
  • Where rocks are found in New Zealand
  • The minerals in rocks
  • Identifying a rock
  • Fossils in New Zealand
  • Erosion of rock
  • Dating a rock
  • The structure of the Earth
  • Continental drift and plate tectonics
  • Tectonic plate boundaries - today
  • New Zealand today
  • Tectonic plates and New Zealand
  • The geological history of New Zealand
  • Volcanoes in New Zealand
  • Earthquakes in New Zealand
  • Gold in New Zealand

Physics

  • NCEA Achievement Standard 1.6
  • Motion
  • Forces
  • Work and energy
  • Power
  • Momentum
  • Heat energy
  • Electric energy in a circuit
  • The symbols used in circuits
  • Electric circuits
  • Diodes
  • Current and voltage in a circuit
  • Electrical resistance and conductivity
  • Calculating electrical resistance
  • Measuring electrical resistance
  • Resistors in series and parallel
  • A model for an electric circuit
  • Electric current - a closer look
  • Power in a circuit

Astronomy

  • NCEA Achievement Standard 1.7
  • The Earth and its position in space
  • Day and night
  • The Seasons
  • The phases of the Moon
  • An eclipse of the Moon
  • An eclipse of the Sun
  • The tides of the sea
  • The Sun
  • The night sky
  • The planets
  • Distances in space
  • Exploring space
  • A brief history of the universe
  • Commonly asked questions.

Appendices

  • Guidelines for study
  • NCEA Exam hints
  • Keywords
  • Key to identifying minerals
  • Key to identifying rocks
  • The geological time scale
  • A cosmic time scale
  • The physical properties of metals
  • The triangle method for converting formulae
  • Multiples of units
  • Useful Physics formulae
  • Units of physical measurement
  • Useful chemical formulae
  • A Table of Ions
  • The Periodic Table
Also: Exercises - with answers - for all sections.
         NCEA Exam. With answers.
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