This book, together with Pathfinder Science Book A, provides a complete guide for students for students in the first two years of New Zealand secondary school Science. It is designed so that students can understand and recall scientific ideas, facts, formulae and skills.
Table of contents
Curriculum Coverage Unit Format
Living World Strand
Ecology Unit 1: Niche & Adaptations Unit 2: Interdependence Unit 3: Energy & Elements
Animal Life Processes Unit 4: Food & Nutrition Unit 5: Respiration & Circulation Unit 6: Excretion & Movement Unit 7: Sensitivity & Coordination Unit 8: Reproduction & Growth
Physical World Strand
Movement & Forces Unit 9: Motion Unit 10: Force & Acceleration Unit 11: Forceful Effects Unit 12: Levers & Work
Electricity & Magnetism Unit 13: Charged Particles Unit 14: Current & Voltage Unit 15: Resistance & Power Unit 16: Magnetic Effects
Material World Strand
Atoms, Acids & Bases Unit 17: Atoms Revisited Unit 18: The Nature of Acids Unit 19: Acids & Bases Unit 20: Everyday Acids
Materials & Fuels Unit 21: The Nature of Metals Unit 22: Metal Reactions Unit 23: Properties of Plastics Unit 24: Fuels & Energy
Planet Earth & Beyond Strand
Earth Systems Unit 25: Tectonic Plates Unit 26: The Changing Crust Unit 27: Volcanoes Unit 28: Earthquakes Unit 29: Heat Distribution