New Amazing Science for Grade 8 – Oxford

New Amazing science is a series designed to encourage inquiry- based learning of science. It is intended to aid teachers develop the science skill sets in students. As a result, the teaching-learning process is supported through introduction of critical questions and hands-on activities.

The books are divided into three sections:

• Physical Science
• Life Science
• Earth And Space Science

The books employ the latest pedagogical techniques including STEM and project-based learning.

New Amazing Science aims for learners to develop problem solving skills. To this end, the content has been designed in an interactive way so that it sparks interest in the learners.

New Amazing Science content features:

• Image based content
• Let’s Find Out/ Investigation/ Scientific Enquiry: activities to enrich the lesson
• Quick review: short exercises to check students’ learning
• STEM projects: projects requiring integrated application of Science, Technology, Engineering principles and Mathematics for successful completion
• Mind tree(s): summarize the unit
• Exercises: development of students’ analysis, reasoning, and application skills
• Project(s)/Create: hands-on tasks to supplement student learning process
• Applying Math: application of math to scientific concepts and principles
• Science Blog: additional facts and information relevant to the topic
• Search: research-based questions/activities

Each book is accompanied with complementary teaching guides containing:

• curriculum mapped framework
• sample test papers
• worksheets
• answers to the student book questions
• editable lesson plans
• teaching strategies