Table of Contents

About eBookPLUS vii About this book viii Preface x Acknowledgements xi 1 Science is ... 2 1.1 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR In the shoes of scientists 4 1.2 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Accidents and observations 6 1.3 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR A question of ethics 8 1.4 Your own investigation 10 1.5 Case study 16 1.6 Using spreadsheets 18 1.7 Using data loggers 22 1.8 Using databases 26 Study checklist/ICT 28 Looking back 29 2 Learning with your brain in mind 30 2.1 Getting in touch with your brain 32 2.2 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR The sights and sounds of learning 37 2.3 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Getting emotional 41 2.4 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Remember me? 46 2.5 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Myths, moods and foods 50 2.6 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Sleep on it 54 2.7 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR The teen brain 58 2.8 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Drugs on your brain? 61 2.9 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Opening up your brain 67 2.10 THINKING TOOLS Visual thinking tools 71 Study checklist/ICT 73 Looking back 74 3 Control and coordination 76 3.1 Respiratory and circulatory systems 78 3.2 Essential intake 84 3.3 Digestion and excretory systems 91 3.4 Getting the message 97 3.5 Coordination and control 104 3.6 Nervous system ? fast control 109 3.7 Endocrine system ? slow control 113 3.8 Living warehouses 118 3.9 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Getting back in control 123 3.10 THINKING TOOLS Relations diagrams and mind maps 126 Study checklist/ICT 128 Looking back 129 4 The body at war 130 4.1 Catch us if you can 132 4.2 Invasion! Alien alert! 136 4.3 Medieval medicine 140 4.4 Zooming in ? micro tales 144 4.5 Zooming in ? nano news 148 4.6 Outbreak 151 4.7 Putting up defences 155 4.8 Choosing immunisation 159 4.9 Travel bugs 165 4.10 Our noble Nobels 167 4.11 THINKING TOOLS Cycle maps and relations diagrams 171 Study checklist/ICT 173 Looking back 174 5 Ecosystems ? flow of energy and matter 176 5.1 Systems: Ecosystems 178 5.2 Mapping ecosystems 183 5.3 Plant organisation 189 5.4 Plant responses 196 5.5 Photosynthesis 200 5.6 Cellular respiration 207 5.7 Sustainable ecosystems 213 5.8 Changes in populations 218 5.9 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Dealing with drought 223 5.10 Fire proof? 227 5.11 THINKING TOOLS SWOT analyses and fi shbone diagrams 231 Study checklist/ICT 233 Looking back 234 ICT activity: Blast off! 236 6 Inside the atom 238 6.1 Chemical building blocks 240 6.2 Stability and change: Inside the nucleus 242 6.3 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Using radioactivity 246 6.4 THINKING TOOLS Concept maps and plus, minus, interesting charts 250 Study checklist/ICT 252 Looking back 253 7 Chemical reactions 254 7.1 Rearrange those atoms 256 7.2 Matter and energy: Chemical reactions and energy 258 7.3 Acids and bases 262 7.4 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Acid rain 268 7.5 Combustion reactions 270 7.6 THINKING TOOLS Matrixes and plus, minus, interesting charts 272 Study checklist/ICT 274 Looking back 275 ICT activity: ChemQuiz! 276 8 The dynamic Earth 278 8.1 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR The Earth?s crust 280 8.2 Stability and change: Plate tectonics 282 8.3 Rocks under pressure 286 8.4 Shake, rattle and roll 289 8.5 Mountains of fi re 293 8.6 THINKING TOOLS Affi nity diagrams and double bubble maps 296 Study checklist/ICT 298 Looking back 299 ICT activity: Disaster-proof 300 9 Energy transmission 302 9.1 Matter and energy: Making waves 304 9.2 Sound waves on the move 306 9.3 Hearing sound 308 9.4 The electromagnetic spectrum 312 9.5 Light energy 314 9.6 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Seeing the light 320 9.7 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR We?re on the air 326 9.8 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR The digital revolution 328 9.9 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Long-distance communication 331 9.10 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Super ?scope 334 9.11 THINKING TOOLS Plus, minus, interesting charts and target maps 336 Study checklist/ICT 338 Looking back 338 ICT activity: Did you hear that? 340 10 Heat and electricity 342 10.1 Heat: energy in transit 344 10.2 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Staying cool 349 10.3 Electricity in transit 351 10.4 A light in the dark 356 10.5 Series and parallel circuits 358 10.6 Scale and measurement: Made to measure 361 10.7 Electricity in a packet 365 10.8 Driving on batteries 367 10.9 A question of resistance 369 10.10 SCIENCE AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOUR Electricity at home 372 10.11 THINKING TOOLS Concept maps and fl owcharts 375 Study checklist/ICT 377 Looking back 378 ICT activity: Go-Go Gadget online shop 380 eBookpllus 11 Forensics eBookpllus 12 Psychology Glossary 382 Index 394