SCIOS Journal,
Volume 45, No.3, Sep. 2009.
Reviewed by: Lesley Glass, Ballajura
"Each book caters to a wide range of student abilities, containing interesting and accessible activities"
It is with pleasure that I reviewed the new BIOZONE workbook
series. These workbooks have been designed specifically to meet
the needs of senior school science. They can accompany the
existing BIOZONE Student resource books and activity manuals
or they have sufficient information to be used as stand alone
workbooks.
Each book caters to a wide range of student abilities, containing
interesting and accessible activities. Along with this the workbooks
are divided into separate chapters that provide students with an
introduction, detailed learning objectives, useful resources and
activity sheets to be completed. The activity sheets comprise
paper practical activities, data handling, exercises and questions
that require short essay style answers. A bonus appears in
these new additions, the introduction of a 'related activities'
section, which assists students when locating related materials or
additional assistance if needed.
Titles that appear in the new series are;
- Cell Biology and Biochemistry
- Genes and Inheritance
- Ecology
- Health and Disease
- Environmental Science
- Human Evolution
- Evolution
- Skills in Biology
- Microbiology and Biotechnology
The design of the new workbooks includes investigation skills
to enhance the practical side of science. Students are guided
through the book with clear instructions; key words are bolded
and are defined in the glossary. Chapter title tabs appear at the
side of each chapter, periodical articles that are sorted according
to student or teacher suitability are identified, internet addresses
and supplementary resources are acknowledged and clearly
marked. A teacher resource CD Rom is also available.
Benefits of these texts are the effective use of illustrations and
diagrams to help support students and science programmes
alike. These workbooks are recommended if any of the above are
required by your school. They are worth taking a look at. |
