Your Companion to Science for Lower Secondary (Year 7/8)

Your Companion to Science: A Complete Guide to Lower Secondary Topic by Topic consists of Physics, Chemistry and Biology study notes that are written in accordance to the Lower Secondary Science syllabus 2013 set by the Singapore Ministry of Education. 

A note on the Singapore Curriculum: If you home educate in Victoria, Australia, you do not have to follow the Australian Curriculum. If you are using this book to supplement learning in an Australian school, you will find that the Singapore Curriculum covers most of the same topics, usually in more depth. The material in this book would give any student a solid start to Year 9 or 10 Science. 

While this book doesn't include conventional questions and answers, it would work very well as an option for home educators who could source related experiments for areas of interest throughout. 

In this book, the chapters outlined in the syllabus are divided into three core sciences, namely Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

The features in this book are:

• Learning outcomes – To list specific objectives of the chapter
• Useful Tips – To offer advice for practical experiments, assessments or examinations
• Did You Know – To provide interesting snippets of information

Contents

Physics

• 1 The Scientific Endeavour
• 2 Basic Scientific Measurement
• 3 Time, Rate and Speed
• 4 Applications of Force and Pressure
• 5 Force and Work
• 6 Heat and Its Effects
• 7 Transmission of Heat Energy
• 8 Sound
• 9 Ray Model of Light
• 10 Electrical Systems
• 11 Using Electricity

Chemistry

• 1 Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
• 2 Separation of Mixtures
• 3 Solutions and Suspensions
• 4 Acids and Alkalis
• 5 Changing Matter
• 6 The Particulate Model of Matter
• 7 Atoms, Molecules and Ions

Biology

• 1 Diversity of Plants and Animals
• 2 Ecology
• 3 Cells
• 4 Transport in Living Things
• 5 Digestion in Human Beings
• 6 Sexual Reproduction in Human Beings
• 7 Birth Control and Sexually Transmitted Infections