Eachunitopenswithavibrantdouble‐pagespread.Theseintroductorypagesmaximisemo;va;onbyshowingthatpupils’priorknowledgeofkeytopicsiso?enalreadyconsiderable.KeycontentandvocabularyisintroducedthoughaArac;velarge‐scaleillustra;onsandphotography,shorttextsandac;vi;es.

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Ashorttextworksalongsidetheimagesandhelpspromptlearners’responses.Pupilsarerequiredtointerpretbothtextandimageinordertocompletetheopeningac;vi;es.

Ac;vi;escanbeformulatedasgroupac;vi;esordiscussionstoencouragecoopera+velearning.Theyaredesignedtoencouragepupilstothinkforthemselvesandtodrawontheirpriorknowledge.

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TheAnalaysandorganisepagesprovideasmoothtransi;onfromthediscoveryofanewtopicanditsextension.Atthislevel,theinterpreta;onofinforma;onintextual,graphicorvisualformtakesongreaterimportance.

Typicalques;ontypesandaudioac;vi;espreparelearnersforthechallengesofexternalexams.

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Pupilsreviewwhattheyalreadyknow,o?eninvisualorgraphicformats.

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Thecontentpagesallowpupilstobuildontheirpriorknowledgethroughhighlyvisualcontentandawidevarietyofac;vi;es,presen;ngdifferentlevelsofcogni;vechallenge.

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ContentpagesarerichlyIllustratedwithacarefulbalanceoftextandimageinordertofacilitatecomprehensioninalllearnertypesandmaximiseengagementwiththecontent.

Didyouknow?andInotherwordsboxesprovidepupilswithfunsnippetsofinforma;onorexplaincomplextermswithatwist.Linkitupboxesinvitepupilstoconnecttheirknowledgewithpreviouslystudiedunits.

Ac;vi;esarescaledtoprovidearangeofcogni+vedifficulty,fromlowerordertohigherorderthinkingskills.

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Large‐scalemaps,keys,diagramsandgraphsincreasepupils’visualliteracyandcapacityforinterpreta;onofdiversetypesofinforma;on.

Ques;onsatthetopofthepagetriggerdiscussion,some;meschallengingpupilstosuggesttheirownideas,other;mesrequiringthemtogobackoverwhattheyhavelearnt.

Pupils’readingandwri+ngskillsareextendedandreinforcedthroughgradedtextsandac;vi;es.

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UnitconclusionEachunitcloseswithfourpagesinwhichcontentisextendedandrevisedgivingthecourseaddedflexibility.

Fragileworld:Pupilsareintroducedtovaluesandethicsinrela+ontothescien;ficproject.Theyarepresentedwithsitua;onsdesignedtoencouragereasoningandanengagementwiththeirimmediatesurroundings,inorderforthemtointernalisefeelingsofsocialresponsibility.Thisway,scien+ficknowledgeiscontextualisedandmademeaningfulforyounglearners.

Scienceproject:age‐appropriateexperimentsandprojectsguaranteepupilsasteadyprogressionfromearlieryears.Thestepsdescribedfollowamorecompletescien+ficmethod(aim,hypothesis,method,test,conclusions).

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Studyskills:Level6carriesonfromearlierlevelsbyemphasisingalterna;veformsofpresen;nginforma;onintheStudyskillssec;on.Theaimistogivepupilsthetoolstheyneedtoimprovetheirownlearningprocess.

UnitconclusionMoretradi;onalreviewques+onscheckpupils’progression,reviewingcontentaswellasprovidingtheopportunityforlanguageprac;cewithspeakingandwri;ngac;vi;es.

Furtherworkondifferenttypesofgraphicorganisersandcompara;vereadingac;vi;es,linkedtotheStudyskillstextssec;onatthebackofthebook,offernecessaryprac;ceintheseall‐importantskills.

Theunitclosesbyleadingpupilsthroughasummarywri+ngac+vity,whichislinkedtotheUnitreviewsummariesatthebackofthebook,andachecklistwhichstudentscanusetoreflectontheirownprogressasapartofself‐evalua+on.

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Fourend‐of‐termpagesprovideaddi;onalprogress‐checkingac;vi;esaswellastheopportunitytoprac;cedifferentcommunica;veskills.Termpages

Thinktogether:Afinalcoopera+velearningprojecttakescommunica;onandcollabora;veskillsfurtherandgivespupilstheopportunitytoengagewithakeythemefromadifferentpointofviewwhilehavingfunatthesame;me.Thesecoopera;veac;vi;esarecarefullyadaptedtotheagegroup.

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Termpages

Quickquiz:simplemul;plechoicelisteningcomprehensionac;vi;esreviewtermcontentaswellasprovidinglisteningskillsprac;ce.

Extendedquiz:morecomplexac;vi;eschallengestudentsbyreviewingcontentwhileprovidingprac;cewithwri;ngskillsandmorechallenginglisteningac;vi;es.

Teamtest!:pair‐workac;vi;esprovidespeakingskillsprac;ceaswellasintroducingchildrentotheimportanceofcommunica;onandcollabora;onskills.

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Endpages

StudySkillstextsatthebackofthebookservetwopurposes.Ontheonehandtheyprovidepupilswithfascina;ngsnippetsofinforma;on,encouragingthemtoappreciatetheimportanceofreadingandinves+ga+ongbeyondthesettext.Ontheotherhandtheyofferpupilscompara+vereadingprac+ceinwhichtheyhavetoextractsimilarinforma;onfromadifferenttext.

Unitsummariesprovidepupilswithaquickrevisionopportunity,outliningkeythemesandvocabulary,aswellasofferingpupilsextensivewri;ngandresearchopportuni;es.

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