Science Diaries: It Narrates the Interesting History of a Discovery Or an Invention Which Is Discussed
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Reduce Spine P-324 GSM-70 C M Y K Sp-14.742 mm Pruquest Science series 1-8 follows interactive and scientific format. The book has an attractive layout to appeal to the children of the respective age group. The Key Features of the Book: n It draws on the real life experiences of a child through the activities and experiences of central character Manav, his family and friends. These experiences are presented throughillustrations and wide range ofin-text activities . n Precursor: This is the introduction of the chapter that gains instant attention of the child through warm up exercises/ recap of already learned concepts or thought provoking questions. n Activities: This unique feature provides in-text activities in the form of hands-on and practice exercises based on the pedagogy of learning by doing. n Illustrations: Thevibrant illustrations connect the child to the real world and develop basic understanding of the concept. n Sci-Info: Extra bits of interesting information are provided under this which is related to the topic. n Enquire and Discuss: It has questions related to the topic which encourages a child to seek answers not necessarily provided in the book. It generates curiosity and knowledge-seeking attitude in a young learner. n Science Diaries: It narrates the interesting history of a discovery or an invention which is discussed in the chapter. Science n Pictorial Flow Charts and Table: These have been introduced to make learning easy and interesting. reserved. n Assessment Part: Assessments are spread over a variety of different exercises enabling the learner to revisit the concepts and to think beyond. n Additional Learning Resource: Each book in the series is accompanied by a teachers' resource in the form of a CD and a Manual. iOS rights Rejoice Hindi Hindi Mere Geet ABCD Kids 1234 Kids Joy of Learn Learn Learn and Grow Swarmala Varnmala Rhymes Colours Kids Fruits Kids Vehicles All Practise ur Reso ce fo tal r ISBN 9789387786752 gi Te i HFI.a D c h e e e r r MBD MBD MBD s MBD MBD F MBD MBD MBD MBD MBD MBD ©MBD 7 MBD MBD 7 9 789387 786752 MBD 2002H0365A5941 MBD MBD An ISO 9001:2015 Certified Company MBD MBD MBD Price : 430.00 7 reserved. rights All HFI. © reserved. 7 rights All Authors Ms Veena Tyagi Dr Anusmita Goswamy Ms Suchandrima Chowdhury M Sc, LLB, BEd, CTET M Sc, MBA, PhD (Botany) M Sc, BEd, PGDID HFI. 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H0365A5941 Pru_Sci_G7_FM.indd 2 8/10/2019 11:47:21 AM C M Y K The PruQuest Science series comprises eight textbooks from grades 1 to 8, aligned with the vision and theme of the National Curriculum Framework 2005. The PruQuest Science series aims at nurturing inventiveness, creativity and competence in children. The books of grades 6 to 8 try to achieve this by inculcating the following in learners: l scientific skills l scientific values and temperament l awareness and sympathy towards the environmentreserved. In this endeavour, the series includes numerous well-structured activities, hands-on experiments, enquiry-based questions, assignments, creative projects and well-formulated questions, which address the different cognitive levels of children and discourage rote learning. This makes the series not an overload of information but a journey that each student will enjoy as a participant in learning process, rather thanrights being only the receiver of knowledge. The PruQuest Science series has adapted an interactive format and attractive lay out to make the books appealing for the children of the respective age groups. Each book in theAll series is accompanied by a teachers’ resource in the form of a CD and a Manual and a student CD. HFI. © 3 Pru_Sci_G7_FM.indd 3 8/31/2019 5:27:48 PM C M Y K Class-7 C M Y K Off the Wall: This section presents Key Features interesting extended information related to any scientific concept. The content has been presented in a child-centric manner with the help of the following key features: Science Diaries: This section presents the related history about the discovery or the We Will Explore: This feature presents the learning objectives that are invention. to be covered in the chapter. Precursor: A warm-up exercise in the form of hands-on/practice exercise that connects to the real life or relates to the knowledge previously gained is presented at the beginning of the chapter, through which the child is drawn to the unknown world from the known. Concept Flow: At the end of each chapter, the key concepts and the relations among them are Activity: These are the hands-on activities/ presented in a unique and logical way. experiments that connect the concepts of science to thereserved. real world. Interesting activities are presented in this section in a well-structured Flow Charts, Tables and Graphs: To reinforce learning, format. colourful flow charts, tables and graphs relevant to the concepts are presented wherever possible. The assessment part is also a learning tool that includes a variety of questions to address different cognitive levels and multiple intelligences in children. This part is divided into six Sci-Info: This section presentsrights the levels, moving from the lowest to the highest order according to the Bloom’s taxonomy. application of scientific concepts in real-life. Check your knowledge: It includes knowledge-/recall-based questions. Think and Apply: This section includes questions where children have to apply the acquired All knowledge/concept to real life. Analyse: This part includes questions in which the children use analysing skills to solve Enquire and Discuss: In this section, students are problems. asked to enquire about some scientific concepts Think Beyond: This part includes questions based on higher-order/critical-thinking skills. that we experience in real-life, discuss open- Values to learn: This part includes activities that help in inculcating life skills and values (self- ended questions or investigate a real-life situation awareness, decision-making, empathy, compassion and respect) in the child. HFI. that leads them to acquire extended knowledge. Create and Learn: This section emphasises on the synthesising skill and creative thinking. CD-ROM: Each book in the series is accompanied by a teacher resource in the form of CD and a © teacher's manual. Teacher’s Corner: It is a guiding tool for the teacher to help the child understand the concept in a better way. Pru_Sci_G7_FM.indd 4 C M Y K 9/2/2019 4:33:51 PM C M Y K Class-7 C M Y K Off the Wall: This section presents Key Features interesting extended information related to any scientific concept. The content has been presented in a child-centric manner with the help of the following key features: Science Diaries: This section presents the related history about the discovery or the We Will Explore: This feature presents the learning objectives that are invention. to be covered in the chapter. Precursor: A warm-up exercise in the form of hands-on/practice exercise that connects to the real life or relates to the knowledge previously gained is presented at the beginning of the chapter, through which the child is drawn to the unknown world from the known. Concept Flow: At the end of each chapter, the key concepts and the relations among them are Activity: These are the hands-on activities/ presented in a unique and logical way. experiments that connect the concepts of science to the real world. Interesting activities reserved. are presented in this section in a well-structured Flow Charts, Tables and Graphs: To reinforce learning, format. colourful flow charts, tables and graphs relevant to the concepts are presented wherever possible. The assessment part is also a learning tool that includes a variety of questions to address different cognitive levels and multiple intelligences in children.