Science Solutions
New Junior Cycle

Essential Sheet: The essential sheets present essential chapter information through:

• Concise and student-friendly definitions.
• Main concepts presented at an appropriate level.
• Well-labelled diagrams and illustrations.

Activity Sheets: These sheets contain a variety of student activities; most are designed to be completed within the class. The activities vary to include:

• Inquiry based tasks to develop the scientist and scientific literacy.
• Student-led investigations to create an active learning experience.
• Research and communication activities require students to develop a range of key skills.
• Label/Draw/Explain activities that ensure students can recall essential information.
• Formal Experiments: encourage students to think like scientists, enabling them to design/conduct accurate and reliable investigations and analyse results.
• Media activities encourage students to evaluate information from various sources (news, internet, social media).

Question Sheets: The Question Time Sheets contain Questions, Diagrams, Mini Activities and Home Experiments designed to reinforce the lesson, encourage scientific query or revise a topic. These can be completed at home or in class.

Activity and Question Sheets Solutions: Solutions are available as a Teacher Only Resource which can be used within the classroom to develop students' ability to evaluate themselves, to make judgements about their own performance and improve upon it. 

• This E-book includes student-friendly definitions, diagrams, illustration and animations, covering the complete syllabus.
• Our E-books are not static PDFs but vibrant, fully animated and annotated learning resources that encourage student involvement.
• Introduces and corresponds to all activities presented in the Student Book.
• Available both online and via a download for offline use.

Engage students in revision or self-assessment with interactive quizzes for each chapter. Provide instant feedback for on-going learning

Key Skills Development Checklist encourages self-awareness of the key skills developed during their studies of the chapter.

Assessment Time Sheets are available as a Teacher Only Resource; these can be used to formally assess if students have achieved the learning expectations of the topic, or for revision purposes.

Assessment Time Solutions are available as a Teacher Only Resource which can be used within the classroom to develop students' ability to evaluate themselves, to make judgement about their performance and improve upon it. 

Video links and Extra Resources (flashcards etc.) are provided in chapter schemes where relevant. 

Assessment Time Solutions are available as a Teacher Only Resource which can be used within the classroom to develop students' ability to evaluate themselves, to make judgements about their performance and improve upon it.