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Use the Instant Lessons Science PDF series to supplement your existing resources, to introduce new topics or for revision and assessment purposes.

This series is about the nature of science and testing ideas. It encourages an everyday perception of science, conceptual understanding and thinking skills, focusing on how students can learn to think and explore scientifically. This title focuses on the collection, description and organisation of data obtained from experiments.

Topics include:

• Significant figures
• Orders of magnitude
• Drawing tables
• Drawing timelines
• Scientific models
• Using a database
• Drawing scientific diagrams
• Choosing lab equipment
• Assessing risk
• Reading scales
• Experimental variables and controls
• Accuracy, reliability and validity
• Describing measurements