Inquiring Minds

Inquiring Mindsis an exciting textbook written forTransition Year Science. Featuring chapters onBiology,Chemistry andPhysics, with a final chapter onForensicsinvolving all three areas, this textbook will introduce students to fascinating areas in Science and broaden their interest in these subjects for the Senior Cycle.

The key features of this textbook are:

• A wide range of engaging activities in each chapter to develop laboratory skills, with Discussion Questions to encourage active learning.
• Checkpoint quizzes and matching tasks appear regularly throughout to engage students.
• Demonstration videos are included in some chapters featuring fascinating experiments and worked examples.
• End-of-chapter summary questions complete each chapter.
• Most chapters include a Delve Deeper section, guiding students to explore the topic further.
• Strategically designed research projects are included to cultivate students research skills and foster a deeper comprehension of the topic.
• Success criteria are included for research activities, to help students structure their work and to enable teachers to easily assess tasks.
• Optional activity handouts are available online and through a QR code for all activities.
• ATeachers Resource Bookwith further details on all activities and questions is available, as is a wide range of online resources onmy.cjfallon.ie
• Stand-alone chapters mean teachers can choose which topics they wish to cover in class, in whatever order they prefer.
• A detailed Glossary featuring detailed definitions of all key words in the textbook is available online.

QR codes can be found throughout the book for easy access to optional activity handouts, demonstration videos and success criteria.

Teachers Online Resources
Inquiring Mindshas an array of additional resources for teachers, including:

• A fullTeachers Resource Bookwith additional information on all activities, trouble-shooting details, and answers to all questions and checkpoints in the textbook.
• Demonstration videos, quizzes and matching tasks.
• A detailed PowerPoint presentation for each chapter.
• Additional suggested student activities.
• Additional teacher support resources (e.g. details on how to prepare practical activities, suggested valid and reliable sources for research tasks).