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Deliver the 2011 specification with success using our flexible one-book-per-year solution that supports you and your students to get the best results.

- Deliver the new specification with ease - the Science, Additional Science and Separate Science components build on each other so your department can buy as needed and use them with all students taking different 2011 GCSE science routes.

- Reduce planning time - our student books, teacher packs, homework activities, interactive books and assessment package are fully integrated and matched to our scheme of work so you can get started straight away.

- Cover the new science specifications with confidence - all final published material will be written and checked against the accredited specs by our team of expert authors, editors and reviewers.

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- Improve exam performance and results - Controlled Assessment practice and advice and graded exam-style questions and worked examples requiring Quality of Written Communication (QWC) build these key skills to help your students get better grades.

- Engage students in learning - bitesize facts and photos, exciting interactive resources, Bad Science activities, How Science Works, maths, ICT and practical work are embedded throughout the scheme.

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This book is part of a book series called Collins New Gcse Science .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

This book was published 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Jo Foster studied history at the University of Cambridge and then worked for several yearson TV history documentaries as a researcher and assistant producer. She is the author of the History Spies series. Jo lives in Winchester with her family. By Aleks Jedrosz, Nicky Thomas and Emma Poole, Edited by Edmund Walsh Ed Walsh is Science Adviser in Cornwall and the Series Editor for Collins KS3 Science. He has contributed to Collins KS4 Science books supporting courses from AQA, EdExcel and OCR, and has written materials for the Secondary National Strategy. Ed was a teacher for 20 years, 12 as subject leader, and has taught in Manchester, South Wales and Cornwall. He is a regular provider of CPD events at ASE Conferences.