Welcome to Spring!

The BC Science 8 team would like to wish you all the best for your studies this spring. We hope the end of your school year is very enjoyable. Good luck on your final exams!

BC Science Institute

Edvantage Press is pleased to once again present the BC Science Institute - all B.C. science educators are welcome!

The Institute will be held on October 22, 2010 somewhere in the lower mainland (exact location TBD). To learn more about the Institute and take advantage of early registration specials, visit the online Institute Registration page.

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BC Science 8 Featured Resource

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Tropical Glaciers - - glaciers may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the tropics.

However, at high elevations, where the air is cool and precipitation high, you can occasionally find them. But they won’t be around for much longer. Dr. Richard Taylor, a Canadian geologist recently completed a survey of the glaciers in Uganda and found they don’t have much time left. Learn more this intriguing 8 minute audio Quirks and Quarks.

BC Science 8 Text Images Now Posted!

Images from the BC Science 8 Text have been added to the website resources. To make it easy to find the image that you want, you will find packages of images from each chapter posted as the first link for each of the chapters. Simply download the package, and enjoy!

Each of the image files has the text page number in the file name, so it should be easy to find and identify the image that you need.

All of the images are copyright McGraw-Hill Ryerson, but we would like teacher and student users of the BC Science 8 text to feel free to use the images for classroom instruction and assignment purposes.

BC Science 8 Website Launches With Exciting Features

Visit the unit support pages frequently - resources are constantly added and updated. The BC Science 8 website has Internet links, activities, online quizzes, podcasts, probeware labs, and is packed with several more great features:

A powerful site search engine that also accesses all the excellent resources at bcscience.com.
A Teacher's Corner, containing extra helpful resources and information for busy BC Science 8 teachers.
The latest BC Science Education news for students, teachers and parents.

Need More Information on the BC Science 8 Resource?

Visit these pages to get your answers!

McGraw-Hill Ryerson BC Science 8 page - there you'll find sales representative contact information.
bcscience.com - there you'll find several links to more information - just click on the text!

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