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Updated April 12, 2008 

BC Science 9 Latest News

New Resources Posted

Edvantage Press is pleased to announce new probeware labs we have posted on the BC 9 website.

Watch for the new motion sensor icon on all the unit support pages. We currently have 5 probeware labs posted:

Technology Idea: Change of State

Technology Idea: Evidence of Chemical Change

Technology Idea: Fruit Electricity

Technology Idea: Coin Cell

Technology Idea: Rocket Engine Comparison

Each probeware lab features convenient downloadable pdf files for easy photocopying. Enjoy the labs, and watch for more coming soon!

Teacher Corner and Home Version Password Protection

Those who have adopted the BC Science 9 resource will receive official access information (User Names and Passwords) in September.

If you require access to the Teacher Corner now, please visit our order page and contact the relevant sales representative, who will be most happy to help you.

Welcome to BC Science 9

BC Science 9 Featured Resource

Text Page 394 - Audio File

MOST, The Little Telescope that Could - - Dr. Jaymie Matthews, an associate professor at the University of British Columbia, is interviewed in this 12 minute audio Quirks and Quarks about the MOST space telescope that is changing our understanding of the universe.

BC Science 9 Text Images Now Posted!

Images from the BC Science 9 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 you need. All images are copyright McGraw-Hill Ryerson, but we would like teacher and student users of the BC Science 9 text to feel free to use the images for classroom instruction and assignment purposes.

B.C. Govt Comments on New Resources

The B.C. Ministry of Education has published descriptions of the new learning resources available for Science 9. You can download the document directly by clicking here, textbooks for Science 9 are addressed on page 2 of the document. In the document, BC Science 9 receives a strong recommendation:

"This 509-page comprehensive text resource offers a high degree of correlation with the new curriculum. The content is current, accurate, and highly relevant for the students of British Columbia. The visual layout of the text is appealing and appropriate for a diverse range of learners. The text book provides many extension topics and student questions."

New Exciting Resources at the BC Science 9 Website!

The BC Science 9 web development team is proud to bring you many new features for the BC Science 9 support website. In the legend to the left, you'll see just some of the exciting new features.

The web team is happy to announce that web support is in place for all units. We hope you enjoy all of our new features, including embedded video, animations, new puzzles, probeware labs and interactive quizzes (which shuffle responses every time you take the quiz, so it's never the same twice).

We've also carefully searched the resources at Quirks and Quarks to bring you perfect correlation to the BC Science 9 content and curriculum, right down to the page number - so you don't have to do any searching for excellent, relevant podcasts.

And the best part about the BC Science 9 wesite is that it is constantly maintained, and it will continue to be maintained, with new resources constantly added, for the life of the BC Science 9 resource.

BC Science 9 - Available Now! Edvantage Press and McGraw-Hill Ryerson Bring You BC's only customized textbook and supporting materials for Science 9

Edvantage Press and McGraw-Hill Ryerson are proud to announce BC Science 9 - a brand new resource with several advantages for BC students and teachers:

  • 100% match to BC Ministry IRP
  • Part of a series of texts (BC Science 8-10) being designed specifically for BC
  • Academic content designed to support a range of learners
  • Variety of motivating hands-on activities
  • Teacher guide and testbank available
  • Website designed to support teachers and students
  • Comprehensive Professional Development support to assist in implementation

Need More Information on the BC Science 9 Resource?

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