New Star Science User Guide

Providing a solution for teaching infant and junior science, "New Star Science" books are aimed at the primary school years 1-6. This user guide is aimed at the teachers and contains all the information necessary to work through the course and use the books in the classroom.

Science and belief are both very important for us in our 21st century society, so is it really necessary to choose between them? The view that science and belief are in conflict is a major stumbling block for many students today, with further confusion fuelled by the ongoing debate in the press and media. Adding clarity to the situation, Michael Poole explores the interaction between science and religious belief, facing dilemmas and finding unexpected solutions. A substantially rewritten and updated account of a best selling book, the User's Guide to Science and Belief is a clear and concise introduction to the relationship between science and faith.

The reader is about to embark on a journey of discovery and perhaps even reckoning. Religion and science have been understood as inherently at odds and inimical toward each other. However, both employ metaphor: religion when it calls the spirit descending upon Jesus a dove, science when it describes electrons as a current flowing through a wire, for only fluids flow and electrons are not a fluid. Both use myths: some religions in the sense that there was a Golden Age of humans in a garden, science when it promises unlimited progress. Both enlist hypothetical entities: some religions when a storm heralds that the gods are angry, science with the existence of a vacuum and a frictionless surface. And each bears its fundamentalist contingent: just observe a debate between creationists and evolutionists and the zeal and fervor with which the Bible and Darwin must be defended at any cost, no matter what. Given all this, it becomes readily apparent that religion and science display more in common than was once expected. And that is precisely what is in peril in the following pages--our expectations. May the intrepid traveler benefit from the voyage.

Designed to provide the ideal solution for teaching junior science, "New Star Science 4" books are aimed at the fourth primary school year. These teacher's notes provide a background to the unit as well as photocopiables and assessment material. The focus of this text is "moving and growing".

Designed to provide the ideal solution for teaching junior science, "New Star Science 3" books are aimed at the third primary school year. These teacher's notes provide a background to the unit as well as photocopiables and assessment material. The focus of this text is "materials and their uses".

Designed to provide the ideal solution for teaching junior science, "New Star Science 4" books are aimed at the fourth primary school year. These teacher's notes provide a background to the unit as well as photocopiables and assessment material. The focus of this text is "friction".

Michael Swanson’s online discussions with literally thousands of NexStar owners made it clear that there was a desperate need for a book such as this – one that provides a complete, detailed guide to buying, using and maintaining NexStar telescopes. Although this book is highly comprehensive, it is suitable for beginners – there is a chapter on "Astronomy Basics" – and experts alike. Celestron’s NexStar telescopes were introduced in 1999, beginning with their first computer controlled "go to" model, a 5-inch. More models appeared in quick succession, and Celestron’s new range made it one of the two dominant manufacturers of affordable "go to" telescopes.

Designed to provide the ideal solution for teaching junior science, "New Star Science 3" books are aimed at the third primary school year. These teacher's notes provide a background to the unit as well as photocopiables and assessment material. The focus of this text is "helping plants grow".