Your science textbook will be your most prized possession throughout the Grade 10 Academic Science course. This activity is to help you learn how to use your textbook to your full advantage.
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You are studying the night before a test. You are freaking out because you cannot find what page in your textbook explained Alkaline Earth Metals. You checked Wikipedia but they used really big words that you do not quite understand. Where can you go in your textbook to help you find the information you need about Alkaline Earth Metals?
Section: ______________________________ Page Number: _____________
2.
You would like to find the definition of the term homeostasis. Where could you go to find this definition instead of reading your entire page over again?
Section: ______________________________ Page Number: _____________
3.
You are assigned the Learning Checkpoint questions on page 149. Since you are doing the questions for homework you cannot double check with your teacher to see if your answers are correct. Where in your textbook could you go to find out if your answer is correct?
Section: ______________________________ Page Number: _____________
4.
Find a “Science Reading” somewhere in your textbook.
Title of Science Reading: ___________________________________________________
5.
Where in your textbook can an entire list of all science readings be found?
Section: ______________________________ Page Number: _____________
6.
You are about to start studying for your Chemistry Unit Test. It has been broken up into three large chapters. You are feeling very overwhelmed because you are not quite sure where to start studying. Where could you go in your textbook that has a list of key
concepts and chapter summaries for your entire Chemistry unit?
Section: ______________________________ Page Number: _____________
7.
You are completing review questions on page 128 for your Biology Unit Test. You’re not sure what type of questions to expect for your “Application” component of your test.
Where could you look to help you get an idea as to what type of question you can expect? _________________________________________________________________

8.
Go to the very beginning of your Biology unit, Chapter 1 (Cells are the basic unit of life).
Where are the concepts that you will learn in this chapter? a. b. c.
9.
You are having a hard time picking a topic to research for your science assignment. Go to the Skills Reference section of your textbook. Which Skills Reference could you read to help you get started on researching a topic?
Skills Reference: ___________________________ Page Number: _____________
10.
In your Skills Reference section again, where could you go that will help you write an excellent Science Lab Report?
Skills Reference: ___________________________ Page Number: _____________
11.
Your math skills are little rusty. You don’t remember exactly how to graph information.
Where could you go in your Skills Reference section to help you practice your skills?
Skills Reference: ___________________________ Page Number: _____________
12.
You lost your paper version of your periodic table! You’re at your grandparents’ house and they don’t have Internet access. Where could you look in your textbook for a LARGE copy of the periodic table?
Section: ______________________________ Page Number: _____________
13.
If you have any other questions regarding how your textbook can help you, write it here!!! You will have the chance to ask your question once we are finished taking up the answers together. _________________________________________________________
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Textbook Oath:
I, _______________________________, swear to take excellent care of my new
Investigating Science 10 textbook. I promise that I will NOT write anywhere in my new textbook. I will make sure it does not get damaged in my backpack or locker or while I am studying with it at home. Most importantly, I promise not to lose my textbook.
Name: ___________________________
Book #: ___________________
Date: __________________