Nelson Science 9

Nelson Science 9 is a comprehensive resource written at the academic level, yet flexible enough to address all expectations for Grade 9 Applied courses. This program provides a balance of instruction and assessment that reflects the need to understand the basic concepts of science, and is a 100% match to the Ontario Science Curriculum for Grade 9 (ON Grade 9 SNC1D, SNC1P). It also assists in developing the skills, strategies, and habits of mind required for scientific inquiry and relating science to technology, society, and the environment.

Key Features:
• Concepts fundamental to each strand in the curriculum are developed with text and images
• Features develop inquiry and decision-making skills
• Challenges students to demonstrate learning through practical activities
• Organized to reflect Achievement Chart categories
• Provides background information, chapter reviews, and unit reviews
• Approved for Manitoba Grade 9 Sr. 1, and New Brunswick Grade 9 Science

Alan J. Hirsch cherishes his experiences teaching high school physics, science, and mathematics in Ontario for 31 years. His classrooms became the inspiration and experimental incubator for many textbooks that bear his name. He developed and wrote Ontario’s first textbook written exclusively for college-bound students, Physics: A Practical Approach (Wiley: 1st ed. 1981; 2nd ed. 1991). He was also the sole author of Physics for a Modern World (a Grade 11 academic text; Wiley: 1986), and Physics 12 College Preparation (Nelson: 2004). He was a co-author of Nelson Physics 11 (2002), Nelson Physics 12 (2003), as well as Physics for Tomorrow’s World (with Ernie McFarland), which became the basis for this current text (Nelson: Revised 2nd ed. 2012). He has also co-authored 13 science texts for Grades 7 to 10 for use across Canada. Several of these physics and science texts have been translated into French, and Physics for a Modern World was adapted for use in Australia. For several years, he also wrote amusement-park workbooks and coordinated model roller coaster contests for the annual physics/math day at Canada’s Wonderland, near Toronto, where he had no choice but to ride the coasters to verify data!