Prentice Hall, 1994. The Prentice Hall Science Integrated Learning System series is a program for middle school or junior high school students. For each unit, teaching materials, ancillary student materials, and some optional components are available. During the course, students learn about classification systems and the 7 major levels of taxonomic grouping. Each chapter includes a laboratory investigation.
Students develop a classification system for their shoes.
Each chapter contains comprehensive reading sections that introduce major science concepts. The teacher's edition also provides suggestions for teaching, guiding, integrating, and closing lessons, as well as enrichments, extensions, and answers to questions in the student text. The supplementary lab manual provides 13 additional investigations directly correlated with the information presented in the student textbook. A variety of materials, including some optional components, is available. Other available materials include interactive videodiscs, transparencies, assessment materials, English and Spanish guides for language learners, a study guide, a teacher's desk reference, and a booklet of product-testing activities.