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Educator Reviews - Barry Hertz, Winner of Canadian Prime Ministers's Award for Teaching Excellence

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SW Advantage Science Review Coverage of topics/suggestions:   Very good coverage Layout/presentation: I have to say that I love the look of this book. It is near “eye  candy” rating for me, visually very pleasing. For the most part, it does not appear too busy.  I think that Biology and Ecology look the busiest of all the areas but it is the nature of the  topics. Biology and Ecology have way more “stuff”—Chemistry and Physics look the best  with the least terminology. How does that work , Got to know , and FYI really help students  zero in on the important things; too often they can go off on a tangent and miss what they  really need to know. Colored subheadings also help in finding what they need. Additional Comments: In my opinion, there are no big issues with this resource. I just  looked through three new high school resources, and they have way too much “stuff” per  page. I have found over the last number of years that kids...