The Student Workbooks are ancillaries to the New QScience Essentials 8 and 9 Student Books. They are designed to extend students beyond the scope of the material that appears in the Student Books by providing: * student focused activities * value added materials * material that consolidates student understanding and challenges their perceptions * additional problem solving and critical thinking activities. This material is in the form of: * literacy activities * communication tasks * comprehension exercises * secondhand data exercises * revision material * evaluation of experiments * investigation and inquiry activities. The Workbook material will further reinforce the Essential Learnings and assist in preparing students for state-wide assessment during Year 9.