Support material includes: student text pages, in read-only (Adobe Acrobat) format; teaching notes for every section, in read-only format; blackline and scaffolding masters, in both read-only and modifiable formats; assessment tools (rubrics and checklists), in both read-only and modifiable formats; science processes and skills rubrics.

Grade level: 4, e, i, t.

Grade level: 9, i, s.

The focus of this study is on the participation rates of girls in senior level mathematics and physical science courses rather than on achievement. It also emphasizes differences between boys and girls and how gender shapes a decision about whether or not to enrol in a subject area such as algebra or physics. It looks at the girls' and boys' own constructions of their reasons for enroling or not enroling in the courses. Finally, it focuses on secondary schools.