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Science In a Social CONtext: Teachers' Guide

The SISCON teachers guide gives planning help and suggested approaches to each of the units. It includes sample questions, references for further study, suggestions for field trips, experiments and discussion questions. 

The chapters in this book are:

*Planning details - Who is the course designed for?, How much time is needed for the course?, Who can teach the course?, Projects, Examinations (A/O level, CSE mode 3)

*Ways of teaching - Starting the course, Experimental work, Group discussion, Using films, Using television, Simulations and games, Using magazines

*Guide and resources for Units I-VIII - Ways of living, How can we be sure?, Technology, invention and industry, Evolution, The atomic bomb, Energy, Health, food and population, Space, cosmology and fantasy

*Appendices - Science and society, Sample questions (A/O level), Sample questions (CSE mode 3), Film libraries

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