Resources by Schools Council

SCISP Teachers’ Guide 2: Interactions and Building Blocks

This teachers' guide continued introduction to the Integrated Science Project's concepts of pattern and problem. This approach covered qualitative and quantitative generalisations, and used patterns to solve problems. The problems were both practical and theoretical,...

SCISP Teachers’ Guide 3: Energy

In the Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) programme, energy in living and non-living systems was always considered in the context of energy transfer. The course generally avoided labelling different 'forms' of energy, but aimed to show that in an energy...

SCISP Teachers’ Guide 4: Interactions and Change

In the Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) course, the explanations of change used the concept of interaction under these headings:
*Recognising change
*A close look at a number of different changes
*Stability

SCISP Teachers’ Handbook

The Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) Teachers’ Handbook explained the rationale for the sample scheme called Patterns. The authors of the scheme regarded the concepts and patterns as fixed, but the suggested activities and investigations used to...

SCISP Technicians' Manual 1: Building Blocks

The Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) technicians' manuals included classified lists of equipment, preparation guides, technical hints and lists of suppliers. The books were written to enable almost all school technicians to prepare for the Patterns...

SCISP Technicians’ Manual 2: Interactions and Building Blocks

The Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) technicians' manuals included classified lists of equipment, preparation guides, technical hints and lists of suppliers. The books were written to enable almost all school technicians to prepare for the Patterns...

SCISP Technicians’ Manual 3: Energy

The Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) technicians' manuals included classified lists of equipment, preparation guides, technical hints and lists of suppliers. The books were written to enable almost all school technicians to prepare for the Patterns...

SCISP Technicians’ Manual 4: Interactions and Change

The Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) technicians' manuals included classified lists of equipment, preparation guides, technical hints and lists of suppliers. The books were written to enable almost all school technicians to prepare for the Patterns...

SCISP Topic Book: Chemical Formulae and Equations

This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the first of the SCISP students’ manuals.

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SCISP Topic Book: Darwin and Evolution

This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the fourth of the SCISP students’ manuals.

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