Resources by Schools Council

Metals, Stages One and Two

The Science 5/13 unit Metals, stages one and two, describes practical situations and enquiries in which children’s attention is focused on the use and properties of metals. In this unit, activities for stage one and stage two are in separate sections and written in...

Minibeasts, Stages One and Two

The Science 5/13 unit Minibeasts stages one and two is about the ‘creepy crawlies’ of the animal world, meaning mainly invertebrates. This focus was selected because of the wide variety of these creatures normally available in any environment and accessible for first-...

Moving Around

The Learning Through Science teachers’ guides and students’ assignment cards for the unit Moving Around give suggestions for activities children could undertake. The cards are divided into groups according to their subject: cars and lorries, wheels, machines, and magnets. On the cards the grouping is denoted by a...

Nuffield Secondary Science: An Evaluation

The Schools Council initiated this evaluation of Nuffield Secondary Science at the point when school trials of the materials were largely complete. As a result the evaluation focussed on the early adoption of the project by schools.

Number Appreciation

Number Appreciation, part of the Mathematics for the Majority series produced by The Schools Council Project in Secondary School Mathematics, is aimed at expanding teachers’ knowledge about the number system in order to pass on this understanding to higher secondary students within their lessons. This book...

On the Move

The Learning Through Science teachers’ guides and pupils’ assignment cards for the unit On the Move give suggestions for activities children could undertake. The cards are divided into groups according to their subject: animals moving, and make it, test it. On the cards the grouping is denoted by a symbol. The...

Ourselves

The Learning Through Science teachers’ guides and pupils’ assignment cards for the unit Ourselves give suggestions for activities that children could undertake. The cards are divided into groups which relate to each other in subject areas, such as sight, hearing, feeling, smelling, etc. These divisions are denoted...

Ourselves, Stages One and Two

The Science 5/13 unit for teachers Ourselves was written to enable children to learn about themselves by finding things out at first hand. This involves children questioning one another, taking measurements, performing tasks, carrying out tests and recording and reporting the information they find. Through these...

Out of Doors

The Learning Through Science teachers’ guides and pupils’ assignment cards for the unit Out of Doors give suggestions for activities children could undertake. The cards are divided into groups according to their subject: looking at the soil, watching the weather, and shapes, measures and counts. On the cards the...

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