This Catalyst article explores how microbes communicate and how, by growing two different microbes together, it is possible to discover new substances which may be useful in medicine. Microbial communication happens by small bioactive molecules which the cells release into and receive from the environment. In this...

This topic, from the Association for Science Education, is designed to allow classes in schools across the world to exchange information about genetic modification (GM), how it affects our lives and why issues around crops, food, health and the environment are important.

This topic compares genetic...

The first part of the Teachers’ Guide for Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences set out the aims and structure of the course. It paid particular attention to three major issues:
*to co-ordination – between the component parts of the course
*to the development of...

This Nuffield Combined Science Teachers’ Guide covers the first five sections of the course which were planned to be taught to students aged 11-12.

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The Teachers’ Guide to the Nuffield Advanced Chemistry Special Studies set out for each study the objectives for each topic, suggested teaching approaches, technical information about the practical work, specimen results and advice on further sources of information.

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This Nuffield Combined Science teachers’ guide covers the sections five to ten of the course which were planned to be taught to students aged 12-13.

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The first part of the Teachers’ Guide for Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences set out the aims and structure of the course. The second edition of the Guide explained the nature and rationale for changes during the revision. The Guide also showed how the course related to the...

These resources were developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme in collaboration with five universities involved in initial teacher education, as part of a Key Stage 3 National Strategy project. Originally produced as a CD-ROM, the materials aimed to provide suggestions and activities for teaching about...

This Teaching and Learning About the Environment pack, from the University of York Science Education Group, contains lessons on five environmental topics. All the lessons are fully supported by photocopiable student materials and accompanied by detailed teachers' notes. The lessons were developed by working groups...

This Teaching and Learning About the Environment pack, from the University of York Science Education Group, contains lessons on five environmental topics. All the lessons are fully supported by photocopiable student materials and accompanied by detailed teachers' notes. The lessons were developed by working groups...

This Teaching and Learning About the Environment pack, from the University of York Science Education Group, contains lessons on five environmental topics. All the lessons are fully supported by photocopiable student materials and accompanied by detailed teachers' notes. The lessons were developed by working groups...

This book from the SISCON series contains stories of inventions, studies two important modern industries (plastics and microelectronics) and looks at the effects of their developments on society in the 1980s.

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