The texts for Revised Nuffield Biology offered an amended version of the  fourth year  of the five-year course to O-level. The revision was based on the experience of numerous teachers with the original edition. Extra help in the teachers’ guide included: *...

The texts for Revised Nuffield Biology offered an amended version of the fifth year of the five-year course to O-level. The revision was based on the experience of numerous teachers with the original edition. Extra help in the teachers’ guide included: *indications...

This activity aimed at primary learners, looks at the properties and uses of materials and what humans need to stay alive. It introduces Ricky who is going on an expedition to Antarctica and asks children to decide what he needs to take with him. By making comparisons, sorting and grouping objects and using their...

These three activities, from Centre of the Cell, introduce the idea that there are certain factors, called risk factors, which can increase a person’s likelihood of developing a disease. Students learn how scientists use research to determine what the risk factors are for various diseases.

Using data...

Published by ASE, the SATIS Atlas is a resource for use with both SATIS 14-16 and SATIS 16-19. It comprises 45 photocopiable maps accompanied by student worksheets and introductory notes for teachers. The maps are all drawn to one of three basic outlines: the UK, Europe...

The SATIS 'General Guide for Teachers' is a booklet which complements the Teachers' Notes published with the individual SATIS units. It gives more general information about the proejct, about some of the teaching methods, and about other ways of introducing social and...

The UPDATE 91 teachers' notes, which provided information to update and supplement the 100 units published between 1986 and 1988.

The Science Processes and Concepts Exploration (SPACE) project research report on Growth was published in 1990 by Liverpool University Press. The SPACE research was conducted at two centres: at the University of Liverpool and King’s College, London, with Wynne Harlen...

The Science Processes and Concepts Exploration (SPACE) project research report on Processes of Life was published in 1992 by Liverpool University Press. The SPACE research was conducted at two centres - the University of Liverpool and King’s College, London. Each centre took responsibility for research in...

Designed to raise awareness of a greater range of STEM careers for post-16 students, t...

A number of applied school science courses recommend that students should make a site visit to some aspect of the chemical industry. Such visits are often difficult to organise and some areas are almost impossible to get access to.

To partly address the needs of applied science courses and some A-level...

The Salters' Science Focus course provides a rich variety of different types of learning activities, which are described in sufficient detail to be taken and adapted into any Key Stage Three scheme of work. This guide covers Year Seven of the course Science Focus: the...

The Science Focus: the Salters’ Approach course provides a rich variety of different types of learning activities, which are described in sufficient detail to be taken and adapted into any Key Stage Three scheme of work. This guide covers Year Eight of the course, suggesting a scheme of work for each of nine units...

The Science Focus course provides a rich variety of different types of learning activities, which are described in sufficient detail to be taken and adapted into any Key Stage Three scheme of work.

This guide covers...