These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Distinguish a chemical from a physical property.
• Use observations to identify substances with similar chemical properties.
• Sequence elements in the Periodic Table...

The IPSE Report from the Association for Science Education (ASE) describes the national evaluation of the Education Support Grants (ESG) primary science schemes, 1985-88. Chapter One describes the process of the evaluation and data from the evaluation are presented in Appendices 1-8. In Chapter Two, the different...

This Save Earth resource presents a critical path analysis problem. It is designed to be used as an additional resource and fun example when teaching critical path analysis. Students are required to interpret and communicate solutions in the context of the original problem, understand, interpret and extract...

The Teaching Primary Science book Paints and materials draws upon some of the materials and techniques of artistic expression to explore ways of asking questions and finding answers in a scientific way. Each chapter contains an activity and a list of materials for...

Purpose: As students progress through secondary science they will develop an understanding of waves as a means of transferring energy. Practical science activities around the study of sound are often used as a basis for understanding features of waves such as wavelength, frequency and amplitude. Digital technology...

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Describe the effect of different battery voltages on simple circuits.
• Describe the voltage of a battery, measured with a voltmeter, as the strength with which the battery can ‘push...

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Select a particle diagram to correctly show the rearrangement of atoms during a chemical reaction.

• Interpret the quantitative meaning of a chemical equation.

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This unit was developed from work carried out with boys in the age range 14-16 years as part of the Lamp Project in 1977. The average reading age of the students involved was 11 years.

Initially the unit was developed for pupils who were not taking an examination in a science subject. The aim was to provide...

This APU Science report for teachers sets out the view of science that underpinned decisions about what to assess in the surveys of students at ages 13 and 15. The view led to attention being focused on activities associated with solving problems scientifically. These...

This Nuffield Science in Practice textbook covered the range of knowledge required for the four mandatory units of the Intermediate course in the context of authentic, vocational case studies. A reference section provided data and explained techniques. Questions and...

The Most Useful Science was published in 1988 by Northern Foods with the help of a group of school teachers and college lecturers. The booklet was designed to give post-16 students some insight into the importance of chemical and biological sciences to the future of the food industry. The ambition of Northern Foods...

A case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) archives which considers fingerprinting and DNA profiling, the cornerstones of crime detection. Now new techniques, pioneered by EPSRC-supported researchers, are set to take these methods to a whole new level. The Light It Up project...

This booklet, in the Unilever Advanced Series was first published in 1965. The booklet was designed to show the relevance of chemical ideas met in advanced level courses to the study of fats and oils. The booklet described some of the analytical methods used in Unilever laboratories at the time to investigate...

This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book is historical and traces the discovery of the group of elements that we now call the ‘noble gases’.

There are three parts to this...