The Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences team devised a science course covering biology, chemistry and physics in two subjects-worth of curriculum time. This was in line with the 1985 government policy statement Science 5 - 16 which set down the requirement for schools to provide courses of broad balanced science for all...

The Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences supplementary Worksheets and Teachers' guide for Biology enabled teachers to prepare students for separate-subject Biology GCSE examinations. The extra worksheets were arranged to fit in with the topics in the teaching order suggested for the...

The Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences supplementary Worksheets and Teachers' guide for Chemistry enabled teachers to prepare students for separate-subject Chemistry GCSE examinations. The extra worksheets were arranged to fit in with the topics in the teaching order suggested for the ...

The Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences supplementary Worksheets and Teachers' guide for Physics enabled teachers to prepare students for separate-subject Physics GCSE examinations. The extra worksheets were arranged to fit in with the topics in the teaching order suggested for the...

The Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences Biology course aimed to introduce the biological principles which would help students to explain many of the phenomena they will observe in the natural world. It was also designed to help students towards a greater understanding of the functioning of their own bodies and their...

The Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences Biology book was illustrated in full colour in both editions. There was no change in content between the two editions. The file for this resource is the second edition which used more colour in the design. The text included explanatory text, and questions. Symbols in the margins...

Most of the Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences Biology Worksheets were the same in both editions of the course. Extra worksheets were published in an Upgrade Pack for the second edition. There is a full list of all the biology worksheets at the start of the biology section...

The Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences Chemistry course was designed to introduce students to the everyday, industrial, and environmental importance of chemistry, while explaining sufficient theory to show them how scientific knowledge could help them to make sense of the world in which they live. The content was...

The Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences Chemistry book was printed in black-and-white in the first edition but illustrated in full colour in the second edition. There was no change in content between the two editions. The file for this resource is the second edition. The text included explanatory text, and questions....

Most of the Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences Chemistry Worksheets were the same in both editions of the course. Extra worksheets were published in an Upgrade Pack for the second edition. There is a full list of all the chemistry worksheets at the start of the chemistry section of the upgrade file.

There were...

The second edition of Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences gave a higher profile to the study of earth and space topics. These aspects of science dealt with three of the cross-curricular themes in the 1992 National Curriculum: weather, geology and space. These themes were related to two strands of the National Curriculum...

The rationale and detailed guidance on the teaching of Nuffield Co-ordinated was provided in a single, large Teachers’ Guide. The Guide was arranged in parts. These parts are presented separately in this collection of resources. The first part of the Teachers’ Guide set out the aims and structure of the course. In...

The content of the Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences Physics course was divided up into five topics:
P1 Matter
P2 Force and motion
P3 Energy
P4 Waves
P5 Electricity

The authors explained that physics cannot be presented as a ‘linear’ subject in which one topic leads inexorably to...

The Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences Physics book was printed in black-and-white in the first edition but illustrated in full colour in the second edition. There was no change in content between the two editions. The file for this resource is the second edition. The text included explanatory text, and questions....

Most of the Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences Physics Worksheets were the same in both editions of the course. Extra worksheets were published in an Upgrade Pack for the second edition. There is a full list of all the physics worksheets at the start of the physics section of the upgrade file.

Most of the...