Nuffield Biology: Year Three - The Maintenance of Life

The title of the third year of the original Nuffield Biology course is ‘The Maintenance of Life’. This is the start of the three-year intermediate programme leading to certification at age 16.

The textbook is highly illustrated in black and white with clear line diagrams, often in three dimensions. It includes explanatory text, instructions for practical work and background reading.

The Teachers’ Guide provide detailed technical support for the practical work, notes on the teaching and background information for teachers. The details of the procedures were developed in the 1960s, parts are out of date and the advice on health and safety does not measure up to modern standards.

Contents
Chapter 1 - Breathing: an exchange of gases
Chapter 2 - How breathing takes place
Chapter 3 - Respiration: how is energy obtained?
Chapter 4 - Food and life
Chapter 5 - How animals feed
Chapter 6 - Problems of digestion
Chapter 7 - Plants and the atmosphere
Chapter 8 - Plants and light energy
Chapter 9 - The organism and water
Chapter 10 - The uneven distribution of organisms
Chapter 11- Reaching the habitat - organisms which are moved
Chapter 12 - Reaching the habitat organisms which move