Nuffield Biology: Year Five - The Perpetuation of Life

The title of the fifth year of the original Nuffield Biology course is ‘The Perpetuation of Life’. This makes up the final year 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 provides 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 The details of the procedures were developed in the 1960s, parts are out of date and the advice on health and safety does not measure up to modern standards.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 - Similarities and differences in living things
Chapter 2 - How do similarities and differences come about?
Chapter 3 - The material of inheritance
Chapter 4 - The origin of characteristics
Chapter 5 - How do genes work?
Chapter 6 - Development
Chapter 7 - Patterns of development
Chapter 8 - Problems of development
Chapter 9 - Different ways of breeding
Chapter 10 - Genes in populations
Chapter 11 - The selection of a new generation
Chapter 12 - Evolution