Growing Crops
This Salters’ Science extension module for biology deals with the breeding, cultivation and harvesting of plants as crops. Experiments on soil structure and nutrient content are matched with data about major crops to show why different crops require different conditions for growth. Controlled environments such as glasshouses…
Nuffield Science Calculations
This Nuffield Foundation publication was prepared to help students master the calculations involved in GCSE Science courses. The book is divided up into a series individual topics. Each topic is presented in three parts. • A summary of the ideas students need to know, including any important formulas. • Worked examples,…
Nuffield Advanced Biology: Projects and Investigations
The Nuffield Advanced Biology project published this guidance for students and teachers on all of the main issues involved in practical work and extended investigations following changes to the specifications in the 1990s. Contents Chapter 1: A guide for students on class practical work and the project • Introduction •…
Nuffield Advanced Biology: Foundation Unit
The Nuffield Advanced Biology Foundation Unit was designed to help students progress from GCSE science to the Nuffield Advanced Level Biology course as it was in the 1990s. Using brief overviews of some of the topics in the Study Guides, this booklet was designed to introduce the basic skills which were needed in this course. As…
Nuffield Advanced Biology: Course Guide
This Nuffield Foundation Course Guide was written to give a chapter by chapter breakdown of the Nuffield A-level and AS-level Biology specifications as they were in the 1990s following the introduction of GCSE and the growth of double-award science programmes. The purpose of the course guide was to help students and teachers plan…
Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences – Single Science: Biology
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 main course. There were two extension strands…
Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences: Biology Students’ Book
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 of the pages showed…
Teachers’ Guide – General Introduction (second edition)
The first part of the Teachers’ Guide for Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences set out the aims and structure of the course. The second edition of the Guide explained the nature and rationale for changes during the revision. The Guide also showed how the course related to the version of the National Curriculum that applied from 1992…
Nuffield Pathways Through Science: Upgrade Pack
Nuffield Pathways Through Science was reorganised to match the new NEAB Modular Science specifications following the 1995 revisions to the National Curriculum. Much of the content of the programme was unchanged but the modules were cut to 12 and the materials restructured. The revisions of the National Curriculum were more than…
New Life
This Nuffield Pathways Through Science module was presented in four episodes covering the topics of genetics and evolution, and related issues: Ne 1: Variety Ne 2: Inheritance Ne 3: New forms of life Ne 4: Issues Publications • Study Guide – to help teachers and students with planning, record keeping and revision. •…
Plants and Animals
This Nuffield Pathways Through Science module was presented in five episodes covering the biology of plants and animals as well as issues related to human interventions in the natural world: Pa 1: Living things in action Pa 2: Plants Pa 3: Animals Pa 4: Life cycles Pa 5: Issues Publications • Study Guide – to…
Bodywise
This Nuffield Pathways Through Science module was presented in three episodes covering the study of human biology as well as adult concerns about fitness and health: Bd 1: Are you fit and healthy? Bd 2: Are you what you eat? Bd 3: Drugs - uses and abuses Publications • Study Guide – to help teachers and students…
The World of Science (Teacher's Resource Book)
This Resource Book includes guidance and answers to questions together with photocopiable activity pages for each of the 44 topics covered in the World of Science textbook. Types of activities The 'World of Science' is not a course but a set of resources to enrich science course in flexible ways. As in the original…
The World of Science (Students' Book)
The World of Science book was based on a selection of the existing SATIS units that had stood the test of time. The project team set up by the Association for Science Education also devised new units to cover topics that had been introduced into the curriculum since SATIS developments started. The textbook is supported by a loose-leaf…
Nuffield Science Year 9
Year Nine of Nuffield Science for Key Stage Three was written to provide a clear transition into the 14-16 curriculum. Two teaching sequences were devised for Year Nine, either as an integrated course or as a co-ordinated course divided into biology, chemistry and physics. Principles Two basic principles underpinned the planning…
Nuffield Science Year 8
The Nuffield Science for Key Stage Three course materials for Year Eight were planned as an integrated science course. The topics Topic A Energy Topic B Fuels Topic C Life goes on Topic D Healthy body Topic E An electrical world Topic F Water Topic G Air around us Topic H Colourful world The resources The…
More About Different Plants and Animals
This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use in the Variety of Life topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 9-12. The book ends with a glossary and index. Contents • Darwin’s earthworms • Breaking the chain • Turtles • Designs from nature •…
More About Habitats
This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use in the Living Things in their Environment topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 9-12. The book ends with a glossary and index. Contents • It’s a hard life • Wildlife in towns • Observing nature •…
More About Living Things in Action
This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use with the Living Processes topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 9-12. The book ends with a glossary and index. Contents • Breathing • Vital possessions • The story of your blood • Stay well •…
Different Plants and Animals
This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use with the Variety of Life topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 7-9. The book ends with a glossary and index. Contents • Life under a microscope • Were dinosaurs real? • Rainforest • Fossils •…
Sound and Music
This Nuffield Primary Science book consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 7-9. The book ends with a glossary and index. Contents • Blow your own trumpet • Be quiet • Comic sounds • Animal noises • Singing like a lark • Paul goes to speech…
Habitats
This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use in the Living Things in their Environment topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 7-9. The book ends with a glossary and index. Contents • One habitat throughout the year • In a garden • In a pond •…
Living Things in Action
This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use in the Living Processes topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 7-9. The book ends with a glossary and index. Contents • What happens when you eat? • You are what you eat • What’s in a burger •…
The Variety of Life Teachers’ Guide (Ages 7-12)
This Nuffield Primary Science Teachers’ Guide for teaching the Variety of Life topic, to students aged 7-12, is divided into five chapters: • Chapter 1: Introduction - covering useful strategies, the SPACE approach and links to the National Curriculum • Chapter 2: Planning - using the resources to plan topics…
Living Things in Their Environment Teachers’ Guide (Ages 7-12)
This Nuffield Primary Science Teachers’ Guide for teaching the Living Things in their Environment topic, to students aged 7-12, is divided into five chapters: • Chapter 1: Introduction - covering useful strategies, the SPACE approach and links to the National Curriculum • Chapter 2: Planning - using the resources…
Living Processes Teachers’ Guide (Ages 7-12)
This Nuffield Primary Science Teachers’ Guide for teaching the Living Processes topic, to students aged 7-12, is divided into five chapters: • Chapter 1: Introduction - covering useful strategies, the SPACE approach and links to the National Curriculum • Chapter 2: Planning - using the resources to plan topics…
A First Look at Different Plants and Animals
This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use with the Variety of Life topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7: • Grouping shoes • Which are alive? • Our hands • Our carnival • Beetles • The Chinese lizard • Looking at animals •…
A First Look at Sound and Music
This Nuffield Primary Science book consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7: • Musical sounds • Peace and quiet • What a lot of noise! • Animal ears • Listen everyone! • Stephen’s day • Sound puzzle • Bells • Body sounds •…
A First Look at Where Things Live
This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use with the Living Things in their Environment topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7: • Where do they live? • What lives in a garden? • The Litter Bin Game • Elephants • Look at those feet! •…
A First Look at Living Things
This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use with the Living Processes topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads, aimed at students aged 5-7: • Are you my mother • Eating and drinking • Keeping healthy • Growing • Getting older • Keeping clean • What’s…
The Variety of Life Teachers’ Guide (Ages 5-7)
This Nuffield Primary Science Teachers’ Guide for teaching the Variety of Life topic, to students aged 5-7, is divided into three chapters: • Chapter 1: Planning - showing how to use the resources to plan a topic and, in the second edition, more guidance on how to implement the SPACE approach • Chapter 2: Exploring…
Sound and Music Teachers’ Guide (Ages 5-7)
This Nuffield Primary Science Teachers’ Guide for teaching the Sound and Music topic, to students aged 5-7, is divided into three chapters: • Chapter 1: Planning - showing how to use the resources to plan a topic and, in the second edition, more guidance on how to implement the SPACE approach • Chapter 2: Exploring…
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