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…
TRUMP Part 1: Introduction to Astrophysics
This introductory part of the TRUMP Astrophysics package gave an overview of the current picture of the Universe. It provided some information relating to telescopes and observations, and ended with two examples of physics in astronomy: • the use of line spectra to estimate the age of the Universe and • the use of line…
More About Sound and Music
This Nuffield Primary Science book 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 • Banding together • Sound games • How we hear sounds • Hard of hearing • Sound words • Echo echo • Writing…
Key Stage Four Electronic Products Capability Tasks
A set of Key Stage Four Nuffield Foundation capability tasks focusing on the design, making and evaluation of electronic products. For students to develop and reveal their capability longer more open tasks requiring designing, making and evaluating are necessary. Sometimes these activities are referred to as projects, or design…
Science for Understanding Tomorrow's World: Global Change
Science for Understanding Tomorrow's World: Global Change is a book containing student activities and teacher guidance for courses for the 16–20 age range in biology, chemistry, earth sciences, physics and general studies. The resources were developed by the Education in Global Change Project and published by the International…
Mathematics: Non-Statutory Guidance
The National Curriculum Council (NCC) published non-statutory guidance to support the teaching of mathematics in the National Curriculum in 1989, and again in 1991, to accompany the first revision of the National Curriculum. Non-statutory Guidance 1989 • The guidance materials for mathematics were written to provide a reference…
Rock Formation and Deformation
Produced by the Earth Science Teachers' Association, these materials help students understand rock formation and deformation. Activities look at topics which include: • Weathering • Sedimentary structures • Porosity • Modelling deformation in rocks • Metamorphism • The rock cycle •…
Good Ideas for Symmetry
While these activities from Polygon Resources focus largely on line symmetry, some lead on to rotational symmetry. Although much of the work in this booklet relates to two dimensional shapes, there are opportunities to extend into three dimensions. The need to think of planes of symmetry rather than lines is a way of ensuring the…
Shape, Space and Measures 4
This shape, space and measures book at level seven, from the Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics series, was suitable for students following an intermediate GCSE course. It has nine units of work, each with information for students to read and questions and activities to do. The units, which are in short sections, have detailed…
Primary INSET Maths: Organising and Planning In-service Training
This is a resource to aid primary mathematics co-ordinators when planning in-service training (INSET) sessions. Whilst some of the specific information is dated, the general ideas are still relevant and can be easily updated. As well as providing information there are also a number of activities for use in INSET sessions. The book…
Mathematics in the National Curriculum 1991
The 1989 document was replaced by a revised version, Mathematics in the National Curriculum (1991). A major aim of the revision was to make assessment more manageable, whilst keeping the content of mathematics unchanged. The revisions came into force on 1 August 1992. The 14 Attainment Targets (ATs) were reduced to five. 'Measures'…
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 •…
Nuffield Advanced Mathematics Book 1
Book One of Nuffield Advanced Mathematics was the first of five core text books. It bridged the gap between GCSE and AS and A level Mathematics. It was designed to be accessible to students who had attained GCSE grade C and above, and to develop a strong foundation for further study. Contents Unit 1: Modelling and calculators Unit…
Active Teaching and Learning Approaches in Science
Active Teaching and Learning Approaches in Science (ATLAS) was a curriculum development project organised by the Centre for Science Education in the Higher Education Institution that is now called Sheffield Hallam University. This book includes chapters for teachers followed by a set of illustrative copymasters for use with students.…
TRUMP Part 3: Star Formation and Evolution
This part of the TRUMP Astrophysics resource package dealt with the formation, evolution and 'death' of stars. Like all other parts of the TRUMP package, this part contains study notes (self-study material for teachers), teaching notes and photocopiable student sheets. This part formed a sequel to Part 2 of the package,…
Probability - Two Events
This MEP resource from CIMT is taken from text book 8A which covers the mathematics scheme of work for the first half of year 8. Probability - two events covers: a recap of basic probability for one event, listing all the outcomes with two events, finding probability using listings, using the multiplication law for independent…
Turbines: Environmental Issues
Produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), this information sheet looks at how wind turbines can help to reduce emissions and ultimately tackle climate change. The first part of the sheet explains the greenhouse effect and then goes on to show how electricity generation from a variety of renewable sources can help…
Arithmetic: Negative Numbers
This MEP resource from CIMT is taken from text book 7B which covers the mathematics scheme of work for the second half of year 7. Aritmetic and negative numbers covers adding and subtracting numbers on a number line and multiplying and dividing negative numbers, The initial file forms part of the textbook. The activities…
SPACE Project Research Report: Materials
The Science Processes and Concepts Exploration (SPACE) project research report on Materials was published in 1991 by Liverpool University Press. The SPACE research was conducted at two centres: at the University of Liverpool and King’s College, London, with Wynne Harlen and Paul Black as joint directors. Each centre took responsibility…
Light Teachers’ Guide (Ages 5-7)
This Nuffield Primary Science Teachers’ Guide for teaching the Light 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 light…
Time and Timetables
This MEP resource from CIMT is taken from text book 7B which covers the mathematics scheme of work for the second half of year 7. Time and timetables covers tellling the time from a clock face, 12 and 24 hour clocks, converting between different units of time, timetables and solving problems in context. The initial file forms…
Angles
This MEP resource from CIMT is taken from text book 7A which covers the mathematics scheme of work for the first half of year 7. This resouce covers; angles: a measure of turn, points of the compass, measuring angles, classifying angles, angles on a line, angles at a point, constructing triangles and finding angles in a triangle. The…
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breakthrough: Volta Makes a Pile
breakthrough was a termly resource for teachers published between 1999 and 2001. Each edition highlighted a number of discoveries and inventions and the people who made them. This edition was published in January 1999. Each edition of breakthrough included feature articles and regular items such as profiles of key scientists,…
Tools 1
Produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP), these images are useful for adding to documents and presentations, or for use with an interactive whiteboard. Mainly simple line drawings, they can be cut and pasted into documents and image processing applications. The images in this resource are related to the topic of…
Task Maths 1
In this Year Seven textbook from Task Maths, there are 28 mathematics tasks. There are also useful sets of review exercises after every three tasks and revision exercises at the end. Each task consists of a number of differentiated activities. Many activities are investigative or exploratory and encourage discussion of ideas. Task…
Number and Algebra 4
This book at level seven, from the Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics series, was suitable for students following an intermediate GCSE course. It has nine units of work, each with information, questions and activities. The units, which are in short sections, have detailed content descriptions at the top of each page. These…
Music / Connections
The Music theme from Century Maths contains some ideas for linking music-making to length and area, directions, fractions, graphs and functions, maps and coordinates, money, number patterns, percentages, permutations, ratio, scheduling and time. Music making - combinations and arrangements of notes, patterns and rhythms Featuring…
Body Matters / Crime and Proof
Body Matters theme consists of a number of sections which are largely based on practical investigations, several of which generate statistical data. The mathematical topics used are area and volume, estimating, approximating, using formulae, functions, graphs, number patterns, Pythagoras’ theorem, trigonometry and scale drawing. Test…
Teaching and Understanding Science
This book published in 1992 by Hodder & Stoughton was written with the aim of helping teachers to understand the science involved in the activities they lead in class. It is designed as a reference guide for teachers, providing simple background knowledge on key concepts within the National Curriculum science programmes of study,…
Understanding Technological Approaches
This report evaluated the research activities and results of the Assessment for Performance Unit (APU) project in design and technology designed by the Technology Education Research Unit at Goldsmiths College. Data taken from the APU tests undertaken by students was used to determine the levels at which students were dealing with…
Unit 17: Cool it - Liquid Magma to Solid Rock
These materials, from the earth Science Teachers' Association, introduce the concept of kinetic theory and relate it to the formation of igneous rock. Students see how the rate of cooling and crystal size relate to the formation of igneous rocks.
Linear Graphs and Equations
This MEP resource from CIMT is taken from text book 9A which covers the mathematics scheme of work for the first half of year 9. Linear graphs and equations covers: coordinates, straight line graphs, solving linear equations, the gradient of parallel and perpendicular lines and solving simultaneous equations graphically and algebraically. …
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