Using the Environment 2: Investigations Part 1
The Science 5/13 unit Using the environment 2: investigations part 1 contains many questions and suggestions designed to help children work actively and purposefully in depth. This is most likely to happen when children find something of particular interest. The focus of part one of this unit is to ensure that this interest leads…
Structures and Forces, Stage Three
The Science 5/13 unit Structures and forces stage three continues to study of structures and forces met in children’s daily experience as in Structures and Forces Stages One and Two. However, in stages one and two the forces met were always balanced and the structures in which they acted did not move. The stage three unit deals…
Science, Models and Toys, Stage Three
This Science 5/13 unit for teachers indicates work that can be undertaken in upper years of primary schools, in middle schools or in secondary schools by children who have reached stage three (making greater use of abstract thinking). Some of the toys chosen are dealt with in the unit Science from Toys Stages One and Two, so the…
Change, Stage Three
This Science 5/13 unit for teachers Change stage three deals mainly with energy, and suggests ways of approaching this topic using the group working methods used in primary schools. However, the ideas and thinking required are described as being suitable only for pupils who have reached a certain level of development indicated by…
Working with Wood, Stages One and Two
The Science 5/13 unit for teachers Working with wood stages one and two contains suggestions for practical activity relating to wood. It includes comment on ways of starting work, suggestions for children's activities and guidance about the materials they might use. It aims to show how working with a familiar material can contribute…
Trees, Stages One and Two
The Science 5/13 unit for teachers on Trees, stages one and two contains suggestions for things children could do when working with trees and ideas about why they might do them. It uses trees as a ready source of material for observation and investigation which is likely to further the development of children's scientific understanding.…
Time, Stages One and Two and Background
The Science 5/13 unit Time, stages one and two suggests classroom activities concerned with the scientific aspects of time. It was also hoped that the study of time would lead into other subjects and to creative writing. Through these activities children gather an increasing awareness of the duration of events through enquiry into…
Structures and Forces, Stage One and Two
The Science 5/13 unit Structures and forces stages one and two proposes classroom activities stemming from the observation of structures in the world around: building, bridges and some natural structures. Only static forces are included. A number of questions are raised which can lead to model making and active enquiry into the strength…
Science from Toys, Stages One and Two and Background
This Science 5/13 unit for teachers Science from toys stages one and two and background comprises a number of sections focused on particular toy. In each section, sufficient background material is given so that teachers can see where suggested lines of development can lead, and immediate information is provided regarding the science…
Minibeasts, Stages One and Two
The Science 5/13 unit Minibeasts stages one and two is about the ‘creepy crawlies’ of the animal world, meaning mainly invertebrates. This focus was selected because of the wide variety of these creatures normally available in any environment and accessible for first-hand observation by children. These enquiries can lead…
Metals, Stages One and Two
The Science 5/13 unit Metals, stages one and two, describes practical situations and enquiries in which children’s attention is focused on the use and properties of metals. In this unit, activities for stage one and stage two are in separate sections and written in contrasting styles. The stage one activities are set out to…
Like and Unlike, Stages One, Two and Three
This Science 5/13 unit for teachers Like and unlike stages one, two and three has a wider range in the suggested activities than most other units, covering stage three (transition to abstract thinking) as well as the two earlier stages. There are two chapters (Chapters 2 and 4), which are written particularly to suggests topics which…
Holes, Gaps and Cavities, Stages One and Two
This Science 5/13 unit for teachers Holes, gaps and cavities stages one and two is concerned with The unit is concerned with a number of facets of 'holes, gaps and cavities', all of which lead to gathering experience. The first chapter suggests children make their own collection .of 'holes', make lists of holes,…
Coloured Things, Stages One and Two
This Science 5/13 unit for teachers Coloured things stages one and two provides suggestions for children's activities some of which relate directly to colour itself whilst others use an interest in coloured things as a springboard to other areas of investigation. Each chapter has an environmental theme rich in starting points…
Children and Plastics, Stages One and Two and Background
This Science 5/13 unit for teachers Plastics for stages one and two is concerned with children’s exploration of the man-made plastics in the world around. It is not concerned with the chemistry or the production of plastics but with the variety and uses of plastics. The unit falls into two main sections. The first section suggests…
Change, Stages One and Two and Background
This Science 5/13 unit for teachers on Change stages one and two describes a range of activities that build children’s ideas about change and how it occurs. Rather than being a topic to pursue as a whole, it contains ideas that can be woven into other topics. However, one theme 'Changes in the kitchen' has been given…
Science 5/13 Units for Teachers: Early Experiences
The Science 5/13 Unit for teachers entitled Early experiences focuses on science for the youngest children (infants) in the primary school. Unlike other Units of the project, the activities proposed in Early experiences cover a range of activity-based topics and relate only to the objectives stated for the first part of stage one,…
Nuffield Advanced Science: Book of Data (First Edition)
This Nuffield Advanced Science Book of Data was a compilation of basic physical data in SI units for use during the Nuffield Advanced courses in Physics, Physical Science, and Chemistry. The book included all the data required specifically for the Nuffield programmes but the book was deliberately not tied too closely to the requirements…
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Nuffield Physical Science: Sourcebook
The Nuffield Physical Science Sourcebook was designed to give students further information on various parts of the course, to inspire them to read as widely as possible, and to provide them with practice in comprehending scientific prose. It consisted of articles about many topics related to the themes of the course; most of these…
Nuffield Physical Science: the Options
The Nuffield Physical Science course featured two types of options. These introduced an element of choice for students and teachers. General options The general options were introduced into the course to meet the needs of students planning to progress to higher education in specialist areas such as medicine and engineering. Each…
Nuffield Physical Science: Sections 8-14
The second Student Workbook for Nuffield Physical Science began with an extensive introduction to this novel course for students. The Workbook was not designed as a textbook. The content of each section was arranged on the same plan, and each contained four types of material: 'Introduction', passages of 'General information',…
Nuffield Physical Science: Sections 1-7
The first Student Workbook for Nuffield Physical Science began with an extensive introduction to this novel course for students. The Workbook was not designed as a textbook. The content of each section was arranged on the same plan, and each contained four types of material: 'Introduction', passages of 'General information',…
Nuffield Physical Science: Introduction and Guide
The Introduction and Guide to Nuffield Physical Science set out the aims and general philosophy of the course. This was a novel course and the Guide set out to explain its nature, and place in the curriculum, to teachers and students. Contents Organiser's foreword Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The characteristics…
Problems
Introduction to First Problems, published by Longman and written by K A Hesse, was written to satisfy a demand for use by students who were becoming proficient at reading but were not yet ready to use First Problems. It is carefully graded throughout, dealing mainly with Number, but includes other topics such as measuring, shapes…
Graded Arithmetic: Book 4
This book, which was one of a series written by K A Hesse and published by Longman, was intended for Key Stage Two students and made no claim to replace the teacher, nor did it seek to introduce new concepts in the teaching of mathematics. The book affords the student the opportunity for plenty of practice of basic skills: addition,…
Graded Workbooks
This five book series, published by Longman and written by K A Hesse, was intended to be suitable for students of average ability from Year One to Year Six and for any age group in need of remedial work. The books provided carefully graded practice in the use of ordinal number, cardinal number to thousands, addition facts to…
Beta Mathematics 1
This resource, published by Schofield & Sims, is the first in the Beta Mathematics series of text books which were developed for use by students of junior and middle school age. The structure is replicated in other books of the series and there are frequent opportunities for students to review previously completed work. Contents…
Maths with Everything
This Nuffield Mathematics Project book is concerned with the mathematical experiences of students from five to seven years old. These experiences help students to acquire concepts, which lead later to skill in computation. This skill is based on understanding rather than on rote learning. It is a companion to a film of the same title…
Nuffield Mathematics for Overseas Teachers
This series of books was planned and commissioned by the Centre for Curriculum Renewal and Educational Development Overseas (CREDO), which was established in 1966 to help developing countries with their own programmes of educational innovation by making available to them the relevant British knowledge. The work of the Nuffield…
Guide to the Guides
The Guide to the guides provided an opportunity to take a brief look backward at the work of the writing team and the trial areas of the Nuffield Mathematics Project (age range 5 to 13), and also forward to possibilities for the future. This guide is in two sections, each with its own introduction. Section 1 is an attempt to summarise…
Desk Calculators
Desk calculators was the first of the Weaving guides written by the Nuffield Project Team for the Nuffield Mathematics Project. This guide was not intended to be a manual of instruction as it was felt that teachers and students could find out for themselves ‘how they work’. It was suggested that each school should acquire…
Computers and Young Children
Computers and young children, written in 1970 for the Nuffield Mathematics Project, took the stance that the computer was 'the most important scientific advancement' at the time; and that the explosively expanding effect of computers on so many aspects of our lives made it important that all members of our interdependent…
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