Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP)
The Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) was developed to meet the needs of the able 13-16 year old student. The accompanying GCE O level assessment led to a double certification. The sample scheme of work was devised and published in the early 1970s on the assumption that an average of one-fifth of a school's…
Nuffield Science 13 to 16
The Nuffield 13 to 16 project grew out of an investigation set up by the Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project in 1974. This was CESIS: Curriculum and Examination Systems in Integrated Science. The main finding was that what teachers needed was a project to help them make the best use of all the resources already available…
Revised Nuffield Chemistry
The Nuffield Chemistry course for students aged 11-16 was first published in 1966. By 1971 the materials had been well tried in many schools. Dr Richard Ingle was appointed to prepare a second edition of the resources in the light of all the feedback from teachers. Outcomes of the revision As in the first edition the schemes…
Nuffield Chemistry
The Nuffield Science Teaching Project began in 1962. One of the first problems tackled by the project was the teaching of O-level physics, chemistry and biology. The Nuffield Chemistry team produced guidance for teachers in a Sample Scheme covering ages 11-16 in three stages. The rationale for the development work was spelled…