Nuffield Home Economics: Nutrition
Nutrition was one of the four topics that featured as a separate area of study in the Nuffield Home Economics course for students aged 14–16. The course emphasised the influence of food choice on health. The authors appreciated that entrenched attitudes to food and feeding are as likely to influence dietary practice as reasoned…
Practical Guide 7: Ecology
Published by the Nuffield Foundation this Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Practical Guide is linked to chapters 26 – 29 of Study Guide II. Technical information and notes for teachers about the practical activities is given in Teachers’ Guide II. Contents Introduction Chapter 26: The organism and its environment…
Practical Guide 6: Development, Control and Integration
Published by the Nuffield Foundation this Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Practical Guide is linked to chapters 22 - 25 of Study Guide II. Technical information and notes for teachers about the practical activities is given in Teachers’ Guide II. Contents Introduction Chapter 22: Methods of reproduction 22A: Reproduction…
Practical Guide 5: Inheritance
Published by the Nuffield Foundation this Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Practical Guide is linked to the first six chapters of Study Guide II. Technical information and notes for teachers about the practical activities is given in Teachers’ Guide II. Contents Introduction Notes on these investigations Chapter 15:…
Practical Guide 4: Coordination, Response and Behaviour
Published by the Nuffield Foundation this Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Practical Guide is linked to chapters 11-14 of Study Guide I. Technical information and notes for teachers about the practical activities is given in Teachers’ Guide I. Contents Introduction Chapter 11: Co-ordination and communication 11A: The…
Practical Guide 3: Cells, Tissues and Organisms in Relation to Water
Published by the Nuffield Foundation this Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Practical Guide is linked to chapters eight, nine and ten of Study Guide I. Technical information and notes for teachers about the practical activities is given in Teachers’ Guide I. Contents Introduction Chapter 8: The plant and water 8A: Is…
Practical Guide 2: Chemical Reactions in Organisms
Published by the Nuffield Foundation this Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Practical Guide is linked to chapters five, six and seven of Study Guide I. Technical information and notes for teachers about the practical activities is given in Teachers’ Guide I. Contents Introduction Chapter 5: Cells and chemical reactions…
Practical Guide 1: Gas Exchange and Transport in Plants and Animals
Published by the Nuffield Foundation this Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Practical Guide is linked to the first four chapters of Study Guide I. Technical information and notes for teachers about the practical activities is given in Teachers’ Guide I. Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Gas exchange 1A: Gas exchange…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology: Systematics and Classification
The aim of this book was to introduce students to the methods used in systematics and their application to modern biology. It was written to provide a treatment of the subject suitable for students and teachers of advanced level biology. The section on classification is based on five kingdoms. A feature of the book is the number…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology: Teachers’ Guide II
This teachers' guide from the Nuffield Foundation was written to accompany Study Guide II and the related Practical Guides 5-7. Each chapter begins with a review of aims and contents. Following this, the first part of the chapter sets out the assumptions and principles underlying each section in the study guide and repeats and…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology: Teachers’ Guide I
This teachers' guide from the Nuffield Foundation was written to accompany Study Guide I and the related Practical Guides 1-4. Each chapter begins with a review of aims and contents. Following this, the first part of the chapter sets out the assumptions and principles underlying each section in the study guide and repeats and…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology: Study Guide II
Published by the Nuffield Foundation, this Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Study Guide contains substantial passages of descriptive text on a range of biological subjects, in addition to a collection of biological data presented as study items. The different kinds of investigation were intended to provide students with experience…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology: Study Guide I
This Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Study Guide contains substantial passages of descriptive text on a range of biological subjects, in addition to a collection of biological data presented as study items. The different kinds of investigation were intended to provide students with experience in: 1. Critical reading, writing,…
Falling and Flying
Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the S unit called ‘Cars on the move’. This X Unit provided enough material for eight double periods. It could be selected to complete either a Science or a Further Science course. The teachers’ guide included 10 worksheets to supplement the students’…
Evolution
Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the S unit called ‘Variation and inheritance’. This X unit provided enough material for eight double periods. It could be selected to complete either a Science or a Further Science course. The teachers’ guide included six worksheets to supplement the students’…
Changes in Behaviour
Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the B unit called ‘Senses’. This X unit provided enough material for eight double periods. It could be selected to complete either a Science or a Further Science course. The teachers’ guide included three worksheets to supplement the students’ booklet.…
Variation and Inheritance
Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the B unit called ‘Organisms’. This S unit provided enough material for eight double periods during a single-certificate science course. The teachers’ guide included 14 worksheets to supplement the students’ booklet. Two of the worksheets suggest extended…
Power
Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the B unit called ‘Machines and engines’ and the S unit called ‘Circuits’. This S unit provided enough material for eight double periods during a single-certificate science course. The teachers’ guide included seven worksheets to supplement the…
Keys and Detection
Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the B units called ‘Communities and populations’ and ‘Charged particles’. This S unit provided enough material for eight double periods during a single-certificate science course. The teachers’ guide included four worksheets to supplement the students’…
Food Chains and Webs
Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the B units called ‘Energy’ and ‘Competition and predation’. This S unit provided enough material for eight double periods during a single-certificate science course. The teachers’ guide included 12 worksheets to supplement the students’ booklet.…
Nuffield Science 13 to 16: Study Guide 1
This Nuffield 13-16 Study Guide I was intended as the first of a series in response to feedback from teachers using the resources. In the end, only this volume was published. It was designed to support the teaching of the 15 'B' Units with: • a set of straightforward accounts, summarising the contents covered by working…
Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences: Biology Worksheets
Most of the Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences Biology Worksheets were the same in both editions of the course. Extra worksheets were published in an Upgrade Pack for the second edition. There is a full list of all the biology worksheets at the start of the biology section of the upgrade file. As well as worksheets to give instructions…
Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences: Teachers’ Guide for Biology
The contents of the Biology strand of Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences were broadly the same in both the first and second editions of the publications. The second edition of the Teachers’ Guide showed how the course matched to the 1992 version of the National Curriculum. Contents of both editions Introduction to Biology Topic…
Teachers' Guide - General Introduction (first edition)
The first part of the Teachers’ Guide for Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences set out the aims and structure of the course. It paid particular attention to three major issues: • to co-ordination – between the component parts of the course • to the development of skills and processes • to assessment. Contents Chapter…
Nuffield Science 11 to 13: Worksheets
The Nuffield 11-13 file of Worksheets includes photocopiable sheets covering both years of the programme. As well as supplementing the activities in the textbook, the worksheets are designed to do several jobs: • to provide copiable of pages of information or graphics which teachers might reproduce as permanent additions to…
Nuffield Science 11 to 13: Year 2
The second year of the Nuffield 11-13 course is divided into more traditional units geared towards an understanding of science in everyday life, and in its relation to society. The title ‘How science is used’ for the second year book conveys both the continuity and change. A concern for processes maintains the continuity…
Nuffield Science 11 to 13: Year 1
The Nuffield 11 to 13 project provided a book for students and a Teachers’ Guide for each year of the course together with a file of Worksheets. The student books were not conventional textbooks. Less space than usual was given to exposition and factual information. The main aim was to generate interest using case studies to…