Chemistry in Action
Produced by the University of York Science Education Group and published by CIEC Promoting Science, this resource contains ten teaching units that explore the social, industrial and economic aspects of chemistry as well as encouraging students to acquire investigative and practical skills. Each unit has been designed to: •…
Introduction: a Bridge from Key Stage Two to Key Stage Three
Students arriving in Year Seven may bring with them very different experiences of science. This unit from Salters' Science Focus is composed of over 50 short activities, divided into nine sections, which can be used as a ‘pick-and-mix’ resource to introduce students to the procedures and equipment in a secondary…
Science Focus: Working With Science 1
This student book accompanies the seven teaching units which make up Science Focus: The Salters’ Approach for spring and summer terms in Year Seven. Working with Science 1 is printed in black and white and can be used in the classroom or laboratory to support, enrich or extend lessons. Content is arranged as a succession…
Science Focus: Looking into Science 1
This student book accompanies the seven teaching units which make up Science Focus: The Salters’ Approach for the spring and summer terms of Year Seven. Looking into Science 1 is a full colour book which can be used to support, enrich or extend lessons. Content is arranged as a succession of double-page spreads, each of…
Salters' Science Focus: Teachers' Guide 1
The Salters' Science Focus course provides a rich variety of different types of learning activities, which are described in sufficient detail to be taken and adapted into any Key Stage Three scheme of work. This guide covers Year Seven of the course Science Focus: the Salters’ Approach. It provides a suggested scheme of…
Science Focus: Working With Science 3
This student book accompanies the nine teaching units which make up Science Focus: The Salters’ Approach for Year Nine. Working with Science 3 is printed in black and white and can be used in the classroom or laboratory to support, enrich or extend lessons. Content is arranged as a succession of double-page spreads, each…
Science Focus: Looking Into Science 3
This student book accompanies the nine teaching units which make up Science Focus: The Salters’ Approach for students in Year Nine. Looking into Science 3 is a full colour book which can be used to support, enrich or extend lessons. Content is arranged as a succession of double-page spreads, each of which is closely linked…
Salters' Science Focus: Teachers' Guide 3
The Science Focus course provides a rich variety of different types of learning activities, which are described in sufficient detail to be taken and adapted into any Key Stage Three scheme of work. This guide covers Year 10 of the course Science Focus: the Salters’ Approach. It provides a suggested scheme of work for each…
Science Focus: Working With Science 2
This student book accompanies the nine teaching units which make up Science Focus: The Salters’ Approach for Year Eight. Working with Science 2 is printed in black and white and can be used in the classroom or laboratory to support, enrich or extend lessons. Content is arranged as a succession of double-page spreads, each…
Science Focus: Looking into Science 2
This student book accompanies the nine teaching units which make up Science Focus: The Salters’ Approach for Year Eight. Looking into Science 2 is a full colour book which can be used to support, enrich or extend lessons. Content is arranged as a succession of double-page spreads, each of which is closely linked to a particular…
Salters' Science Focus: Teachers' Guide 2
The Science Focus: the Salters’ Approach course provides a rich variety of different types of learning activities, which are described in sufficient detail to be taken and adapted into any Key Stage Three scheme of work. This guide covers Year Eight of the course, suggesting a scheme of work for each of nine units of study.…
Energy Today and Tomorrow Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • Sources and uses of energy. • Conservation of energy. • Alternative and renewable energy sources. • Solar energy as a fundamental source of biomass energy. • Nuclear energy as an alternative to fossil…
Fighting Disease Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • The use and importance of germicides. • The chemist's role in public health. • Some of the chemical reactions inside our bodies. • The function and properties of enzymes. • The relationship between…
Burning and Bonding Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • causes and control of fire • flash points & controlled burning • energy changes in chemical reactions • bond breaking and making exothermic and endothermic changes • energy level diagrams •…
Making and Using Electricity Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • The conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy. • The construction and operation of electrochemical cells. • The conversion of electrical energy to chemical energy during electrolysis. • The use…
Buildings Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • Properties of building materials including their reactions with acid. • Factors which affect rate of reaction. • The relationship between the properties and uses of building materials and their structure. [b]Core…
Keeping Clean Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • The use of soaps and soapless detergents. • Emulsions and the action of emulsifiers. • The hardness of water. • The manufacture and use of cosmetics, shampoos. • Toothpastes and household cleaners. [b]Core…
Minerals Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • The extraction and production of important materials from sulphide ores, iron ore and limestone. • The use of relative atomic masses for determining the masses of reactants and products. • The Periodic Table…
Food Processing Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • Chemical aspects of some food processes in the home. • Chemical aspects of food processing in industry. [b]Core contents[b] FP1: How do we make cakes rise? FP2: How does cooking affect food? FP3: How do we preserve…
Growing Food Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • The use of relative atomic masses in determining the masses of reactants and products. • The manufacture, properties and uses of fertilizers. • Soil analysis and treatment to match crop needs. • The role…
Plastics Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • The preparation of plastics by polymerization. • The importance of ethene as a source of plastics. • The uses and properties of plastics. • The use of molecular models to show structure and bonding in monomers…
Transporting Chemicals Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • The range of properties of chemicals. • The use of symbols, formulas and balanced equations. • The commercial importance of chemicals. • Factors influencing siting of the chemical industry. • Methods…
The Salters' Chemistry Course: Textbook
The main Salters’ Chemistry Course textbook from the University of York Science Education Group covered all the units included in all three years of the course, including the introductory first year. Units covered in the textbook • Metals • Drinks • Clothing • Warmth • Food • Transporting…
Food Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • The concept of foods as mixtures of chemical substances • A comparison of foods and fuels • The energy content of different foods • The role and importance of food in our diet. [b]Core contents[b] F1:…
Warmth Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • The use of fuels in keeping warm • The chemical changes when fuels burn • Some consequences of the large scale use of fuels. [b]Core contents[b] W1: How do we keep warm? W2: Is there an ideal fuel? W3:…
Clothing Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • The properties and structures of the fibres used to make clothing • The care of fabrics • Modification of the properties of fabrics. [b]Core contents[b] C1: What are our clothes made of? C2: How can we identify…
Drinks Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • The provision of a safe water supply • The production of different kinds of drink [b]Core contents[b] D1: What do drinks contain? D2: How can water be made safe to drink? D3: What makes drinks fizzy? D4: How…
Metals Unit Guide
This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered: • The importance of metals • The characteristics of metals • The relationship between the properties of metals and their uses • Problems of corrosion. [b]Core contents[b] M1: What are metals M2: Which…
Introducing Salters' Chemistry: Textbook
The first Salters’ Chemistry Course textbook from the Univerisity of York Science Education Group covered the five units in the first year of the course intended for students aged 13-14 (year nine). Units covered in the textbook • Metals • Drinks • Clothing • Warmth • Food Chapter structure There…
The Salters' Chemistry Course: an Overall Guide for Teachers
The Salters’ Chemistry Course Guide, published by the University of York Science Education Group, was written to provide an introduction to the course and to supplement the sixteen unit guides which made up the main body of the course. Some parts were written for teachers coming new to the course. Other parts were to be referred…
Radiation and Radioactivity
This Teaching and Learning About the Environment pack, from the University of York Science Education Group, differs from the other three packs. The pack offers a series of lessons dealing with just one broad area of environmental concern. The development of the pack was influenced by the misunderstandings revealed by the reporting…
Teaching and Learning About the Environment - Pack 3
This Teaching and Learning About the Environment pack, from the University of York Science Education Group, contains lessons on five environmental topics. All the lessons are fully supported by photocopiable student materials and accompanied by detailed teachers' notes. The lessons were developed by working groups of schoolteachers,…