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…
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.…
Ginn Science Homework Sheets Year Five
Ginn Science Homework Sheets are photocopy masters for setting science homework at Year Five (students aged 9 to 10 years). The tasks are practical activities that can be carried out at home with the support of parents or carers. Published in 1998, the links to the National Curriculum are to the 1995 revision. The homework sheets…
Ginn Science: Year Two Resource File
Ginn Science Year Two Resource File for teachers was first published in 1988 and revised in 1995 to accommodate the 1995 National Curriculum in England and Wales. The revised file, of over 200 pages, contains full instructions for use of the materials provided to support science throughout Year Two in England or Primary Three in…
Science: the Salters Approach – Book 4
This textbook accompanied the five modules in second half of Year 11 in the Salters' Science course at Key Stage Four. Contents • The Earth In Space • Evolution • Sports Science • Burning and Bonding • Energy Today and Tomorrow
Science: the Salters Approach – Book 3
This textbook accompanied the first five modules in Year 11 in the Salters' Science course at Key Stage Four. Contents • Seeing Inside the Body • Controlling Change • Making Use of Oil • Sound Reproduction • Waste Not Want Not
Science: the Salters Approach – Book 1
This textbook accompanied the first six modules in Year 10 of the Salters' Science course at Key Stage Four. Contents • Energy matters • Keeping healthy • Transporting chemicals • Construction materials • Moving on • Food for thought
The Atmosphere
A Year Ten module from the Salters’ double award science course. The first section of the module introduces the formation, composition and structure of the atmosphere. The Sun is our main source of energy. Students consider why sunlight is more intense near the equator and how the tilt of the Earth’s axis causes the seasons.…
Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences: Teachers’ Guide for Earth and Space
Guidance on the teaching of three earth and space topics was given in the second edition of the Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences Teachers’ Guide. As in the first edition, the earth and space topics were closely linked to the teaching of the chemistry and physics. The activities were described in chemistry worksheets and physics…
Nuffield Pathways Through Science: Upgrade Pack
Nuffield Pathways Through Science was reorganised to match the new NEAB Modular Science specifications following the 1995 revisions to the National Curriculum. Much of the content of the programme was unchanged but the modules were cut to 12 and the materials restructured. The revisions of the National Curriculum were more than…
Using Energy Teachers’ Guide (Ages 7-12)
This Nuffield Primary Science Teachers’ Guide for teaching the topic Using Energy to students aged 7-12 is divided into five chapters: • Chapter 1: Introduction - covering useful strategies, the SPACE approach and links to the National Curriculum • Chapter 2: Planning - using the resources to plan topics with…
The World of Science (Teacher's Resource Book)
This Resource Book includes guidance and answers to questions together with photocopiable activity pages for each of the 44 topics covered in the World of Science textbook. Types of activities The 'World of Science' is not a course but a set of resources to enrich science course in flexible ways. As in the original…
The World of Science (Students' Book)
The World of Science book was based on a selection of the existing SATIS units that had stood the test of time. The project team set up by the Association for Science Education also devised new units to cover topics that had been introduced into the curriculum since SATIS developments started. The textbook is supported by a loose-leaf…
Nuffield Science Year 9
Year Nine of Nuffield Science for Key Stage Three was written to provide a clear transition into the 14-16 curriculum. Two teaching sequences were devised for Year Nine, either as an integrated course or as a co-ordinated course divided into biology, chemistry and physics. Principles Two basic principles underpinned the planning…
Nuffield Science Year 8
The Nuffield Science for Key Stage Three course materials for Year Eight were planned as an integrated science course. The topics Topic A Energy Topic B Fuels Topic C Life goes on Topic D Healthy body Topic E An electrical world Topic F Water Topic G Air around us Topic H Colourful world The resources The…
Nuffield Science Year 7
The Nuffield Science for Key Stage Three course materials for Year Seven were planned as an integrated science course. The topics Topic A Being a scientist Topic B Senses Topic C Measuring Topic D Solar System Topic E Forces Topic F Elements and compounds Topic G Atoms and molecules Topic H Patterns The resources The…
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- Teacher guidance
The Earth in Space Teachers’ Guide (Ages 5-7)
This Nuffield Primary Science Teachers’ Guide for teaching the Earth in Space 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…
Science and Literacy: a Guide for Primary Teachers
Science and Literacy was written by people from the Nuffield Primary Science Project and the Exeter Extending Literacy Project at a time when there was renewed emphasis on teaching about literacy in primary schools. The approach recommended in the book is based on the EXIT model that was devised by the team at Exeter to show how…
Understanding Science Ideas: a Guide for Primary Teachers
Understanding Science Ideas is a concise and colourful book that was written by members of the Nuffield Primary Science project team to help teachers to discuss and understand key science ideas and explanations at an appropriate level, consistent with the philosophy of the project. Research findings The SPACE researchers had…
In-Service Pack
The Nuffield Primary Science in-service pack was created to introduce teachers to the SPACE approach and its potential for the teaching and learning of science in primary schools. The pack follows the SPACE approach in content and style so that teachers can experience the approach in their own learning. It advocates an active approach…
Science Co-ordinators' Handbook
The Handbook is designed to guide Science Co-ordinators as they support the development of the science curriculum in their schools. It does this by helping co-ordinators to: • understand the SPACE approach • introduce the SPACE approach in their schools • provide support for colleagues as they adopt the SPACE approach…
Teachers' Handbook
The Nuffield Primary Science Teachers’ Handbook was designed to help teachers implement the SPACE approach to the teaching of primary science. The Handbook is only about 90 pages long but it covers a wide range of topics. The Handbook is divided into five main sections. After the introduction, the first section has five…
Talking about Genetics
This topic, from the Association for Science Education, is designed to allow classes in schools across the world to exchange information about genetic modification (GM), how it affects our lives and why issues around crops, food, health and the environment are important. This topic compares genetic modification with traditional…
SATIS 16-19: Units 1-25
Units 1 to 25 of the SATIS 16-19 series. The introductory General Guide for teachers gives information on the design and use of the units, outlines of the unit subjects relating them to science specialisms. Structure of the units Each SATIS 16 - 19 unit was designed to be photocopied and published in four parts: • Notes…
SATIS Update 91
The UPDATE 91 teachers' notes, which provided information to update and supplement the 100 units published between 1986 and 1988.