Climate on Trial
This main unit in the Ideas and Evidence pack from the Pupil Researcher Initiative shows that scientists do not always have the answer. Understanding how the environment works can be very complicated, as there are so many factors involved. A good example of this is global warming where not everyone is certain that the climate is…
Polluted Air
This main unit in the Ideas and Evidence pack from the Pupil Researcher Initiative is about how charts, graphs and computer software make it easier to communicate scientific information. They can also make help people to spot patterns when there is a lot of data to analyse. The unit is based on data about air pollution, which is…
Safe Drinking Water
This main unit in the Ideas and Evidence pack from the Pupil Researcher Initiative is about how scientists draw different types of graphs to communicate data, and make patterns easy to see. Students learn that whether they should draw a bar chart or a line graph depends on the nature of the data. This is illustrated by the types…
Materials Teachers' Guide (Ages 7-12)
This Nuffield Primary Science Teachers’ Guide for teaching the Materials topic, 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…
More About Materials
This Nuffield Primary Science book consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 9-12. The book ends with a glossary and index. Contents • Magic formulas • Anyone for tennis? • Fighting dirty • From clay to ceramic • Materials sayings • Touring…
Materials
This Nuffield Primary Science book consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 7-9. The book ends with a glossary and index. Contents • Disasters • Fighting fires • Gas and air at the fair • There’s no place like home • Mixtures of metals •…
A First Look at What Things Are Made of
This Nuffield Primary Science book is for use with the Materials topic. It consists of 11 colourful, and highly illustrated, double-page spreads aimed at students aged 5-7: • Farm animals • Something is wrong • When things are invisible • Fairytale houses • Making things with glass • Party time •…
Materials Teachers’ Guide (Ages 5-7)
This Nuffield Primary Science Teachers’ Guide for teaching the Materials 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…