Power Station Project
The Power Station Project is a simulated case study from the Science in Society series dealing with the various decisions that have to be made when a new power station is being planned. It was designed as an integral part of the Energy section of the Science in Society course. It is assumed that an Electricity Generating Board is…
Active Assessment for Active Science
This book, published in 1994 by Heinemann, looks at all aspects of children’s learning in science and the many ways that children show us what they are learning. The book aims to encourage assessment methods that stress what children know instead of what they do not know, which supports the idea of a more inclusive education…
Theme 7: Environment
This is one of twelve student books from the Science in Process series and covers areas of biology, physics and chemistry related to the theme of the environment. The resource aims to allow students to develop their scientific enquiry skills using this broad theme as a basis for a variety of student-led activities. The skills include…
Theme 6: Energy
This is one of twelve student books from the Science in Process series and covers areas of biology, physics and chemistry related to the theme of energy. The resource aims to allow students to develop their scientific enquiry skills using this broad theme as a basis for a variety of student-led activities. The skills include observing,…
Teaching Language and Study Skills in Secondary Science
This book was published by Heinemann in 1985 to give science teachers advice on how they can educate their students to become autonomous learners by developing their language and study skills. Each chapter in the book has a consistent format: an ‘introduction’ briefly discussing the main points, followed by a systematic…
Physics of Flow
The units of the Supported Learning in Physics Project (SLIPP), published by Heinemann, introduced students to a new method of studying on their own, or sometimes in small groups with other students. The teacher’s role was to guide students in their use of the unit. Students were expected to learn about the topic mainly through…
Physics in the Environment
The units of the Supported Learning in Physics Project (SLIPP), published by Heinemann, introduced students to a new method of studying on their own, or sometimes in small groups with other students. The teacher’s role was to guide students in their use of the unit. Students were expected to learn about the topic mainly through…
Physics in Space
The units of the Supported Learning in Physics Project (SLIPP), published by Heinemann, introduced students to a new method of studying on their own, or sometimes in small groups with other students. The teacher’s role was to guide students in their use of the unit. Students were expected to learn about the topic mainly through…
Physics on a Plate
The units of the Supported Learning in Physics Project (SLIPP), published by Heinemann, introduced students to a new method of studying on their own, or sometimes in small groups with other students. The teacher’s role was to guide students in their use of the unit. Students were expected to learn about the topic mainly through…
Physics for Sport
The units of the Supported Learning in Physics Project (SLIPP), published by Heinemann, introduced students to a new method of studying on their own, or sometimes in small groups with other students. The teacher’s role was to guide students in their use of the unit. Students were expected to learn about the topic mainly through…
Physics on the Move
The units of the Supported Learning in Physics Project (SLIPP), published by Heinemann, introduced students to a new method of studying on their own, or sometimes in small groups with other students. The teacher’s role was to guide students in their use of the unit. Students were expected to learn about the topic mainly through…
Physics, Jazz and Pop
The units of the Supported Learning in Physics Project (SLIPP), published by Heinemann, introduced students to a new method of studying on their own, or sometimes in small groups with other students. The teacher’s role was to guide students in their use of the unit. Students were expected to learn about the topic mainly through…
SLIPP Teachers' Guide
The Teacher’s Guide to the Supported Learning in Physics Project (SLIPP), published by Heinemann, set out the rationale of the project and explained the context-led approach and the supported learning strategy. The Guide explained how teachers could introduce SLIPP units into their post-16, advanced courses. Contents Introduction •…
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.…
Better Science 12: Learning how to Teach It
Learning How to Teach It was the twelfth in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to help teachers in the following ways: •…
Towards the Specification of Minimum Entitlement: Brenda and Friends
In April 1983 the Steering Committee of the Secondary Science Curriculum Review published a consultative paper Science Education 11-16: proposals for action and consultation. The paper incorporated a statement of aims for science education which was broadly endorsed by most respondents to the consultation. However, many of the readers…
Better Science: Making It Happen
One of the aims of this publication, published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education, was to describe the principal aims of the Secondary Science Curriculum Review (SSCR), and to convey the major outcomes of the development work undertaken during the life of the review in the early 1980s. Another aim was to explore…
Better Science 11: Assessing Progress
Assessing Progress was the eleventh in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to raise some of the key issues relating to assessment…
Better Science 10: Building Primary-Secondary Links
Building Primary-Secondary Links was the tenth in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purposes of this booklet were to: • explore what young children…
Better Science 9: Health and Science Education
Health and Science Education was the ninth in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to: • help science teachers form their own…
Better Science 8: For Young People with Special Education Needs
For Young People with Special Educational Needs was the eighth in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to explore the implications…
Better Science 7: Working for a Multicultural Society
Working for a Multicultural Society was the seventh in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to explore the implications of teaching…
Better Science 6: For Both Girls and Boys
For Both Girls and Boys was the sixth in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to explore ways in which science teachers can work towards…