SCISP Topic Book: Patterns of Reproduction, Development and Growth
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the first of the SCISP students’ manuals. The book was designed to show how some scientific patterns first began to emerge and how they were altered slowly as more knowledge was gained. Contents • Living things multiply •…
SCISP Topic Book: Human Groups
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the fourth of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • The study of groups • The ecology of groups • Integrated science and social science
SCISP Topic Book: Man and the Urban Environment
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the fourth of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Introduction • The natural environment: rural and urban life • The urban environment • Making decisions • Further reading
SCISP Topic Book: Earth Patterns
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the fourth of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Introduction • Earth patterns in areas of stable continental crust • Patterns of Earth history in areas of mobile continental crust • Earth patterns…
SCISP Topic Book: Friction
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the fourth of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Patterns of friction • What is friction? • Using friction • Two important patterns concerning friction • The mechanism of sliding friction •…
SCISP Topic Book: Human Behaviour
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the fourth of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Man and computer • The start of life • The influence of the family and other people • The senses • Keeping fit • Motivation • Advertising
SCISP Topic Book: Darwin and Evolution
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the fourth of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Background • The impact of Darwin's ideas • Natural selection today
SCISP Topic Book: Electromagnetic Radiation
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the third of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Introduction • Electromagnetic radiation production and detection • Solar radiation • Light waves • Infrared radiation • Spectra •…
SCISP Topic Book: The Electrification of British Rail
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the third of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • The beginnings of the railway • The railway's competition • Motive power • Inter-city travel • Electrification: the technical aspects •…
SCISP Topic Book: Sound: its Uses and Misuses
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the third of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • What is sound? • The ear and hearing • Music and musical instruments • Sound and communication • Sound recording • Echo sounding •…
SCISP Topic Book: Machines and Engines
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the third of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Harnessing energy before steam • Engines • Control
SCISP Topic Book: Science and Decision-making
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the second of the SCISP students’ manuals. This topic book was also used with the later parts of the scheme. Contents 1. The polythene story 2. The search for oil 3. The Park Hill story 4. A detergent story 5. The PVC story…
SCISP Topic Book: Population Patterns
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the first of the SCISP students’ manuals. The main purpose of the book was to explore the implications of population patterns for human kind and to examine the numerous factors which influence those patterns. Contents • Patterns…
SCISP Topic Book: Length and its Measurement
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the first of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Why measure? • Very small measurements • Very large measurements • Appendix
SCISP Topic Book: The Importance of Patterns
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the first of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • What is a pattern? • Hard and soft water • Glass • Why plants and animals are as they are • The structure of crystals • The Sun, the Moon and…
SCISP Technicians’ Manual 4: Interactions and Change
The Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) technicians' manuals included classified lists of equipment, preparation guides, technical hints and lists of suppliers. The books were written to enable almost all school technicians to prepare for the Patterns lessons with as little help as possible from the teacher. Contents Classified…
SCISP Students’ Manual 4: Interactions and Change
The Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) manuals for students were not traditional textbooks. They included experiments, practical and theoretical problems, and information (such as photographs, data and extracts from books or newspapers) intended for use in problems and in class discussion. They also contained optional…
SCISP Teachers’ Guide 4: Interactions and Change
In the Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) course, the explanations of change used the concept of interaction under these headings: • Recognising change • A close look at a number of different changes • Stability Contents 1. Recognising change 2. Changes in behaviour 3. Changes in acidity 4.…
SCISP Students’ Manual 3: Energy
The Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) manuals for students were not traditional textbooks. They included experiments, practical and theoretical problems, and information (such as photographs, data and extracts from books or newspapers) intended for use in problems and in class discussion. They also contained optional…
SCISP Teachers’ Guide 3: Energy
In the Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) programme, energy in living and non-living systems was always considered in the context of energy transfer. The course generally avoided labelling different 'forms' of energy, but aimed to show that in an energy transfer useful tasks could be done. The teaching introduced…
Out of Doors
The Learning Through Science teachers’ guides and pupils’ assignment cards for the unit Out of Doors give suggestions for activities children could undertake. The cards are divided into groups according to their subject: looking at the soil, watching the weather, and shapes, measures and counts. On the cards the grouping…
All Around
The Learning Through Science teachers’ guide and pupils’ assignment cards for the unit All Around give suggestions for activities children could undertake. The cards are divided into groups according to their subject: science on the doorstep, looking at plants and looking at animals. On the cards the grouping is denoted…
Sky and Space
The Learning Through Science teachers’ guides and pupils’ assignment cards for the unit on Sky and Space give suggestions for activities children could undertake. The cards are divided into groups according to their subject, such as stars, planets, the weather, space, etc. On the cards the grouping is denoted by a symbol.…
Materials
The Learning Through Science teachers’ guides and pupils’ assignment cards for the unit on Materials give suggestions for activities children could undertake. The cards are divided into groups according to their subject: in the home, in the school, and in shops and supermarket. On the cards the grouping is denoted by…
Colour
The Learning Through Science teachers’ guides and pupils’ assignment Cards for the unit on Colour give suggestions for activities children could undertake. The cards are divided into groups according to their subject: art and colour, looking at colour, colour and ourselves, chemistry and colour, and colour in the environment.…
Ourselves
The Learning Through Science teachers’ guides and pupils’ assignment cards for the unit Ourselves give suggestions for activities that children could undertake. The cards are divided into groups which relate to each other in subject areas, such as sight, hearing, feeling, smelling, etc. These divisions are denoted by…
Using the Environment 3: Tackling Problems Part 2
The activities described in the Science 5/13 units Using the environment 3: tackling problems are designed for children aged 9-13, when they are becoming more capable of thinking logically and begin to speculate about the causes of phenomena and how their ideas could be tested. The work described takes children and teachers beyond…
Science, Models and Toys, Stage Three
This Science 5/13 unit for teachers indicates work that can be undertaken in upper years of primary schools, in middle schools or in secondary schools by children who have reached stage three (making greater use of abstract thinking). Some of the toys chosen are dealt with in the unit Science from Toys Stages One and Two, so the…
Trees, Stages One and Two
The Science 5/13 unit for teachers on Trees, stages one and two contains suggestions for things children could do when working with trees and ideas about why they might do them. It uses trees as a ready source of material for observation and investigation which is likely to further the development of children's scientific understanding.…
Time, Stages One and Two and Background
The Science 5/13 unit Time, stages one and two suggests classroom activities concerned with the scientific aspects of time. It was also hoped that the study of time would lead into other subjects and to creative writing. Through these activities children gather an increasing awareness of the duration of events through enquiry into…
Structures and Forces, Stage One and Two
The Science 5/13 unit Structures and forces stages one and two proposes classroom activities stemming from the observation of structures in the world around: building, bridges and some natural structures. Only static forces are included. A number of questions are raised which can lead to model making and active enquiry into the strength…
Science from Toys, Stages One and Two and Background
This Science 5/13 unit for teachers Science from toys stages one and two and background comprises a number of sections focused on particular toy. In each section, sufficient background material is given so that teachers can see where suggested lines of development can lead, and immediate information is provided regarding the science…