Shape, Space and Measures 4
This shape, space and measures book at level seven, from the Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics series, was suitable for students following an intermediate GCSE course. It has nine units of work, each with information for students to read and questions and activities to do. The units, which are in short sections, have detailed…
Number and Algebra 4
This book at level seven, from the Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics series, was suitable for students following an intermediate GCSE course. It has nine units of work, each with information, questions and activities. The units, which are in short sections, have detailed content descriptions at the top of each page. These…
Reader C: Medicine and Care
A reader from the Science in Society series which looks at aspects of healthcare in society including the development of drugs using animal experimentation and care of the elderly, dying and bereaved. Contents: 1. A short history of medicine 2. Immunization 3. The development of new drugs 4. There is more to health than medicine 5.…
GNVQ Science Advanced
The Nuffield Science in Practice advanced textbook was organised unit-by-unit and carefully structured to help students find the information they needed. The book featured vocational case studies that were specially researched by a team of science writers and teachers to illustrate the practical importance of the science in the mandatory…
5/5- Publication year: 1990 - 1999
- Textbook
Keeping Healthy
A Year Ten module from the Salters’ double award science course. Practical tests using “urine” samples illustrate chemical diagnostic testing for illness. Different types of illness are classified, also different types of micro-organisms and the body’s defences against them. Experiments show how bacteria grow…
Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics 5
The Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics stage five book was split into the same three sections as the previous stages’ books. Each section is divided into chapters giving relevant information and presenting activities to do and questions to answer. The 13 chapters on Number and algebra are at level eight and above,…
GNVQ Science Intermediate Assignments
The Nuffield Science in Practice file of Intermediate Assignments began with a study guide. This was a compilation of short tasks covering the full range required for each of the four mandatory units. The tasks were designed to help students check that they have understood the content and to prepare for tests. The bulk of the…
Reader A: Diseases and the Doctor
A reader from the Science in Society series which looks at many diseases, describing their traits and treatments, preventative measures and effects on society. Contents: 1. Medical services today 2. What is heart disease? 3, Cancer and you 4. Skin cancer 5. Diabetes mellitus 6. Epilepsy 7. Diseases of women 8. Drug and…
Science in Society Teachers Guide
A Teacher's Guide to the Science in Society series, a general studies and liberal arts course for post-16 students which was developed in the 1980s to give students a better understanding of science in everyday life. The Teacher's Guide offered detailed suggestions on how to take advantage of the flexibility of the material,…
Handling Data 4
This level seven book, from the Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics series, was suitable for students following an intermediate GCSE course. It has nine units of work on handling data, each with information, questions and activities. The units, which are in short sections, have detailed content descriptions at the top of each…
Energy and Chemical Change
This chemistry extension module from the Salters’ Science course deals with the energy changes which accompany chemical reactions. Photosynthesis is considered as the fundamental source of energy to sustain life process, and respiration as the mechanism for coupling the energy to body processes. ‘Calorific values’…
Electricity in the Home
A Year Ten module from the Salters double award science course. Models are used to illustrate conservation of current in a series circuit leading to studies of voltage, current and resistance and the resistance law. Devices which have different resistance in response to conditions, such as LDRs and thermistors are investigated. Students…
Handling Data 3
This resource on Handling Data from Nuffield National Curriculum Mathematics was suitable for those students working towards an Intermediate GCSE. The units, at National Curriculum level six, begin by considering the history of information collecting from the Domesday book and early opinion polls and how they have evolved into the…
The Ploughman's Lunch
In this biology extension module of the Salters’ Science course, an exhibition of foods is used to introduce examples of using microbes in food processing. Students make sauerkraut and learn about the establishment of microbial populations in new habitats. Positive uses of fungi (yeast) and bacteria (lactobacillus) are discussed. A…
Moving On
A Year 10 module from the Salters’ double award science course. This module develops ideas about forces and motion in the context of road transport. It begins by eliciting some of the ideas students already have. Text activities consider the driving and counter forces involved when a bicycle starts, reaches a steady speed,…
Transporting Chemicals
A Year Ten module from the Salters’ double award science course. The story-line for this unit is the whole world market for manufactured chemicals and the need to transport them safely to where they are needed. This shows the importance of systems which convey concise, accurate information, independent of national or linguistic…
Reader G: Mineral Resources
A reader from the Science in Society series which looks at the mining industry, its geological background and the need to make better use of waste products. Contents: 1. The Earth 2. Mining: some examples of mining operations 3. The mining industry 4. Reclamation and recycling 5. Data
When the Chips Are Down
This physics extension module from the Salters' Science course focuses on the physics and electronics behind each part of a television set. Production of electron beams and their deflection by electrical or magnetic fields are shown and students see how colours can be built up from the three primary colours of light. The cathode…
Reader H: Industry - Men, Money and Management
This reader from the Science in Society series looks at the challenges faced by industry in society including the need for good management practices, methods of production and investment. Contents: 1. Teamwork in industry 2. The role of managers in industry 3. The part played by unions in a company 4. Why we need trade unions 5.…
Sports Science
A Year 11 module from the Salters’ Key Stage Four double award science course. The context for this module is the use of scientific ideas to explain human performance. Students discuss what is meant by being ‘fit’. They compare different uses of the word 'work' and are given a formal definition. Calculations…
All Systems Go
This physics extension module from the Salters' Science course deals with binary digital electronic devices, taking a systems approach. Ideas of input, output and control are considered and the concept of feedback. The use of logic gates to control switches and latches is studied and relays are explored as a way of switching…
Towards a Science of Science Teaching
Towards a Science of Science Teaching was first published in 1981. It described the findings of the Concepts in Secondary Mathematics and Science Project and explained the methods and results of that research programme. It gave an account of testing instruments (Science Reasoning Tasks) which teachers could use to assess the cognitive…
Staying Alive
A Year 11 module from the Salters’ Key Stage Four double award science course. This module explores the controlled and co-ordinated energy changes which maintain a complex series of interlinked metabolic processes in living tissues. Different objects are compared to revise the characteristics of living things. The structure…
Burning and Bonding
A Year 11 module from the Salters’ Key Stage Four double award gcse science course. This module draws together ideas about chemical bonding and the energy changes associated with bond making and bond breaking. The relationship between type of bonding and the properties of the resulting compounds is considered. The number and…
Mining and Minerals
A Year Ten module from the Salters’ double award science course. The module begins with a survey of minerals world wide and their constituent elements. This provides opportunities for practice with symbols, formulae and equations. A practical simulation of geological mapping shows how ores are located, leading to a role-play…
Reader P: Defence and Energy Issues
This book from the Science in Society series, discusses the role of nuclear weapons in defence in the 1980s and also looks at energy consumption, the need for conservation and ways to even out inequalities in society. The book lists the benefits of 'scientific discovery and engineering inventiveness' and the serious…
GNVQ Science Advanced Assignments 2
The Nuffield Science in Practice Advanced Assignments file two included study guides made up of short tasks covering the full range of each unit together with 24 additional assignments intended to complement those published in the first file. Since many of the assignments in file one were elaborate and challenging, this second…
Industrious Microbes
This biology extension module from the Salters’ Science course reviews the history of biotechnology to introduce the use of microbes in large-scale industrial biochemistry. Student ideas about positive uses of microbes are reviewed. Students monitor the growth of single-celled organisms in fermenters to produce protein. Advantages…
- 4/5
- Publication year: 1990 - 1999
- Activity sheet
Restless Earth
A Year 10 module from the Salters’ double award science course. Restless Earth was designed as a short module of four to six lessons. The module begins with stories about earthquakes. This is followed by practical work with rock puzzles to see how information is gathered about past movements in the Earth’s surface. Evidence…
Reader E: Agriculture
A reader from the Science in Society series which looks at the role of agriculture and farming in societies across the world in the 1980s. The book considers the need for energy in order to produce food, the use of eco-systems and food chains, and the effects of farming on the environment. Contents: 1. Ecology and food production 2.…
- 3/5
- Publication year: 1980 - 1989
- Textbook
Reader D: Food
A reader from the Science in Society series which looks at the importance of good diet and nutrition. The book then considers the problems of food supply and distribution across the world from the viewpoint of the 1980s. The chapters in this booklet are: 1. Nutrition and diet 2. Alternative sources of protein 3. Food in the…
Sound Reproduction
A Year 11 module from the Salters’ Key Stage Four double award science course. The science content of this module covers electromagnetism, the inductive effect and the motor effect. These topics are developed in the context of recording and reproducing sound. Students begin by recording and playing back their own voices.…