Teacher's Handbook
The Advanced Physics Project for Independent Learning (APPIL) published this Teacher's Handbook to set out the overall picture of the APPIL project and explain its aims and objectives. It is a starting point for teachers and technicians who wish to adopt the course and gives the structure of the course and its relevance to the…
High Polymers
Part of the Chemistry in Industry series, High Polymers was designed as a source-book for science teachers. Contents: Chapter 1: • Polymerization of monomers through addition, condensation, and copolymerisation • The structure and properties of polymers Chapter 2: • Plastics, including: cellulose-based plastics •…
Fuels, Explosives and Dyestuffs
Part of the Chemistry in Industry series, Fuels, Explosives and Dyestuffs is designed as source-book for science teachers. Chapter 2, on fuels, covers: • The origin and nature of fossil fuels • The properties of fuels that are commercially important • Solid fuels • Fluidised combustion • Air pollution •…
Food and Drugs
This book is the fourth in the series of Chemistry in Industry. The text focuses on how food can be produced and preserved by chemical means; crop protection through the use of fungicides, herbicides and insecticides; the use of pain killers – anaesthetics and analgesics; and how drugs can be used to fight infection. Chapter…
Electronics and A. C.
Electronics and A.C. is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education. Each title brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had appeared in the ASE journal, School Science Review. Contents Low…
Earth Science Activities and Demonstrations
Earth Science Activities and Demonstrations was published by John Murray in 1991 as a source book of activities and demonstrations for teaching the geological aspects of earth science in Key Stages Three and Four of the National Curriculum. The book brought together a large number of activities suitable for students aged 11 to 15…
Experiments in Applied Chemistry
Peter Tooley wrote Experiments in Applied Chemistry to provide a wide selection of experiments to illustrate the range and versatility of the industrial chemist. The four sections of the book relate to the topics covered by his series of readers called Chemistry in Industry. Many of the experiments in the booklet were intended…
An Introduction to Chemical Techniques
This book was intended by the author, Peter Tooley, as an introduction to the principal techniques likely to be used in experimental organic chemistry in a school laboratory. It was expected to be of special value as an introduction to his book called Experiments in Applied Chemistry. The methods covered the preparation and purification…
Problems in Animal Physiology
The book includes a series of sixty problems presented in the form of data (given in the form of graphs and tables) accompanied by questions based on the data. Contents 1. Gas exchange and respiration 1.1 Lung capacity 1.2 Control of breathing 1.3 Adaptations to high altitude 1.4 Diving mammals 1.5 Measurement of metabolic…
How to Build a Pond
This resource, from Nuffield Foundation, is an example of how mathematics can arise naturally from a school activity and contains the work of students who attended Lady Margaret Junior School in 1967. The development of their project to build a pond is described in detail by the class teacher, who recognised that a practical activity…
Mechanics and Properties of Matter
Mechanics and Properties of Matter is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education. Each title brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had appeared in the ASE journal, School Science…
Light
Light is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had appeared in the ASE journal,…
Heat
Heat is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had appeared in the ASE journal,…
Energy and Chemistry
Energy and Chemistry is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had appeared…
Chromatography
Chromatography is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had appeared in the…
Chemical Equilibrium Acids and Bases
Chemical equilibrium acids and bases is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that…
Catalysis
Catalysis is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education. Each title brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had appeared in the ASE journal, School Science Review. Contents Cracking…
Plant Physiology
Plant Physiology is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had appeared in…
Ecology
Ecology is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had appeared in the ASE journal,…
Cytology, Genetics and Evolution
Cytology, Genetics and Evolution is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that…
Physics and the Earth Sciences for Middle Schools
Physics and the Earth Sciences for Middle Schools is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the…
Biology and Chemistry for Middle Schools
Biology and Chemistry for Middle Schools is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association…
Electrons and the Nucleus
This Advanced Physics Project for Independent Learning (APPIL) unit is the only second-level unit for the theme called ‘Waves'. The unit is a study of electrons and the nuclear atom. It traces the development of the understanding of the nature of matter and its implications in the diverse fields of electronics, radioactivity…
Waves and Vibrations
This Advanced Physics Project for Independent Learning (APPIL) starter unit introduces the powerful model of wave behaviour and develops its use in many areas of physics. Topic 1 develops the idea of a wave model by studying the properties of mechanical waves, in springs and on the surface of water. Topic 2 is a study of sound which…
Electromagnetism
This Advanced Physics Project for Independent Learning (APPIL) unit is one of the two second-level units for the theme called ‘Fields’. This study guide shows how an induced e.m.f. can be produced in a conductor and how this effect can be used in the generation and transmission of electrical energy. The book includes…
Forces and fields
This Advanced Physics Project for Independent Learning (APPIL) unit is one of the two second-level units for the theme called ‘Fields’. This unit explores the important concept in physics - a field of force - by considering gravitational, electric and magnetic fields. Contents Topic 1: Gravitational and electric…
Forces and Motion
This Advanced Physics Project for Independent Learning (APPIL) starter unit studies the way in which forces applied to a body can affect its motion. Topic 1 is mainly a revision topic. Topic 2 introduces Newton's laws of motion and methods of investigating these laws experimentally. Topic 3 is a study of the momentum and energy…
Electronic Systems
This Advanced Physics Project for Independent Learning (APPIL) unit is one of the two second-level units for the theme called ‘Materials’. Topic 1 considers the important measuring devices associated with electrical and electronic circuits. Topic 2 deals with capacitors. Topic 3 deals with some of the uses of semiconducting…
Thermal Properties
This Advanced Physics Project for Independent Learning (APPIL) second-level unit is a guide to the study of heat and some of the thermal properties of liquids, solids and gases. It was written to provide a coherent view of the theory involved in the thermal properties of matter, showing their historical context and the intertwining…
Behaviour of Matter
This Advanced Physics Project for Independent Learning (APPIL) starter unit is concerned with the way in which materials behave. It examines the effect of heat, electrical forces and mechanical forces on materials and lays the foundation for further study in later units or as a part of an option topics. Contents Topic 1: Particles 1.1…
Student's Resource Book
The Advanced Physics Project for Independent Learning (APPIL) published this Student's Resource Book to contain essential general guidance about the course. The first part of the book gives an introduction to the course and to study skills. Parts 2, 3 and 4 are supplements to the student's unit, on practical work, mathematics…
Teacher’s Resource Book
The Advanced Physics Project for Independent Learning (APPIL) published this Teacher's Resource Book to provide notes and reference information so that teachers (and technicians) were able to give adequate support to the students, in terms of both physical resources and problems of understanding. Contents Part 1: Using…