Salters’ Science for Key Stage Three: Science Focus
The Salters’ science courses were developed in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s to provide a complete balanced course in science for Key Stages Three and Four (ages 11-16). This section of the STEM elibrary covers the Key Stage Three materials. The timing of the development allowed a particularly close relationship…
Secondary Science Curriculum Review
The Secondary Science Curriculum Review, published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education (ASE), ran from 1981 to 1986 with a dissemination phase from 1986 to 1989. The Review operated under the aegis of the School Curriculum Development Committee and was supported by the ASE. In addition, it received support from…
Science in Process
Science in Process from Heinemann, was planned in 1987 as a two-year course for students aged 11 to 13, with a specific focus on the processes of science – how to work scientifically – rather than on a body of content. It aimed to enable students to become scientific, and to extend their perceptions of science. There…
Reading about Science
Reading about Science is a series of five books intended for students to read as supplementary to introductory science courses at the secondary level. The books were first published by Heinemann Educational Books in 1982, when it was generally accepted that science education began in the secondary school. The reading level is carefully…