Nuffield Physics Background Book: Astronomy
This Nuffield Physics Background Book on astronomy uses a narrative to guide the reader through the development of theory in astronomy, from early ideas and Greek astronomy, through to the work of Kepler and Newton. Many hand-drawn diagrams are used to illustrate the concepts and suggestions for student activities are given –…
Interim Report: the Teaching of Modern Physics
The Teaching of Modern Physics was written by the Modern Physical Sciences Committee of the Science Masters Association. It includes demonstration and class experiments, and suggested equipment for teachers for the following topics: - Evidence for the particulate nature of matter - Experimental development of electrostatics - Particulate…
Nuffield Physics Activities for GCSE
This pack of Nuffield Physics activity sheets was designed to match the National Curriculum Science: Physics at Key stage Four from 1996. The ideas were drawn from materials produced by various Nuffield projects over the previous ten years. The pack includes student sheets for 97 different activities. Teacher guidance is provided…
Nuffield Secondary Science: An Evaluation
The Schools Council initiated this evaluation of Nuffield Secondary Science at the point when school trials of the materials were largely complete. As a result the evaluation focussed on the early adoption of the project by schools. Three aspects, which were thought to be characteristic of the project were chosen for study. They…
Science for the Young School Leaver
Science for the Young School Leaver was one of a series of informal publications by the Schools Council. Schools Council Working Paper Number 1 started a series to make widely available information about curriculum development projects while still in their formative stages. Working Paper No. 1 was produced for the Nuffield Foundation…
Nuffield GCSE Physics
This Nuffield GCSE Physics resource was developed, in 1996, to match the National Curriculum Science: Physics at Key Stage Four. This resource consists of a student study guide and teachers’ notes. The student guide gives a summary of the knowledge the students require for the topic and the associated practical skills.…
Candles
The Teaching Primary Science book Candles uses the study of candles to illustrate how much science can come from the study of everyday objects. It describes a selection of the many investigations which start from candles and which give some idea of what science is. The first two chapters discuss matters of classroom organisation…
Musical Instruments
The Teaching Primary Science book Musical instruments uses instruments and other materials readily available in primary schools as the basis for investigations through which children can begin to understand and enjoy aspects of physics. The book aims to provide help for those teachers and student teachers who do not specialise in…
Mirrors and Magnifiers
The Teaching Primary Science book Mirrors and magnifiers describes activities which can be carried using these materials at any age. The book pays attention to problems such as holding mirrors upright and choosing and using hand lenses. Teaching methods are discussed and there is reference to learning objectives selected from those…
SPACE Project Research Report: Light
The Science Processes and Concepts Exploration (SPACE) project research report on Light was published in 1990 by Liverpool University Press. The SPACE research was conducted at two centres: at the University of Liverpool and King’s College, London, with Wynne Harlen and Paul Black as joint directors. Each centre took responsibility…
SPACE Project Research Report: Electricity
The Science Processes and Concepts Exploration (SPACE) project research report on Electricity was published in 1991 by Liverpool University Press. The SPACE research was conducted at two centres: at the University of Liverpool and King’s College, London, with Wynne Harlen and Paul Black as joint directors. Each centre took…
SPACE Project Research Report: the Earth in Space
The Science Processes and Concepts Exploration (SPACE) project research report on Earth in Space was conducted at two centres: at the University of Liverpool and King’s College, London and published in 1994 by Liverpool University Press. Each centre took responsibility for research in particular concepts and for producing the…
SPACE Project Research Report: Sound
The Science Processes and Concepts Exploration (SPACE) project research report on Sound was published in 1990 by Liverpool University Press. The SPACE research was conducted at two centres: at the University of Liverpool and King’s College, London, with Wynne Harlen and Paul Black as joint directors. Each centre took responsibility…
5/5- Publication year: 1990 - 1999
- Teacher guidance
SPACE Project Research Report: Forces
The Science Processes and Concepts Exploration (SPACE) project research report on Forces was published in 1998 by Liverpool University Press. It differs from the other SPACE reports since it concerns research carried out after the original SPACE project has been completed and includes students aged 11 to 14 years in the sample as…
Nuffield Advanced Physics: Foundation Unit
Published by the Nuffield Foundation, the Advanced Physics Foundation Unit was designed to help students progress from GCSE science to the Nuffield course as it was in the 1990s. The physics ideas, questions and checklists in chapters four and five were included to deal with the physics of four of the first-year units: Unit A: Materials…
Nuffield Advanced Physics: Handbook for Teachers
The Nuffield Advanced Physics Handbook for Teachers was published by the Nuffield Foundation in 1994 to help teachers manage the redrafted version of the Nuffield Advanced Physics syllabus examined for the first time in 1996. It showed teachers how to use the publications for Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics to teach the amended…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics: Physics in Engineering and Technology
Published by the Nuffield Foundation, this Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics reader was compiled to illustrate the wider applications of physics in engineering and technology. Contents • Design and construction of the Humber bridge • Systems • Building bridges and wind • Electromechanical similarities •…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics: Particles, Imaging and Nuclei
Published by the Nuffield Foundation, the articles in this Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics reader are extended concepts covered in the course and examined developments in physics taking place in the 1980s. Contents • The particles and forces of nature • Radioisotopes • Lasers probe the atomic nucleus •…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics: Microcomputer Circuits and Processes
This Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics reader explained how microcomputers worked in the 1980s. It did not refer to any one type of computer. All ideas discussed were relevant to any computer. Contents Prologue Chapter 1: A history of the microprocessor Chapter 2: The electronics of a microcomputer Chapter 3: Running a simple…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics: Energy Sources: Data, References, and Readings
This booklet was compiled to support Unit G 'Energy Sources' in the Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics course. It included a limited number of tables of data. It also gave guidance on where to look for more data in the era before the Internet. Contents • Introduction Part 1: Data and information Part 2: Sources…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics: Energy Options
Published by the Nuffield Foundation, this background reader was compiled to support Unit G 'Energy sources' in the Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics course. This book contained a collection of articles related to energy options. The articles were not written specially for the course but were selected from a range of sources.…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics: Dynamic Modelling Handbooks
These booklets of guidance were designed to help teachers or students set up models in the Dynamic Modelling System on different types of microcomputer available in schools at the time that Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics was published. Contents 1. Introduction to Dynamic Modelling 2. Using the system 3. An exercise in using…
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- Publication year: 1980 - 1989
- Information sheet
Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics: Dynamic Modelling System: Models
The notes in this booklet described the models on the models disk designed for use with the Dynamic Modelling System, in the Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics course. Most of the models described were relevant to any advanced level physics course at the time. At the time of the revision the system was devised to work on the BBC,…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics Examinations and Investigations
In the Nuffield Advanced Physics course, published by the Nuffield Foundation, the original authors were keenly aware of the need to design an end-of-course examination that was not only technically 'reliable' but was also 'valid', in that it tested the stated aims of the course. This book was written as a guide…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics Teachers’ Guide 2: Units H to L
Published by the Nuffield Foundation, the Revised Advanced Nuffield Physics included a plan summarising the relationship of the work to topics covered earlier for each of the units. The guidance offered many teaching suggestions, including details of the suggested experiments and demonstrations. There were references to other resources,…
Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics Students’ Guide 2: Units H to L
Published by the Nuffield Foundation the Revised Nuffield Physics Students Guides were not textbooks. They included for each unit: • Summaries - very short accounts giving the most important ideas of each part of the course. • Readings - short passages which depend on the ideas developed in the unit with questions…
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- Publication year: 1980 - 1989
- Open-ended task
Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics Teachers’ Guide 1: Units A to G
The Revised Advanced Nuffield Physics included a plan summarising the relationship of the work to topics covered earlier for each of the units. The guidance offered many teaching suggestions, including details of the suggested experiments and demonstrations. There were references to other resources, for example, books, videos, and…
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- Publication year: 1980 - 1989
- Teacher guidance
Revised Nuffield Advanced Physics Students’ Guide 1: Units A to G
The Revised Nuffield Physics Students Guides were not textbooks. They included for each unit: • Summaries - very short accounts giving the most important ideas of each part of the course. • Readings - short passages which depend on the ideas developed in the unit with questions to help students develop the skill of reading…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 1980 - 1989
- Open-ended task
Nuffield Science Calculations
This Nuffield Foundation publication was prepared to help students master the calculations involved in GCSE Science courses. The book is divided up into a series individual topics. Each topic is presented in three parts. • A summary of the ideas students need to know, including any important formulas. • Worked examples,…
Nuffield Physics: Optical Instruments and Ray Diagrams
This Nuffield Physics booklet was intended to accompany the work on Optics in Year III of the Nuffield Physics course. The booklet was intended as a companion to the ray-streaks experiments. The first section of the booklet, entitled 'Seeing', covers briefly a suggested approach to teaching about lenses. The second section…
Nuffield Physics: Molecules and Motion
Published by the Nuffield Foundation, ‘Molecules and Motion’ was originally written to provide an extended look at one of the central topics of Year Five of the Nuffield Physics course. It was also recommended as supplementary reading for the Unit on Change and Chance in Nuffield Advanced Physics. The book is about…
Revised Nuffield Physics Pupils’ Text Year 5
The Revised Nuffield Physics books for students were not conventional textbooks. In line with the aim of teaching for understanding, the books contained instructions for experiments and a large number of questions. The text for Year 5 did not include answers to questions but it did include more of the language of physics and longer…