Periodicity and Atomic Structure
This booklet was written to support the Periodicity and Atomic Structure option in the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme Stage III: A Course of Options. The booklet starts with an account of atomic structure which is then related to the periodic table and leads on to a discussion of the periodicity of properties of the elements. Contents Part…
Mini Units B
The Nuffield Working with Science mini-units provide opportunities for students to develop their understanding of how to plan, carry out and interpret scientific investigations in a range of contexts. Guidance for these units appears in the Tutors’ Handbook. Contents • Parachutes • Questionnaires •…
Mini Units A
The Nuffield Working with Science mini-units provide opportunities for students to develop their understanding of how to plan, carry out and interpret scientific investigations in a range of contexts. Guidance for these units appears in the Tutors’ Handbook. Contents • Boomerangs • Dowsing page • Optical…
Pollution
This Nuffield Working with Science unit aimed to help students to recognise examples of pollution in their own neighbourhood and find out its origins. Students learn to appreciate that the problems of preventing pollution are very complex and that important conflicting interests may be involved. Students also find out about the ways…
Enterprise
This Nuffield Working with Science unit showed students how to plan, fund, carry out and complete their own enterprise designed to make money. Guidance for this topic appears in the Tutors’ Handbook. Contents Section 1: Planning and costing the enterprise Section 2: Raising the money Section 3: Trial run and research…
Town and Country Trails
This Nuffield Working with Science unit aimed to excite interest in natural and built environment while encouraging students to take an interest in environmental issues. Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’ Notes F. The unit was revised and republished for the CPVE edition of the project in the…
Science Fiction
This Nuffield Working with Science unit aimed to help students to tell science fiction (SF) from science fact, to identify the science underlying ideas in SF, to appreciate how current scientific knowledge is limited and how the writers of SF imagine that it might be extended. Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’…
Psychology
This Nuffield Working with Science unit aimed to give the students an understanding of some aspects of human behaviour and personality. In particular the intention was to help students to realise some of the reasons why human beings behave as they do, to become aware of the stages of development through which individuals pass, to…
Mining and Minerals
This Nuffield Working with Science unit was designed to develop simple skills of mineral testing and identification and a broad view of the subject of mining and minerals. Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’ Notes F. This unit was not included in the second, CPVE edition of the project. Contents Section…
Energy: 2000
This Nuffield Working with Science unit was designed to introduce students to the concept of Britain's impending 'energy gap', how it will occur, and what we might do to bridge it. The unit features a substantial decision-making element. Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’ Notes F. This…
Electronics
This Nuffield Working with Science unit aimed to enable students to design circuits to meet specific needs. The plan was also to help students to realise the range of electronics problems which they can solve by taking a systems approach. Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’ Notes F. This unit was…
Weather
This Nuffield Working with Science unit was designed to help students to appreciate why the study of weather is important. The topic was planned to cover factors that influence the weather and the reasons why weather forecasters need to collect a large amount of information from a variety of sources. Guidance for teachers and…
Understanding Old Age
This Nuffield Working with Science unit was designed to enable students to trace the way in which the age structure of the population has changed, to gain experience in interpreting and presenting data, to identify and discuss some of the problems of the elderly, and to study how far the welfare services meet their needs. In addition…
Study of a Local Industry
This Nuffield Working with Science unit aimed to help students to analyse many facets of a local manufacturing industry. Students were expected to plan visits in detail, and well in advance. One of the aims was to give students practice in meeting and working with a wide variety of people. Guidance for teachers and technicians…
People and Roads
This Nuffield Working with Science unit used the context of roads and road safety to provide opportunities for students to collect and interpret data, carry out experiments and come to a point of view on an issue. Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’ Notes E. The unit was revised and republished…
Keeping the Heat in
This Nuffield Working with Science unit was designed to help students to understand the need to consume less domestic heating fuel, to know the main ways in which heat can be lost from buildings, to find by experiment which substances make good insulators and to write a short, illustrated report on their findings. Guidance for…
Gardening
This Nuffield Working with Science unit set out to foster an interest in growing things and to encourage more careful observation of detail with things as familiar as cabbages and tomatoes. Students are required to show a certain amount of practical dexterity, some forward thinking and planning, a reasonable amount of tenacity of…
Farming
This Nuffield Working with Science unit featured a range of activities related to a farm visit. Students activities involve careful observation and recording, surveys and formulation of opinions based on evidence. Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’ Notes E. The unit was revised and republished…
Survival
This Nuffield Working with Science unit used the study of survival techniques to give students opportunities to collect evidence, advance hypotheses, and design experiments. Students were encouraged to investigate situations in which people can be faced with unexpected dangers. They learnt about situations that can lead to human…
Food
This Nuffield Working with Science unit involves scientific investigations both in the laboratory and in the kitchen. The activities encourage students to apply the knowledge gained in new situations, to analyse data from tables and interpret experimental results. Students draw conclusions, weigh up evidence, and make judgments based…
Fibres and Fabrics
This Nuffield Working with Science unit encouraged students to gather information about different types of fabric and the fibres from which they are made. The unit introduces aspects of fabric manufacturing processes and the different uses of fibres and fabrics. Students have opportunities to plan, carry out and evaluate practical…
Crime Detection
This Nuffield Working with Science unit featured experiments derived from forensic techniques but could only give the 'flavour' of a scientific investigation of a crime. The unit aimed to emphasise the basic needs, in a scientific investigation of evidence, of accurate observation, careful comparisons, and accurate recording…
Birds
This Nuffield Working with Science unit aimed to draw on the popularity of bird watching to develop skills of observation and investigation. Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’ Notes D. This unit was not included in the second, CPVE edition of the project. Contents Section 1: Finding out (any…
Teachers’ Notes F
Nuffield Working with Science Teachers’ Notes F, from the first edition, provides teacher and technicians guidance for the six maxi-units listed under contents. Guidance for the two units from this set that also appeared in the CPVE versions is provided in the Tutors’ Handbook. Contents • Electronics (first…
Teachers’ Notes E
Nuffield Working with Science Teachers’ Notes E, from the first edition, provides teacher and technicians guidance for the seven maxi-units listed under contents. Guidance for the five units from this set that also appeared in the CPVE versions is provided in the Tutors’ Handbook. Contents • Farming •…
Teachers’ Notes D
Nuffield Working with Science Teachers’ Notes D, from the first edition, provides teacher and technicians guidance for the five maxi-units listed under contents. Guidance for the one unit from this set that also appeared in the CPVE versions is provided in the Tutors’ Handbook. Contents • Birds (first edition…
Water Pollution
This Nuffield Working with Science unit encouraged students to consider water pollution problems at national and international level, by coming to understand a local example of pollution through their own investigations. Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’ Notes C. Parts of this unit were incorporated…
Sport
This Nuffield Working with Science unit was designed to give the student the opportunity to work scientifically and to acquire some of the positive attitudes associated with informed opinions and the use of objective argument based on evidence. It was also hoped that the students' appreciation of sport and what is involved in…
Hair
This Nuffield Working with Science unit encourages students to explore some of the problems people have with their hair, why they happen, and what can be done about them. The unit investigates how hair is kept clean and healthy, what substances are used in hairdressing products and how to make some of them. Students find out about…
Football
Like other Nuffield Working with Science units, this topic is intended to give students an opportunity to acquire relevant scientific information, skills, and attitudes, so that they may be able to put all these to practical use. Students learn and practice how to behave scientifically and to increase their knowledge about football…
Fire
This Nuffield Working with Science unit was designed to encourage students to study fire in the context of safety at home, fire prevention and the role of the Fire Service. Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’ Notes C. The unit was revised and republished for the CPVE edition of the project in the…
Cosmetics
This Nuffield Working with Science unit was intended to help students to appreciate the purposes of different types of cosmetics, to distinguish between purely decorative and 'useful' preparations, to understand the reasons for the formulations of different types of cosmetics, to develop skills of working carefully and…