Starting from Rocks
Starting from Rocks was one of four books published by the Schools Council Environmental Studies Project to illustrate a recommended approach for working with students in the 5 to 13 age range. The approach had, as one of its aims, the development by children of a variety of methods of examining and representing the features they…
Geology in the School Curriculum
Geology in the School Curriculum was a report of the Schools Council Geology Curriculum Review Group, published in 1977. The report aimed to fulfil two roles. Firstly, its discursive sections were intended to support the recommendations put by the Geology Curriculum Review Group to the Schools Council. Secondly, it was hoped that…
Processes and Products of Science Teaching
This resource is the final report from the project for the Evaluation of Science Teaching Methods, sponsored by the Schools Council. The project was based at the University of Leicester School of Education from 1970 to 1973. The objective of the research was to identify the processes of science teaching, and then to investigate…
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…
Schools Council Project in Applied Science and Technology
From the Schools Council, this archive document describes the results of a pilot study into the impact of technology in schools during the late 1960's. In attempting to clarify the position of technology in the schools, this report considered three fundamental questions: • What is Technology? • Should it be introduced…
Schools Council Working Paper No.18
Produced as part of the Schools Council Project, this archive document looks at how schools were responding to the advent of new technologies and scientific developments in the late 1960's. Project Technology was set up by the Schools Council to design and test teaching materials for schools wishing to include work in science…
Reading for Learning in the Sciences
Reading for Learning in the Sciences (1984), from the Schools Council, was a source of practical help for teachers that was designed to promote more effective learning from the written word. The book covered the place of reading in science education, the distinctive nature of science texts and the range of reading and study activities…
SCISP Teachers’ Guide 2: Interactions and Building Blocks
This teachers' guide continued introduction to the Integrated Science Project's concepts of pattern and problem. This approach covered qualitative and quantitative generalisations, and used patterns to solve problems. The problems were both practical and theoretical, everyday and laboratory. The importance of science to…
SCISP Topic Book: Patterns of Reproduction, Development and Growth
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the first of the SCISP students’ manuals. The book was designed to show how some scientific patterns first began to emerge and how they were altered slowly as more knowledge was gained. Contents • Living things multiply •…
SCISP Topic Book: Human Groups
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the fourth of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • The study of groups • The ecology of groups • Integrated science and social science
SCISP Topic Book: Man and the Urban Environment
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the fourth of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Introduction • The natural environment: rural and urban life • The urban environment • Making decisions • Further reading
SCISP Topic Book: Earth Patterns
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the fourth of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Introduction • Earth patterns in areas of stable continental crust • Patterns of Earth history in areas of mobile continental crust • Earth patterns…
SCISP Topic Book: Friction
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the fourth of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Patterns of friction • What is friction? • Using friction • Two important patterns concerning friction • The mechanism of sliding friction •…
SCISP Topic Book: Human Behaviour
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the fourth of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Man and computer • The start of life • The influence of the family and other people • The senses • Keeping fit • Motivation • Advertising
SCISP Topic Book: Darwin and Evolution
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the fourth of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Background • The impact of Darwin's ideas • Natural selection today
SCISP Topic Book: Weather Patterns
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the third of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Introduction • Water and weather patterns • Wind and weather patterns • Weather patterns in the British Isles • Predicting weather • Further…
SCISP Topic Book: Electromagnetic Radiation
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the third of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Introduction • Electromagnetic radiation production and detection • Solar radiation • Light waves • Infrared radiation • Spectra •…
SCISP Topic Book: The Electrification of British Rail
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the third of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • The beginnings of the railway • The railway's competition • Motive power • Inter-city travel • Electrification: the technical aspects •…
SCISP Topic Book: Sound: its Uses and Misuses
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the third of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • What is sound? • The ear and hearing • Music and musical instruments • Sound and communication • Sound recording • Echo sounding •…
SCISP Topic Book: Machines and Engines
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the third of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Harnessing energy before steam • Engines • Control
SCISP Topic Book: Science and Decision-making
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the second of the SCISP students’ manuals. This topic book was also used with the later parts of the scheme. Contents 1. The polythene story 2. The search for oil 3. The Park Hill story 4. A detergent story 5. The PVC story…
SCISP Topic Book: The Diversity of Life
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the second of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Introduction: variety and classification • Early attempts at classifying organisms • Naming living things - Karl von Linné • The levels of classification •…
SCISP Topic Book: Chemical Formulae and Equations
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the first of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • The masses and relative atomic masses of atoms • The mole: an important base unit • Some experimental enquiries using the mole unit • Formulae of compounds…
SCISP Topic Book: Population Patterns
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the first of the SCISP students’ manuals. The main purpose of the book was to explore the implications of population patterns for human kind and to examine the numerous factors which influence those patterns. Contents • Patterns…
SCISP Topic Book: Length and its Measurement
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the first of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Why measure? • Very small measurements • Very large measurements • Appendix
SCISP Topic Book: Rocks and Minerals
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the first of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • Collecting rocks • Rocks - the building blocks of the Earth's crust • Identifying a rock • Identifying a mineral • Polishing your specimens…
SCISP Topic Book: The Importance of Patterns
This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the first of the SCISP students’ manuals. Contents • What is a pattern? • Hard and soft water • Glass • Why plants and animals are as they are • The structure of crystals • The Sun, the Moon and…
SCISP Technicians’ Manual 4: Interactions and Change
The Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) technicians' manuals included classified lists of equipment, preparation guides, technical hints and lists of suppliers. The books were written to enable almost all school technicians to prepare for the Patterns lessons with as little help as possible from the teacher. Contents Classified…
SCISP Students’ Manual 4: Interactions and Change
The Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) manuals for students were not traditional textbooks. They included experiments, practical and theoretical problems, and information (such as photographs, data and extracts from books or newspapers) intended for use in problems and in class discussion. They also contained optional…
SCISP Teachers’ Guide 4: Interactions and Change
In the Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) course, the explanations of change used the concept of interaction under these headings: • Recognising change • A close look at a number of different changes • Stability Contents 1. Recognising change 2. Changes in behaviour 3. Changes in acidity 4.…
SCISP Technicians’ Manual 3: Energy
The Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) technicians' manuals included classified lists of equipment, preparation guides, technical hints and lists of suppliers. The books were written to enable almost all school technicians to prepare for the Patterns lessons with as little help as possible from the teacher. Contents Preface…