The Whole Curriculum in Primary Schools
Published in 1993 by the Association for Science Education, this report was a response to concerns about primary curriculum overload and the place of science as a core subject within the curriculum. A task group including practising teachers, a primary head teacher, a science adviser, lecturers and researchers in primary education…
Women and Science and Technology
Written by Gwyneth Hughes and produced by the Association for Science Education (ASE), this resource pack looks at the role of women in science and technology. It consists of thirteen worksheets examining some of the issues around gender, science and technology. The pack is primarily aimed at women. Its main purpose is to give…
UNESCO Resource Kit - Science and Technology Education
This folder of guidance and resources was published for UNESCO by the Association for Science Education. The resources consisted of 26 modules each with Student’s Notes and Teacher’s Notes. UNESCO Project 2000+ was a collaborative partnership between eleven major international agencies and inter-governmental organisations…
Primary Technology - Using Stories from History
Produced by the Association for Science Education (ASE), this book looks at technology from an historical perspective and through a series of engaging stories, each of which is linked with possible design-and-make projects. The stories in the book are: Children of the Grasses In ancient Egypt, children collect papyrus to make…
Understanding Sensors
This is one of a series of focused units, from the Association for Science Education and the Design and Technology Association, to introduce students to important technologies and their applications. This unit features sensors and their technological applications including: • the use of potential dividers as a resistance to…
Understanding Control
This is one of a series of extended units, from the Association for Science Education and the Design and Technology Association, to provide in-depth coverage of a topic or an area of the curriculum. The focus is on the aspects of systems and control that generally feature in courses of Design and Technology and Information Technology.…
Green Buildings
This is one of a series of extended units, from the Association for Science Education and the Design and Technology Association, to provide in-depth coverage of a topic or an area of the curriculum. This unit was developed by the Centre for Sustainable Energy, which aimed to promote constructive energy education in schools and colleges. Through…
Energy Transfer - From Source to Load
This is one of a series of focused units, from the Association for Science Education and the Design and Technology Association, to introduce students to important technologies and their applications. In their study of this unit students can improve their understanding of energy transfers and the efficiency of energy transfers. Students…
Teamwork - Solving Problems and Improving Quality
The Science with Technology Teamwork unit, from the Association for Science Education and the Design and Technology Association, introduces students to skills to solve problems and improve quality. It was developed in collaboration with experts in the Rover Group. This unit was part of the Toolkit produced by the project. In part…
Managing Energy
This is one of a series of extended units from the Association for Science Education and the Design and Technology Association, to provide in-depth coverage of a topic or an area of the curriculum. This unit covers the use of energy management systems in buildings focusing on the students’ own school. It provides a context…
Cars and the Environment
This is one of a series of focused units, from the Association for Science Education and the Design and Technology Association, to introduce students to important technologies and their applications. This unit shows that decisions involving environmental issues are complex. Students learn that there are often optimum decisions rather…
Project Management
The Science with Technology Project Management unit, from the Association for Science Education and the Design and Technology Association, introduces students to some of the techniques and skills that can help people to manage projects more effectively. It was developed in collaboration with experts in the company Brown and Root…
Making Use of Renewable Energy
This is one of a series of extended units, from the Association for Science Education and the Design and Technology Association, to provide in-depth coverage of a topic or an area of the curriculum. Through work on this unit, students learn about the potential for using renewable energy resources from small (local) to large scale…
Investigating and Designing Control Systems
This is one of a series of extended units, from the Association for Science Education and the Design and Technology Association, to provide in-depth coverage of a topic or an area of the curriculum. Through the study of this unit, students can learn about control systems; use a process for analysing systems; and carry out a design…
Energy in Kalyanpura - Investigating Energy and Development Issues
This is one of a series of extended units. from the Association for Science Education and the Design and Technology Association, to provide in-depth coverage of a topic or an area of the curriculum. This unit was developed by the Centre for Sustainable Energy, which aimed to promote constructive energy education in schools and colleges. Through…
LAMP Topic Brief 9: Paints and Dyes
This Topic Brief was published as part of the ASE’s LAMP Project. This unit was developed from work carried out with non-academic boys and girls in the age range 14 to 16 years. It was tried with some success on groups of between 12 and 15 in an urban comprehensive school of 1750 pupils. The average reading age of the pupils…
SATIS 8-14: Blue Box Book 10
Box 3, the blue box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in Key Stage Three. Book 10 contained five units. Contents Unit 1: Investigating antacids Unit 2: Leaves on the line Unit 3: Getting to grips with training shoes Unit 4: Where…
SATIS 8-14: Blue Box Book 9
Box 3, the blue box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in Key Stage Three. Book 9 contained four units. Contents Unit 1: Satellites and dishes Unit 2: Here comes the Sun Unit 3: Voyage to Venus Unit 4: Medicines from the rain…
SATIS 8-14: Blue Box Book 8
Box 3, the blue box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in Key Stage Three. Book 8 contained five units. Contents Unit 1: Gift of life Unit 2: Made for the job Unit 3: Oiltech Unit 4: The Great Storm Unit 5: Eggs for food
SATIS 8-14: Blue Box Book 7
Box 3, the blue box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in Key Stage Three. Book 7 contained five units all related to extracting oil from the North Sea. Contents Unit 1: A town in the North Sea Unit 2: Petroleum - the raw material Unit…
SATIS 8-14: Blue Box Book 6
Box 3, the blue box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in Key Stage Three. Book 6 contained five units. Contents Unit 1: Cable-stayed bridges Unit 2: Salt from silt in Sierra Leone Unit 3: Discovery! Unit 4: I spy stars Unit…
SATIS 8-14: Blue Box Book 5
Box 3, the blue box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in Key Stage Three. Book 5 contained three units. Contents Unit 1: Battery power Unit 2: Animals in research Unit 3: Don't disturb the dolphins
SATIS 8-14: Blue Box Book 4
Box 3, the blue box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in Key Stage Three. Book 4 contained four units. Contents Unit 1: Making the water flow: WaterAid Unit 2: The HAZCHEM code Unit 3: The SealSandsChemical Company Unit 4: Measuring…
SATIS 8-14: Blue Box Book 3
Box 3, the blue box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in Key Stage Three. Book 3 contained six units. Contents Unit 1: Dormouse game Unit 2: Asthma Unit 3: Happy food chains Unit 4: Protecting peat Unit 5: Taking the sting…
SATIS 8-14: Blue Box Book 2
Box 3, the blue box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in Key Stage Three. Book 2 contained five units. Contents Unit 1: What do scientists do? Unit 2: HIV Unit 3: Rock salt Unit 4: Disposable nappies Unit 5: Why steel?
SATIS 8-14: Blue Box Book 1
Box 3, the blue box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in Key Stage Three. Book 1 contained five units. Contents Unit 1: A letter to Einstein Unit 2: All to pot! Unit 3: Audit your environment Unit 4: Free soap Unit 5: Hovercraft
SATIS 8-14: Yellow Box Units in Themes
Box 2, the yellow box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in years five and six of Key Stage Two as well as in Key Stage Three. These units were later grouped into five themes and republished in ring-bound booklets. Themes • Health •…
SATIS 8-14: Yellow Box Book 10
Box 2, the yellow box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in years five and six of Key Stage Two as well as in Key Stage Three. Book 10 contained five units. Contents Unit 1: Waste on a holiday island Unit 2: Where have we come from? Unit…
SATIS 8-14: Yellow Box Book 9
Box 2, the yellow box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in years five and six of Key Stage Two as well as in Key Stage Three. Book 9 contained four units. Contents Unit 1: Butter, milk, and cream Unit 2: The SATIS aeroplane Unit…
SATIS 8-14: Yellow Box Book 8
Box 2, the yellow box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in years five and six of Key Stage Two as well as in Key Stage Three. Book 8 contained five units. Contents Unit 1: Which wash? Unit 2: Reporting science Unit 3: Lifting water…
SATIS 8-14: Yellow Box Book 7
Box 2, the yellow box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in years five and six of Key Stage Two as well as in Key Stage Three. Book 7 contained six units. Contents Unit 1: Packaging Unit 2: Natural bounce Unit 3: Which crisps would…
SATIS 8-14: Yellow Box Book 6
Box 2, the yellow box of ASE’s SATIS 8-14 project, contained ten booklets with resources suggesting activities for teaching science and technology in years five and six of Key Stage Two as well as in Key Stage Three. Book 6 contained six units. Contents Unit 1: Earth Tours Incorporated Unit 2: Lettuces for profit Unit…
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