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Nuffield Physical Science: Sections 8-14
The second Student Workbook for Nuffield Physical Science began with an extensive introduction to this novel course for students. The Workbook was not designed as a textbook.
The content of each section was arranged on the same plan, and each contained four types of material: 'Introduction', passages of '...
Nuffield Physical Science: Sourcebook
The Nuffield Physical Science Sourcebook was designed to give students further information on various parts of the course, to inspire them to read as widely as possible, and to provide them with practice in comprehending scientific prose. It consisted of articles about many topics related to the themes of the...
Nuffield Physical Science: the Options
The Nuffield Physical Science course featured two types of options. These introduced an element of choice for students and teachers.
General options The general options were introduced into the course to meet the needs of students planning to progress to higher education in specialist areas...
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.
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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...
In addition to the general introduction to the course in Teachers’ Guides I and III, the Nuffield Physics project produced two volumes of general guidance. One is about all the apparatus to be used in the course. The other is about tests and examinations both during the course and at the end.
Nuffield Physics: Guide to Apparatus
Nuffield Physics placed great emphasis on practical work by students. The projects devised many new approaches to practical work and introduced a wide range of new apparatus to schools. To help teachers, technicians and suppliers, the project published a detailed guide to all the apparatus needed for the course....
Nuffield Physics was planned as a five-year programme up to the age of 16. The project team produced a Teachers’ Guide, Guide to Experiments and a Question book for each year of the course.
Nuffield Physics was planned as a five-year programme up to the age of 16. The project team produced a Teachers’ Guide, Guide to Experiments and a Question book for each year of the course.