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The UPDATE 91 teachers' notes, which provided information to update and supplement the 100 units published between 1986 and 1988.
Units 1 to 25 of the SATIS 16-19 series. The introductory General Guide for teachers gives information on the design and use of the units, outlines of the unit subjects relating them to science specialisms.
Science and Technology in Society 1
SATIS book one includes Ashton Island - a problem in renewable energy, Fibre in your diet, and Nuclear power.
The ten units in this booklet are:
*101 Sulphurcrete: Reading, questions and experimental work on the use of sulphur as a building material.
*102 Food from fungus: Information,...
Science and Technology in Society 10
SATIS book ten includes Chocolate chip mining, Lavender, Why 240 volts?, and Trees as structures.
The ten units in this booklet are:
1001 Chocolate chip mining: A practical, problem-solving activity linked to analysis of data about copper mining.
1002 Quintonal - an industrial hazard: A...
Science and Technology in Society 11
SATIS book eleven includes A special type of hearing aid, The eruption of Mount St Helens, and Project management.
The ten books in this unit are:
1101 Breast or bottle? Information, questions, data-handling, discussion, devising stories, mini role-plays and a design brief. Attainment targets 1,3, 11...
Science and Technology in Society 12
SATIS book twelve includes From Babylon to biotechnology, Earthquakes - in Britain?, Radiotelescopes, and Are you made of stardust?.
The ten units in this booklet are:
1201 Agrochemicals and the environment: Data handling, information, questions and discussion. Attainment targets 1 and 2.
1202...
Science and Technology in Society 2
SATIS book two includes Drinking alcohol, The story of Fritz Haber, and The pesticide problem.
The ten units in this booklet are:
201 Energy from Biomass: Reading and problem-solving exercises, including optional practical work, on the production of biomass energy.
202 Electric vehicles:...
Science and Technology in Society 3
SATIS book three includes Air pollution - where does it come from?, Living with kidney failure, The second law of - what?, and Recycling aluminium.
The ten units in this booklet are:
301 Air pollution - where does it come from?: A data-analysis exercise concerning sources of air pollution.
302...
Science and Technology in Society 4
SATIS book four includes The label at the back - a look at clothing fibres, Noise, and Glass.
The ten units in this booklet are:
401 Fluoridation of water supplies: Reading and discussion concerning the artificial fluoridation of public water supplies.
402 DDT and Malaria: Reading, questions...
Science and Technology in Society 5
SATIS book five includes Bridges, Paying for national health, Risks, and Perkin's mauve.
The ten units in this booklet are:
501 Bridges: A survey of bridges leading to consideration of bridge design, the choice of materials for bridge construction, and optional practical work.
502 The coal mine...