This activity enables teachers to introduce the work of the Environment Agency into their lessons and deliver elements of the national curriculum and is designed to be delivered either by a ...

This booklet has been produced to help teachers understand how to ‘work scientifically’ within the primary science curriculum for England. It includes progression of enquiry skills grids from Early Years Foundation Stage through to Key Stage Three and child friendly self and peer assessment posters to support all...

The CPVE edition of Nuffield Working with Science included two units that had not featured in the first edition. Guidance for both topics appears in the Tutors’ Handbook. .

The two topics are:
*Enterprise
*Pollution

Nuffield Working with Science was first published in the 1970s and then revised for CPVE in the 1980s. The programme was designed for ‘new sixth formers’ staying on at school for one year after the age of 16.

In the first edition there two Teachers’ Guides giving an overview of the programme and giving...

In the first edition of Nuffield Working with Science, this set of units was covered by Teachers’ Notes A. Only four of the units were retained and revised for the second, CPVE edition.

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In the first edition of Nuffield Working with Science, this set of units was covered by Teachers’ Notes B. Only three of the units were retained and revised for the second, CPVE edition. For the CPVE edition, the air pollution unit was merged into a new unit called...

In the first edition of Nuffield Working with Science, this set of units was covered by Teachers’ Notes C. All but one of the units were retained and revised for the second, CPVE edition. The Water Pollution unit contributed to a new CPVE unit called Pollution .

In the first edition of Nuffield Working with Science, this set of units was covered by Teachers’ Notes D. Only one of the units were retained and revised for the second, CPVE edition.

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In the first edition of Nuffield Working with Science, this set of units was covered by Teachers’ Notes E. Only five of the units were retained and revised for the second, CPVE edition.

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In the first edition of Nuffield Working with Science, this set of units was covered by Teachers’ Notes F. Only two of the units were retained and revised for the second, CPVE edition.

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Mini-Units were included in Working with Science because some teachers reported that for some students an eight-week unit was too long. They were designed to be completed in two or three weeks and were used to start a Working with Science course, or to fill in, towards...

The World of Science was based on a selection of topics from ASE’s SATIS project. The publications contained the best of the thinking of the first project. Units that had stood the test of time were included but they were updated, shortened and amended in the light...

Dr Laura Hobbs is a research scientist at the University of Strathclyde and the Scottish Association for Marine Science. She uses data from instruments, called echosounders, that use sound waves to monitor the depth and abundance of zooplankton in the Arctic Ocean. Studying copepods, her research has shown that...

Published by the UK Space Agency, the Space:UK magazine has all the latest news in UK space science, technology and exploration. This collection contains issues starting in 2004 and running through to the present day. Each issue contains interesting and easy-to-read articles on space news. They are suitable for...