Published by the Nuffield Foundation, this Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Study Guide contains substantial passages of descriptive text on a range of biological subjects, in addition to a collection of biological data presented as study items. The different kinds of...

Published by the Nuffield Foundation, the two Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Study Guides contained the core of the work of the revised scheme. Consultation with teachers and others had led to these recommendations for the revised programme:

1. That the processes of biology, rather than the content,...

The aim of this book was to introduce students to the methods used in systematics and their application to modern biology. It was written to provide a treatment of the subject suitable for students and teachers of advanced level biology.

This teachers' guide from the Nuffield Foundation was written to accompany Study Guide I and the related Practical Guides 1-4. Each chapter begins with a review of aims and contents. Following this, the first part of the chapter sets out the assumptions and principles...

This teachers' guide from the Nuffield Foundation was written to accompany Study Guide II and the related Practical Guides 5-7. Each chapter begins with a review of aims and contents. Following this, the first part of the chapter sets out the assumptions and principles underlying each section in the study guide and...

The original Nuffield O-level Biology texts were published in the mid-1960s. About ten years later the texts and guides were revised following an evaluation of the materials.

Many teachers who had experience of using the materials contributed to the evaluation...

Revised Nuffield Biology combined into single volumes the Student Texts and Teachers’ Guides for the first and second years of the original course. This revised teachers' guide for the first two years of the...

The texts for Revised Nuffield Biology offered an amended version of the third year of the five-year course to O-level. The revision was based on the experience of numerous teachers with the original edition. Extra...

The texts for Revised Nuffield Biology offered an amended version of the  fourth year  of the five-year course to O-level. The revision was based on the experience of numerous teachers with the original edition. Extra help in the teachers’ guide included: *...

The texts for Revised Nuffield Biology offered an amended version of the fifth year of the five-year course to O-level. The revision was based on the experience of numerous teachers with the original edition. Extra help in the teachers’ guide included: *indications...

This set of resource, from the Association for Science Education (ASE) provide examples of revision activities.The resources are provided as both PDF and Word file format, so teachers may amend them for different classes and topics.

*Pick a number - students choose numbers from a grid to answer quiz...

This activity aimed at primary learners, looks at the properties and uses of materials and what humans need to stay alive. It introduces Ricky who is going on an expedition to Antarctica and asks children to decide what he needs to take with him. By making comparisons, sorting and grouping objects and using their...

This podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) looks at why understanding rip currents at Perranporth in north Cornwall could help save lives; and how exactly does carbon capture and storage (CCS) work and how can scientists be sure that CO2 will be stored...

These three activities, from Centre of the Cell, introduce the idea that there are certain factors, called risk factors, which can increase a person’s likelihood of developing a disease. Students learn how scientists use research to determine what the risk factors are for various diseases.

Using data...

Roche, the Swiss healthcare company, has created this collection of resources to give some context to how science in school can be linked to the development of drugs.

Some of the activities relate directly to a subject area in science such as disease transmission, the problem with anti-biotic resistant...