Hypothesis Testing

This resource from the Continuing Mathematics project is made up of three units covering hypothesis testing.The first unit covers the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test and aims to teach the use of a non-parametric test for assessing the significance of the difference between two independent samples. In this context, the...

Descriptive Statistics

Descriptive Statistics is the name the Continuing Mathematics Project has given to a sequence of four units which deal with distributions, histograms, bar charts, frequency tables and measures of central tendency and dispersion.The first unit, Presenting Statistics, aims to teach some basic statistical techniques...

Fuels, Explosives and Dyestuffs

Part of the Chemistry in Industry series, Fuels, Explosives and Dyestuffs is designed as source-book for science teachers.Chapter 2, on fuels, covers:*The origin and nature of fossil fuels*The properties of fuels that are commercially important*Solid fuels*Fluidised combustion*Air pollution*Smokeless fuels*Gas making...

High Polymers

Part of the Chemistry in Industry series, High Polymers was designed as a source-book for science teachers.Contents:Chapter 1:*Polymerization of monomers through addition, condensation, and copolymerisation*The structure and properties of polymersChapter 2:*Plastics, including: cellulose-based plastics*Casein-based...

Catalysis

Catalysis is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education. Each title brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had appeared in the ASE journal, School Science Review....

Teacher's Handbook

The Advanced Physics Project for Independent Learning (APPIL) published this Teacher's Handbook to set out the overall picture of the APPIL project and explain its aims and objectives. It is a starting point for teachers and technicians who wish to adopt the course and gives the structure of the course and its...

Nuffield Advanced Science: Physical Science

The Nuffield Physical Science course explored the regions of common interest to physicists and chemists. The course focussed on the contributions that physics and chemistry make to the study of the structure and properties of materials. The physics topics explored the interlocking roles of matter, energy and radiation...

Nuffield Working with Science

Nuffield Working with Science was developed in the 1970s to meet the needs of ‘the new sixth former’ in schools and colleges. The programme offered teachers a variety of resources as a basis for courses aimed at students staying on in education after the age of 16 for a one-year course.Students who used the materials...

Working With Science: General Guidance

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 advice on...

Working With Science: Maxi Units A

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.Contents*Water Shortage 2000 (first edition only)*Questioning Prejudice and Superstition*Recycling*Photography (first edition only)*...