The mission of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is to gather and apply knowledge, improve understanding and predict the behaviour of the natural environment and its resources. It was established in 1965.

NERC funds and manages research and training in earth system science, advancing knowledge...

The Nuffield 13 to 16 project grew out of an investigation set up by the Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching Project in 1974. This was CESIS: Curriculum and Examination Systems in Integrated Science. The main finding was that what teachers needed was a project to help them make the best use of all the resources...

Practical Action is a development charity which uses simple technology to fight poverty. The learning resources in this collection look at how issues such as climate change and the need for renewable energy can be tackled. The resources contain background information, teachers' packs, classroom activities, stimulus...

The Association for Science Education set up the SATIS project in 1984, to help teachers relate school science to its social and technological contexts.The units are a model for developing topical lessons to show applications of science, and illustrate aspects of ‘How science works'. The original SATIS (Science and...

The SATIS 'General Guide for Teachers' is a booklet which complements the Teachers' Notes published with the individual SATIS units. It gives more general information about the proejct, about some of the teaching methods, and about other ways of introducing social and...

The UPDATE 91 teachers' notes, which provided information to update and supplement the 100 units published between 1986 and 1988.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

SATIS book six includes The limestone inquiry, The heart pacemaker, and Metals as resources.

The ten units in this booklet are:

601 Electricity on demand: Decision-making task concerning electricity generation and the use of different types of power stations.

602 The limestone enquiry: A role-...