This is one of the 18 Background Books published for Stage II of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes aspects of the history of chemistry by exploring the developments that led to the Periodic Table.

There are 4 parts to...

Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the S unit called ‘Circuits’. This D unit provided enough material for eight double periods during a Further Science course and built on the content of the S units for Single Science. The teachers’ guide included...

In this Nuffield exploration students are asked to design a table for a group of 5 people for daily use. The table must be extendable to accommodate 8 to 10 people for some occasions

The key processes developed are:...

This resource requires problem solving skills to identify linear and quadratic relationships in a realistic context.

Students investigate covering square table tops with three types of tile; square tiles, half tiles, and quarter tiles. They create examples and then identify the resulting sequences.  

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This worksheet challenges students to use frequency tables and tally charts in various design and technology contexts. It provides worked examples, examiners top tips and answers to each question. The resource is useful for teaching maths content in design and technology, or as a maths activity sheet.

These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, introduce students to various ways of arranging data in a table, both simple and complex. They learn how to give the table the correct title and to define the central question addressed in the table.

This activity will help students to...

These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to practise all the stages involved in transforming a text description into a suitable table. They are provided with a short text containing information on smoking rates.

Students have to make decisions regarding the structure...

Mendeleev's invention of the periodic table of the elements showed how to predict and create further elements, something which scientists are still doing today.

This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2016, Volume 26, Issue 4.

Contained within this pack are the worksheet originals for the tables booklets produced by SMILE.

There are eleven tables booklets, one for each of the times tables from two to twelve. Each table is presented in a...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity gives students practise and experience in analysing complex tables.

Students interrogate information to provide answers to a number of questions. They are asked to write down a number of statements and conclusions that can be made from the table...

This booklet was written to support the Periodicity and Atomic Structure option in the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme Stage III: A Course of Options. The booklet starts with an account of atomic structure which is then related to the periodic table and leads on to a...

This collection supports the release of the new novel by Simon Mayo called Itch. The book, published by Random House Children's Books, is about a boy who loves science, collects elements and discovers a new element. The collection contains a selection of eLibrary resources which can be used to support the teaching...

In this DfE Standards Unit resource, students learn to understand the relationship between graphical, algebraic and tabular representations of functions, the nature of proportional, linear, quadratic and inverse functions and doubling and squaring. Students should already be familiar with algebraic symbols such as...