This website will help you to explore 'how science works' with post-16 students taking AS/A science courses. Teaching about science is important because it helps students to learn science concepts, it motivates students, and it is relevant to future citizens - it will also be a strand running through all AS/A science courses from September 2008.
There are six tried and tested lessons which you are free to download. There are two downloads for each lesson: notes for teachers and other resources such as OHTs and student sheets. The lessons fall into three areas.
The role of theoretical models
Lesson A Electromagnetism (Physics)
Lesson B Cell membranes (Biology)
Lesson C Continental drift (Any science, or geography)
Assessing the quality of data
Lesson D Chemical data (Chemistry)
Lesson E Mobile phones (Any science)
Purposes of scientific research
Lesson F Purposes of Scientific Research (Any science)
A project team at the University of Leeds developed the lessons as part of a project funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
©The Nuffield Foundation 2003