Nuffield Curriculum Centre

Nuffield Primary Science books

These books were published by Collins Education. They are out of print, but are widely available in college libraries.

You can get the general idea of how the SPACE approach works in practice by studying any one of these teachers' guides. Only if you are after specific content do you need a specific title.

Each teachers’ guide consists of
• Summary of the SPACE approach, useful strategies, experimental and investigative science, and planning
• Finding out children’s ideas: starter activities
• Examples of children’s work showing their ideas
• Activities to help children to develop their ideas
• Assessment: examples of children’s work with notes on the level they have reached

Teachers’ guides for pupils age 5-7 (key stage 1)
Each of these has a pupils’ books to go with it
Variety of life
Living processes
Living things in their environment
Materials
Rocks, soil and weather
Forces and movement
Using energy
Light
Sound and music
Electricity and magnetism
Earth in Space

Teachers’ guides for pupils age 7-11 (key stage 2)
Each of these has two pupils’ books to go with it
Variety of life
Living processes
Living things in their environment
Materials
Rocks, soil and weather
Forces and movement
Using energy
Light
Sound and music
Electricity and magnetism
Earth in Space

Books for the primary teacher
Understanding science ideas: a guide for primary teachers
Science and literacy: a guide for primary teachers
Science co-ordinators' handbook