LONGMAN CO-ORDINATED SCIENCE Series

Teachers' and Technicians' Guide Paper

by Terry Parkin, John Simpkins, Julie McCarthy, Jackie Reffin, Jean McLean, David Brodie, Wendy Brown, Nigel Heslop, Gren Ireson, and Peter Williams

Published 3 July 1996

This is a post-Dearing 14-16 science course designed to support students, teachers and technicians, combining a traditional approach with some innovative features. The teachers' and technicians' guide offers advice on how to use the resources effectively in school. It suggests ways of introducing each chapter to the class, includes lists of apparatus required for the copymasters, offers ideas for integrating IT into teaching, procides answers to numerical questions, and contains advice from experts on setting-up practicals and carrying out risk assessments.

Physics Copymasters Copymasters

by Terry Parkin, David Brodie, Wendy Brown, Nigel Heslop, Gren Ireson, and Peter Williams

Published 26 June 1996

This is a post-Dearing 14-16 science course designed to support students, teachers and technicians, combining a traditional approach with some innovative features. The copymasters contain worksheets detailing all students need to know in order to carry out the experiments summarized in the books. The use of practical icons in the copymasters enable teachers to check which science skills are being practised and revision summaries can double as end-of-chapter tests. They also provide a bank of chapter specific exam-style questions with marking schemes, written by examiners.

Biology Student's Book

by Terry Parkin, John Simpkins, Julie McCarthy, and Jackie Reffin

Published 22 March 1996

This is a post-Dearing 14-16 science course designed to support students, teachers and technicians, combining a traditional approach with some innovative features. The pupils' books explain science in an easy-to-understand way, including up-to-date examples of science in everyday life and recent advances in scientific research. It also provides students with the opportunity to examine scientific advances in historical and social contexts. Summaries of experiments help students understand what they are doing and why, and revision summaries help with exam preparation. Additionally, the questions in the book include "as-you-go" testers as well as exam-style questions for practice and homework.