ERIC Number: ED069553
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1971
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Nuffield Secondary Science, Theme 6, Movement.
Richardson, W.; Tollyfield, J. K.
Nuffield Secondary Science is a set of tested materials from which teachers can prepare courses for students in grades 9-11 (approximately) who do not intend to major in science. The materials are designed for British secondary schools but are adaptable for other countries. The Teachers' Guide to the entire set of materials is described in SE 015 440 and the nature of each Theme summarized in SE 015 441. Theme 6 contains the following fields of study (with subsidiary sections indicated in parentheses): Transport (getting things moving, things in motion, internal combustion engine, stopping a moving object, air transport, falling and circular motion, vibration/resonance/waves); and Natural Movements of Living Things (movement for a purpose, movement of animals' limbs, balancing, further discussion of angular momentum, walking/running/jumping, projectiles, other ways of moving, flying, swimming). See also SE 015 442 to SE 015 448. (AL)
Descriptors: Behavior, Biology, Instruction, Instructional Materials, Kinetics, Motion, Physical Sciences, Physiology, Secondary School Science, Teaching Guides, Transportation
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Authoring Institution: Nuffield Foundation, London (England).