AKSIS
AKSIS study
Education in Science 185
Nov 1999 pp16 -17
AKSIS materials:
Anne Goldsworthy, Rod Watson and Valerie
Wood-Robinson
Published by ASE (01707) 283001
Getting to grips with
graphs (1999) ISBN 086 357 3029
Developing understanding (2000) ISBN 086
357 310X
Ideas and evidence
Carey, J. (ed) The Faber book of
science ISBN 0 571 17901 0 Faber and Faber
This book contains a
wonderful array of scientific writings which illustrate how scientists have
worked an the thoughts they have had about their work
Naylor, S and Keogh, B Concept Cartoons in science education
ISBN 0 9527506 2 7 Available from the ASE
Science Web readers edited by Joan Solomon (Nelson Thornes,
2000)
Biology (ISBN 0 17 438737 7)
Chemistry (ISBN 0 17 438738 5)
Physics (ISBN 0 17 438738 3)
One hundred years of the electron (ASE/RSC, 1997; ISBN 0 86357 276 6)
One hundred years of radium (ASE/BSHS, 1995; ISBN 0 86357 299 5)
From phlogiston to oxygen (ASE, 2000; ISBN 0 86357 317 7)
The nature of science series:
Louis Pasteur (ISBN 0 86357 114)
The big squeeze
(ISBN 0 86357 115 8)
Benjamin Franklin (ISBN 0 86357)
Discovering the cure for scurvy (ISBN 0 86357 117 4)
Stars
and forces (ISBN 0 86357 133 6)
The search for simple substances
(ISBN 0 86357 113 1)
Ideas and evidence in science (ASE, 2002)
This concentrates
on requirements for GCSE but teachers may find it helpful at Key Stage 3.
Horrible Science: suffering scientists by Nick Arnold (Scholastic Children's Books, 2000; ISBN 0 439 01211