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by University of York Science Education Group (Author), Nuffield Curriculum Centre (Author)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford (12 Jan 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0199150249
  • ISBN-13: 978-0199150243
  • Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 21.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 85,044 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Bring science alive for your students with this extensively trialled course

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Twenty First Century Science BLis a suite of complementary specifications offering flexible and exciting options for science at GCSE BLis unique in having been extensively trialled over three years with more than 6,000 students in each year BLis motivating, stimulating and relevant. The specifications and resources are the products of close collaboration between the University of York Science Education Group, the Nuffield Curriculum Centre, OCR, and Oxford University Press. The GCSE Science course contains nine modules: BLB1 Your and your genes BLB2 Keeping healthy BLB3 Life on Earth BLC1 Air quality BLC2 Material choices BLC3 Food matters BLP1 The Earth in the Universe BLP2 Radiation and life BLP3 Radioactive materials A comprehensive set of trialled resources is available: A Textbook at each of Foundation and Higher Level which use engaging, up-to-date science contexts. Workbooks at each of Foundation and Higher Level which can be used for homework and provide the student with a set of summary notes to help with revision. A Teacher and Technician Guide with lesson plans covering the whole course, including assessments, homeworks and cover lessons, and activity sheets. iPack CD-ROM which includes the lesson plans in interactive form, along with over 100 video and audio clips, animations, and PowerPoint presentations. Remember the CD-ROMs are eligible for e-learning credits. For more information, visit: www.twentyfirstcenturyscience.org

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1.0 out of 5 stars Oh my..., 5 Aug 2007
By Ian Wild "YourMathsTutor" (Worcestershire, UK) - See all my reviews
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I'm teaching the Twenty First Century Science course for the first time this year and have been studying this text book in conjunction with the OCR syllabus in preparation.

Firstly the background: this course has attracted a good deal of criticism for being "media led" rather than science led - in other words the issues are discussed before the science when it is far, far better, for the sake of simple understanding in my experience, to put them the other way around.

And now the book: this text book (rightly or wrongly) takes the same approach as the course. Issues are discussed and then the science introduced as the issues are explored. The result I find is that a good deal of the science is left out. For example, the science behind mobile phones is fascinating and complex (but not too complex that a child can't understand it) but the treatment in the book is cursory at best. More worryingly, there is at least one example were the science is quite wrong: the authors sing the praises of catalytic converters as a means of improving air quality but neglect to mention that they produce highly toxic hydrogen sulphide (ever wondered what the bad egg smell from your car is when it has only travelled a short distance?).

There is also a total lack of objectivity when it comes to pharmaceuticals. We learnt at school how medicines and the process of bringing a medicine to market (as a market is truly what it is) can go wrong - namely thalidomide. Not so here. Such a lack of balance really is unforgivable.

Have the authors used a US spell checker? Sulphur is NOT spelt sulfur.

Buy this if you must but question everything this book tells you...and please, please spell suphur with a 'ph'.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 5 Feb 2009
By Mrs. J. L. Riley "Jane" (Essex UK) - See all my reviews
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This book is used at my daughter's school so we purchased our own copy to support her learning. Good value.
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