News Archive
Mathematical requirements
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Last updated: 21 January 2010
Guidance on Unit 4 Case Study
We have updated the guidance on preparation for Unit 4
Last updated: 9 December 2009
Meetings and Courses for Teachers
A new meeting has been arranged at the Science Learning Centre London, for teachers thinking of teaching SiS.
Last updated: 4 December 2009
Are these resources what you need?
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Last updated: 17 November 2009
Weblinks for all 6 A2 topics now available
View all the weblinks for each of the A2 units and suggest some more if you have found any good ones.
Last updated: 4 November 2009
Coursework guidance and samples
Suggested schemes of work for introducing the coursework, advice and checklists for students and samples of work with comments and marks are now available
Last updated: 8 October 2009
New email forum for Science in Society Teachers
The Topica forum is now closed. Register to join the new Science in Society email forum now!
Last updated: 10 September 2009
Congratulations to Students and Teachers for excellent AS results
AQA have now published the results for the summer 2009 series.
Last updated: 7 September 2009
All A2 topics now have activities and Schemes of Work available!.
All 6 topics for the A2 course now have Schemes of Work and Activities to download
Last updated: 20 August 2009
A2 textbook Answers now available
Download the Answers to the A2 textbook questions now!
Last updated: 15 June 2009
The A2 textbook for Science in Society is now available
The A2 Science in Society student book has now been published.
Last updated: 18 May 2009
Darwin
Debate evidence and analysis on Darwin and evolution
Last updated: 6 March 2009
New Chief Examiner for Science in Society
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Last updated: 18 February 2009
First A2 activities added to site
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Last updated: 6 February 2009
Learning Skills for Science activities added to site
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Last updated: 19 December 2008
'Catch-up' Teacher Standardising meeting on Wednesday 28 January 2009
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Last updated: 3 December 2008
Evolution activities now available on the website
The activities for Evolution are now available to download from the website.
Last updated: 19 November 2008
Report from recent Shaping Science student conference at the RI
A report on the recent 'Shaping Science' conference.
Last updated: 12 November 2008
Dates for AQA standardisation meetings announced
AQA have announced the dates for several standardisation meetings for Science in Society.
Last updated: 5 November 2008
Examiners needed for 2009 GCE Science in Society
AQA are currently advertising for examiners for Science in Society.
Last updated: 28 October 2008
Who we are and where we are: are we alone? resources are now up on site
The 'Who we are and where we are: are we alone?' resources are now up on site.
Last updated: 28 October 2008
1.8 Lifestyle and Health activities now available to download from web site
Lifestyle and Health activities are now available to download
Last updated: 14 October 2008
Infectious disease resource
A video from the BBC web site which talks about the demise of small pox and what the next challenges are.
Last updated: 3 October 2008
Bookings now being taken for student conference on Friday 7 November 2008
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Last updated: 25 September 2008
AS activities - an update on when all topics will be up on the site
We are sorry that the AS activities are not quite complete for the start of term.
Last updated: 28 August 2008
Science in Society at the Royal Institution - a report on the recent teachers' conference
Find out more about our recent teacher conference for Science in Society.
Last updated: 9 July 2008
Science in Society AS text book now published
The Science in Society AS text book has been published
Last updated: 27 June 2008
Teachers conference on June 30th at the Royal Institution of Great Britain
We will be holding a teachers conference for Science in Society on the 30th June. For more information, see this news story.
Last updated: 6 June 2008
1.10 The Universe - Astrophysics: From Hydrogen to Humans course
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Last updated: 20 May 2008
Launch meetings and training events announced
AQA is arranging two more 'Launch events' - full day introductions to the specification and the available resources.
Last updated: 18 March 2008
Full funding given for AS and A2 Science in Society
LSC has released the proposed funding arrangements for next year and full funding will be given for AS and A Level Science in Society.
Last updated: 22 February 2008
Report on workshop to explore the relevance of EBL for Science and Society
On February 8th the Nuffield Curriculum Centre hosted a workshop to explore the relevance of Enquiry Based Learning for Science and Society.
Last updated: 15 February 2008
2008 ASE conference - teachers find out more about the course
Teachers at the ASE Science Conference in Liverpool from the 3rd - 5th January were given the chance to learn more about Science in Society.
Last updated: 11 January 2008
Textbook for the AS course written and with publishers
The AS Science in Society textbook has been written and is with the publishers, Heinemann.
Last updated: 10 January 2008
Student guide to the course available to download from the web site
Download a copy of a student guide for the course here.
Last updated: 11 December 2007
Teachers explore the new A level at AQA launch meetings
Groups of teachers are hearing about the new Science in Society specification at a series of meetings in different parts of the country.
Last updated: 9 October 2007
Specification and sample assessment materials for Science in Society approved by QCA
The specification and sample assessment materials for Science in Society have now been approved by QCA and can be downloaded from the AQA website.
Last updated: 11 September 2007
Download a copy of the AQA video about the course
If you are interested in seeing a short video about the course, visit the AQA web site.
Last updated: 13 July 2007
SPU teachers begin to write resources for course
On June 25th a small group of SPU teachers met with the resources team here at Nuffield to begin work on writing resources for Science in Society.
Last updated: 4 July 2007
AQA teacher support meetings being arranged for this course around the UK
AQA are inviting teachers to attend a Teacher Support meeting for GCE Science in Society to launch the new specification (first teaching 2008).
Last updated: 4 May 2007
Activities, web guides and SOW's for first four topics now available
Activities, web guides and SOW's for first four topics of this course are now available on the site.
Last updated: 11 January 2007