Resources by Committee on the Teaching of Science and the International Council of Scientific Unions

This resource looks at three areas of the physics curriculum where functions are used, creating an opportunity for cooperation between physics and mathematics teachers. This booklet serves as good preparation material for CPD work between departments.

Hooke’s Law and the idea of a function
Part one...

This resource looks at three detailed case studies in the form of student projects which clearly illustrate how mathematics and geography can be effectively linked. This booklet serves as good preparation material for CPD work between departments.

Food and settlement  This case study looks at Nomads and...

This booklet is primarily aimed at the mathematics teacher, but should also be of interest to teachers of science. It sets out a number of case studies suitable for mathematical modelling.
The book starts with an explanation of the mathematical modelling process then suggests specific areas of study which...

This booklet is primarily aimed at the mathematics teacher, but should also be of interest to teachers of science. It sets out a number of case studies suitable for mathematical modelling with calculus. The book starts with an explanation of the mathematical modelling process then suggests specific areas of study...

This resource looks at areas of the chemistry curriculum where mathematics is used, creating an opportunity for co-operation between chemistry and mathematics teachers. This booklet serves as good preparation material for CPD work between departments.

Section One considers how proportion is used in chemical...

This booklet is unusual in this series as it develops one theme, genetic inheritance , to show the use of mathematical ideas and terminology in science and serves as good preparation material for CPD work between departments.

The areas covered are: the inheritance of a single character, the inheritance of...