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Regulations made under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 require a risk assessment to be carried out before hazardous chemicals are used or made, harmful micro-organisms used or a hazardous procedure is carried out. Please view the following information carefully before undertaking any practical activities.

HEALTH & SAFETY PDF


HOW THIS WEB SITE IS ORGANISED

READING THE PDF DOCUMENT FILES

POWERPOINT & WORD FILES

USING VIDEO FILES
RUNNING MODELLING
CONTACTS

From the 'Home' page you can reach the section you wish to view by clicking on the title in the menu at the top of the screen, or on one of the main activity images in the centre of the homepage.

You can click on the 'Back' button on your web-browser menu (at the top of your screen) to return to a previous page.

Various icons are used to help you navigate individual sections of this site

 

This indicates sub-sections of a page. Clicking on one of these icons will move your view down the page to the specific sub-section you require.

     
 

Clicking on this icon at the bottom of a page will return you to the top.

     
 

This indicates a PDF resource file which you can view and print-out.

     
 

This indicates a PowerPoint resource file which you can save and edit.

     
 

This indicates an executable application which will load in an external window.

     
   

There are also many hyper links to web sites contained in these materials. Hyper links look like www.scienceyear.com . Simply click on the link and the site will launch in your web browser. Please note you must be connected to the Internet for the links to work.

Pupil and Teacher notes are presented as PDF files. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or above to view these files. Acrobat Reader 5.0 is available to download from the Adobe website www.adobe.co.uk. When you have an up to date version of Acrobat Reader, to access PDF files simply click on the link and the document will load in your Acrobat Software.

To install Adobe Acrobat Reader:

1. Remove any previous versions of Acrobat Reader fully from your computer.

The PowerPoint and Word files provided in some resources must be saved to your computer hard drive before you can view or amend them. You must have the relevant software installed to view them. Please follow the instructions given with these files.

To save the documents to your hard disk:

Internet Explorer
Windows - right click the link & select "Save Target As" to save this document to your hard disk.
Macintosh - click the link and the document will load in the application. Select File\Save As to save to your hard disk.

Netscape
Windows - click the link and select "save it to disk" to save this document to your hard disk.
Macintosh - click the link to save the document to your hard disk.

The Using Technology activity includes video files to provide an exciting context for the activity.

Real Player

You must have the latest Real Media Player (version 8 or above) to use the files below. If you do not have the player installed please do so by clicking the image.

If you have difficulties using the Modelling package, please read the introductory PDF file provided with the resource, which will guide you through the setting up procedure.

If you wish to contact the Association for Science Education regarding this CD ROM, please send an email to Daniel Sandford Smith: sandsmith@ase.org.uk