FAQs
If you have a question about Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology please email Sarah Codrington.
Questions about the new Sept 08 resources
The new Pearson snabonline is now live. You can access it temporarily via the Edexcel interim registration codes at www.newsnab.com, as well as via the Pearson PIN codes. It contains resources for AS Topics 1, 2, 3 and 4. Make sure you are on the right version.
More information about new snabonline
The FAQs below are mostly for those who haven't yet accessed the new snabonline site. For FAQs about finding your way round the site and using it to run the course, see the new snabonline site. There is a useful set of FAQs to download from the home page. See new snabonline.
- Where can I find the full listing with prices and ISBNs for SNAB resources to purchase?
- What is the interactive book (ActiveBook)?
- Can I use the concept-led Edexcel Biology book with the SNAB context-led online resources?
- How do I subscribe to www.newsnab.com?
- I've managed to register and log in to the newsnab site - called Pegasus - but where is SNAB?
- How do I find out about navigating round the newsnab website?
- Why does newsnab not look the same as the old snabonline?
- How do I register students and teachers on the newsnab system? How do I get hold of the admin password?
- This is about the new snabonline. Is there an administrator login, able to add and remove teachers, or does each teacher register separately?
- What is the difference between newsnab and snabonline?
- I've already registered for newsnab using the code supplied by Edexcel and have been looking round the site and downloading activity sheets. Why do I need to buy PIN codes from Pearson Longman?
- Top tips for getting started?
- Do we have to assign every sheet individually to the student view?
- There seems to be some things missing from www.newsnab.com
- How can I get help with technical problems?
FAQs about new snabonline
These are on the newsnab website, and provide useful information about how to operate the site. Download the document from http://www.newsnab.com/. See snabonline Support top right.
Finding out more about SNAB
- Where and when can we learn more about SNAB?
- Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology is context-led. What is meant by this?
- What contexts are you using in SNAB?
Starting and running the course
- Can you mix the two appoaches provided in the 2008 Edexcel specification?
- How much practical work is there in SNAB?
- Is SNAB appropriate for all abilities at advanced level?
- Is the A2 coursework hard to organise if you are a big centre?
- Could two teachers teach Topics 1 and 2 in parallel?
- Do medical schools and traditional universities prefer traditional biology?
The specification and the exams
- Are the context-led (SNAB) and concept-led approaches in the Edexcel biology specification for 2008 going to be examined in the same way?
- How does SNAB address How Science Works?
- What do you recommend for student revision?
- Where can we get hold of the specification?
- How is the coursework assessment in the current course different in SNAB from other A-level Biology courses?
- How will the coursework assessment from 2008 be different in SNAB from other A-level Biology courses?
- Are there past papers to practise on?
Questions about buying the the 'classic' 2005 materials
- Does SNAB work on an Apple Mac?
- What is the format of the resources?
- Is SNAB expensive to run?
- Is the cost of online subscription proportionately more for small centres?
- Is there a teachers guide?
- Can you use any biology textbook or do you have to buy the dedicated one?
Questions about using the 'classic' 2005 materials
- How much ICT access do my students need?
- Do I need a projector and interactive whiteboard in my teaching room to teach SNAB?
- Why are there answers to questions in the back of the book?
- We don't see many tables of data in the students' book. We want our students to practise with these.
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