FAQs
If you have a question about Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology please email Sarah Codrington.
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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