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How to revise A Level Required Practicals

April 22, 2024December 4, 2024Oxford Science Team
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Revision of the A Level Required Practicals probably feels like a daunting task, but in reality most of the hard work is done. The ideas for revision below aim to give you some support with that final hurdle of doing your best in the end of course exam papers! Tip 1: Understand the A Level […]

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11-16 science: making the most of Year 9

February 19, 2024December 4, 2024Oxford Science Team
Oxford Smart Activate

Strictly speaking, Key Stage 3 lasts for three years: spanning Years 7 to 9. But over the last decade, an increasing number of schools have switched to offering a two- or two and a half-year KS3 programme. This has allowed schools to redress the difficulty of covering the lengthy GCSE specification content in only Years […]

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Making GCSE Science relevant

February 8, 2024February 9, 2024Oxford Science Team
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A quick search to find and compare the figures for young people taking STEM subjects at further and higher education paints a somewhat ambiguous picture. On the one hand, the DfE suggests record numbers of young people are being accepted onto STEM undergraduate courses1; significantly up from similar figures a decade ago. On the other […]

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Reducing cognitive load in Oxford Smart Activate

February 2, 2024December 4, 2024Oxford Science Team
Oxford Smart Activate

Cognitive load relates to the amount of information that a person can hold in their working memory at any one time. During learning, information is held in your working memory until it has been processed enough to transfer into your larger capacity long-term memory. If new information is not transferred, it will most likely be […]

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Oxford Smart Activate: Supporting all science teachers

November 21, 2023November 21, 2023Oxford Science Team

As every learner is unique, so is every science teacher. Each with their own specialisms and areas of interest, there are always going to be parts of the science curriculum in which science teachers are more-confident and others in which they need more guidance. Adding to that, teacher recruitment and retention being an increasing concern […]

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The science curriculum: time for a refresh

September 14, 2023September 12, 2023Oxford Science Team
Oxford Smart Activate Resource hub

What was happening in the UK in 2015? Justin Bieber was storming the charts with not one, not two, but three Number 1 hits. Dinosaurs were running amok again in Jurassic World. The polls opened for the general election. As all this was happening, school were preparing to update their KS3 science curriculum, in line […]

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Meet the Oxford Smart Activate authors

September 12, 2023April 2, 2024Oxford Science Team
Meet the Oxford Smart Activate team

Oxford Smart Activate is the next evolution of the best-selling KS3 series, Activate. From the initial discussions of the Curriculum Development group, through to the testing phase with over 20 Pioneer Schools working with Year 7 groups, the development of Oxford Smart Activate has been a team effort. We wanted to shine a light on […]

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Deliver intent, implementation and impact with this new KS3 Science curriculum

March 29, 2023April 4, 2024Oxford Science Team
Oxford Smart Activate Resource hub

In this blog, Dr Andrew Chandler-Grevatt exemplifies how the KS3 science curriculum behind Oxford Smart Activate supports science departments to enact the recommended practices regarding intent, implementation and impact.

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Oxford Smart Activate resource hub

March 2, 2023November 21, 2023Oxford Science Team
Oxford Smart Activate Resource hub

In this new Oxford Smart Activate resource hub, hear from a range of expert voices who discuss and delve into the research behind the Oxford Smart Curriculum Service for Science and what makes Oxford Smart Activate stand out for the KS3 Science.

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How to revise science at Key Stage 3

January 10, 2023April 4, 2024Oxford Science Team 1 Comment

Revision experts Primrose Kitten and Jessica Walmsley discuss three simple steps to revise Science successfully at Key Stage 3.

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