Andy Chandler-Grevatt explores the important role in teaching and learning. played by curriculum narratives.
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Add some festive twist to your science practicals with downloadable experiments to use with your students in your STEM club.
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Read 10 amazing tips from OUP’s expert team about starting a successful STEM club in your Secondary school!
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Author Catherine Jones suggests strategies to support the new cohort of students as they start their Physics A level this year.
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A Level Biology teacher, Katrina Farmer outlines the content that teachers need to review to prepare and plan successful A Level lessons.
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Science and STEM Lead, Sam Holyman explains the importance of reviewing advanced information content from GCSE Science to appropriately plan for the teaching materials for the new cohort of students in A Level Chemistry.
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Find out more about Oxford Smart Activate Metacognition is commonly thought of as ‘learning about learning’. Whilst this is an oversimplification of what metacognition truly is, it is a helpful point to start from when looking at building a curriculum which enhances students’ metacognitive learning skills. There are two main parts to metacognition, metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive regulation. Metacognition is one of […]
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By Stacey Wheeler, Senior Science Technician When students come to us from year 6 they are amazed to be in a real lab; the benches, the high stools, sinks, gas taps, and all the sockets around! For some the novelty wears off quicker than others. Perhaps they realise that the stools aren’t actually that comfortable. […]
Read more Stacey Wheeler discusses common lab equipment used in practicals and rates them on usefulness, awe and wonder, and effectiveness.
Read more Secondary science teacher Adele Read shares key highlights from trialling Oxford Smart Activate in year 7 curriculum, including many benefits and the key differences compared to her current school curriculum.
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