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Harnessing lightbulb moments in KS3

June 11, 2021June 10, 2021Oxford Science Team
lightbulb moments in KS3

Eleonora Crovato revels in those lightbulb moments when students make connections with their previous learning. In this unusual year for year 6 to year 7 transition, Elenora shares what she will be doing to prepare for September. Every September I ask my new batch of year 7s the same question: what kind of science experiments […]

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