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Required Practicals in GCSE and A Level Sciences

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021Oxford Science Team
Required Practicals in GCSE and A-level Sciences

Sam Holyman outlines required practicals for GCSE and A-level Science specifications that they are studying, including why they are vital in the school curriculum.

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Practical science: why do we do it?

December 3, 2015March 7, 2016Oxford Science Team

Experimentation is the essence of learning science. Learning science without practical work is like learning literature without reading books. This has been the mantra for science teaching, in the UK at least, since universal science education began in the 1980s. But with school and college budgets reducing, practical work is under scrutiny as never before, […]

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