Stacey Wheeler discusses common lab equipment used in practicals and rates them on usefulness, awe and wonder, and effectiveness.
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Dr Andy Chandler-Grevatt discusses the challenges of improving science curriculum and argues that there are many strategies to support developing metacognition and self-regulation.
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Author and teacher Jim Breithaupt explores IGCSE® Physics practical work and how it is assessed.
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What does success look like? Science teacher Onn May Ling looks at how to co-construct success criteria in an IGCSE® Chemistry class.
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Science teacher Yao-Jin Choong shares six strategies for making abstract concepts more concrete.
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Physics teacher Elliot Sarkodie-Addo shares his top tips for success in IGCSE® Physics.
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By Sam Holyman Are you concentrating at the end of term? At school we are getting ready for the new academic year, sorting labs, stock taking and making sure everything is labelled. And concentration has become the hot topic of debate! We use the term concentration all the time, and in everyday life this gets […]
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So, its that time of year again, exam groups are going on study leave, the GCSEs and AS exams have started and we have a little breather for us to get on top of planning for next year. One of my favourite practicals is burning magnesium ribbon. I use it with Year 7 as an […]
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The University of York Science Education Group (UYSEG) is at the beginning of a new project to develop a course for teaching science at 11-14. The Best Evidence Science Teaching project began by asking science teachers what for them were the key issues about teaching science 11-14. We will be using the best research evidence available to address those issues. I’ll be discussing this […]
Read more I’m excited to be talking at researchED Maths and Science, along with many other speakers. I decided to use this opportunity to reflect on the research-informed approach we have implemented for the Activate project. At the start of the Activate project, I sat down with a proposal for a scheme of work (much of the […]
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