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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