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ExperimentsAtSchool allows students to collect and analyse experimental data to draw practical conclusions in subjects including science, geography and psychology. Aimed at students aged 7 to 16, the experiments help them to develop and improve their data handling and statistical skills.
Each experiment has...
This book is aimed at teachers who wish to improve their professional practice and will help them to think about current practice, not only in terms of skills and competencies to be developed, but also areas of...
Explaining and Exploring Mathematics is designed to help you teach key mathematical concepts in a fun and engaging way by developing the confidence that is vital for...
Explaining Electric Current
Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service, this resource is a kinaesthetic activity in which students experience being part of a 'circuit'. A rope loop is passed around the group to represent the current flowing in a circuit. One student, the power supply, adds movement to the rope. The students see...
Explaining evaporation
These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:
- Recognise that evaporation occurs in different liquids, not just water.
- Predict that evaporation will occur in liquids with a temperature that is less than or greater than that of...
Explaining evolution
These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:
- Recall that all living organisms need energy for life processes, which is provided by cellular respiration.
- Distinguish between cellular respiration and breathing, including the...
The 'Explaining' series looks at a range of conditions, illnesses and disabilities that affect children and adults all over the world. The books explain why they occur, how they are diagnosed, how they affect people...
Explaining in secondary science classrooms
This paper from the May 2016 Using STEM Research Conference looked at two research projects which were intended to develop beginning and experienced teachers’ explanations in secondary science classrooms.
The first study involves beginning teachers and is focused on developing their understanding of what is...
Explaining Inheritance
A Catalyst article about the hunt for an explanation of inheritance. The role of chromosomes was announced in 1903 and the structure of DNA was revealed in 1953, both of which were major scientific breakthroughs in this field of research. This article examines the history of inheritance.
This article is from...