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Lesson plan: KS3 science – all about the weather
WHY TEACH THIS? Science and drama are not the most obvious crosscurricular combination links but there is no better topic for them to…
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Lesson plan: KS4 mathematics – perimeter and pythagoras’ theorem
WHY TEACH THIS? Optimisation, or finding the best possible solution to a problem, is an important real-life application of mathematics. We…
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Lesson plan: KS4 mathematics – making sense of geometrical situations
Geometrical constructions such as perpendicular bisectors and angle bisectors are often given to students as procedures to follow, and…
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GQ reform: Maths
From September, GCSE maths will be a fully linear course with an increase of approximately 15 per cent in subject content, greater…
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Lesson plan: KS3 science – potions and precipitates for chemistry
Get back to the basics of chemistry in this engaging KS3 chemistry lesson to develop students’ skills in qualitative analysis. Use…
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Lesson Plan: KS3 Mathematics – The Magic of Prime Numbers
Why Teach This? Our world is full of numbers, but not all of them are created equal. Some – the prime numbers – play a critical role in…
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Lesson plan: KS4 science – learning the language
Why teach this? The internationally conceived language of scientific terminology has as much vocabulary as a modern foreign language and yet…
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Raising enthusiasm for STEM
One of the most eye-catching statistics I read in the process of writing the Digital Skills for Tomorrow’s World report was that 47% of…
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Lesson Plan KS4 Science – Maths Skills For Scientists
KS4 science provides many opportunities for students to use and develop their mathematical skills but, as science teachers, do we currently…
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Storytelling For Science
Should science teachers be telling stories? A phrase that is often used during discussions about a disputed point of fact is ‘the plural…
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Teaching The New Mathematics GCSEs
It is a time of great change for the teaching of mathematics. The Government has given high priority to mathematics, including an objective…
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Lesson Plan: KS3 Maths – Percentage Problems
Why Teach This? Solving maths puzzles can be a good way to get lots of practice with a mathematical technique while something a bit more…
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Lesson plan: KS4 science – rates of reaction in chemistry
Why teach this? Rate of reaction provides a link between the particle model students study in physics at the start of KS4 and how a chemical…