Consistency is an intervention. A student’s own successful experience of a task is one of the strongest sources of their ...

Connect underlying mechanisms to the bigger picture to teach biology that sticks with your learners Chemistry teachers who ...

About this resource These In context worksheets ask learners to use their knowledge of paper chromatography and apply it to a new context, building their confidence and capability to face exam ...

Most of us can remember a trip from our school days. For me, the one that stands out was a visit some 30 years ago to a large-scale research laboratory working with radioactive materials. I still ...

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How to use students’ everyday experiences to aid understanding in experiments So why do I have a hip joint, a golf club head and a mini turbine blade out in front of the class today? They’re my hook ...

The chemical reactions that lead to the formation of salts are exciting for students, with lots of nice experiments, colour changes, fizzes and pops. However, beyond this there is a large amount for ...

I wrote in August 2024 about how electrochemistry doesn’t need to be difficult to teach if you spiral your curriculum to address and reinforce key ideas as learners progress from 11 to 18. Going hand ...

Help your 14–16 learners tune into the patterns in reactivity and physical characteristics of these groups on the periodic table ...

The atmosphere surrounds and protects Earth, making life possible. Learners use the infographic poster and fact sheet to complete a DART (Directed Activity Related to Text) activity with three levels ...

What would you think was happening if all your buttons suddenly turned to dust? This is what happened to the soldiers in Napoleon’s army during their invasion into Russia over 200 years ago. And ...

Equilibrium is an important process in industry, eg for making ammonia using the Haber process which is a reversible reaction. Manufacturers want to make as much product as possible, minimising the ...