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This addresses the nature of science by researching famous scientists and inventors. It is a cross curricular exercise that utilises students' study skills. It involves the use of ICT and students have plenty of opportunity for decision making.
An activity designed to allow students to work together to produce a presentation for delivery to the rest of the class.
Students work on a spreadsheet, sorting data and producing charts from nutritional information entered in a spreadsheet.
An activity designed to allow students to work out the rules for naming binary compounds and compounds containing two elements and oxygen (-ide and -ate compounds). It is a groupwork activity and includes a ready made worksheet for classroom use.
A sequence of lessons plus differentiated resources based on the QCA scheme of work section 8G - rocks and weathering.
Jigsaw groupwork (expert and home groups) to teach the working of electromagnet based devices.
