I attended a county APP network meeting last week which included a show & tell session. Being a model of good organisation I remembered that I was meant to be taking something two day before. I could have simply gone through my schemes of work and picked an example of how we use APP, but …
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The pyrotechnics module contains both the thermite reaction, and the reaction of copper oxide and zinc. I have done the thermite reaction this way (CLEAPSS method with fluted filter paper) many times before but never tried the copper oxide and zinc reaction. I’m sure there are teachers out there who haven’t tried either – I’ve …
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Practical work. That’s the main method. The more the better. Science is a practical subject and you learn best by doing and making sense of what you have seen. I like to shoehorn any practical work in that helps students grasp a topic – the more the better. This lesson in the Pyrotechnics sequence had …
Having taught almost three of the new format Wikid year 8 units I had to post an update on my progress with Wikid, and my thoughts about the scheme. In terms of organisation the new year 8 modules are a huge leap forward. Lessons are organised into folders by lesson which makes a huge amount …
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We made model lungs from Adorable Wearables. This was the best example from the group. Students could name the parts of the lungs, point out where they would be located in the body and explain how they work. Well done class 2!
Year 7 pupils had been solving a mystery death where a man had been found dead in a tunnel. A series of investigations ruled out varying causes of death, leaving us with cave slime and cave water being the main suspected causes of death. The photograph shows a flesh sample that had 2 identical holes …
We started following Wikid Science last September and I started with high hopes. We had piloted the cook module the year before and liked the approach taken byWikid Science. So how have things run over the last 9 months? One of the main selling points for Wikid (apart from its link with the ASE) was …
Making Ice-cream as part of the Cook module in Wikid Science. Pupils are also making ice-cream again in food technology to compare production techniques, effect of freezing time on ice crystal size etc. We used an Ice cream ball – which you fill half up with ice/salt and the other half with cream and milk. …
We recently finished teaching the first module of the Wikid Science scheme. Although we had only allocated half a term to complete the Forensics module, the class were enjoying the topic so much that I decided to work through the module at a comfortable pace and pick up the pace on the next topic. To …
Wikid Science – Forensics with Year 7 Pupils gently heated (using hot water) iodine in a sealed tube. The iodine started to build up on the finger print, giving some pupils a very clear image.
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