Science

The purpose of this group is to support middle leaders and teachers of science. It aims to help them develop their the following for computing:

• The curriculum

• Subject-specific leadership

• Subject knowledge

• Subject-specific pedagogy

To sign up for this Community

Please visit: https://forms.gle/mAggYnX9qou5CGoj7 

• Improving Primary Science (EEF, 2023)

• Improving Secondary Science (EEF, 2021)

• Curriculum Research Review - Science (Ofsted, 2021)

• ASE - Good Practical Science - Making it happen post COVID-19 (ASE, 2020)

• ASE - Good Practical Science - Making it happen (ASE, 2019)

• Gatsby - Good Practical Science (Gatsby, 2017)

• The National Curriculum Programmes of Study for Science (DfE, 2013) 

• Curriculum Insights - Science (Ofsted, 2023)

• Science curriculum (Ofsted, 2021)

• What it means to get better at Science (Ofsted, 2021)

• Incorporating careers into your STEM teaching (STEM Learning)

• Supporting pupils with SEND (STEM Learning)

• Adaptive Teaching (STEM Learning)

• Feedback for learning (STEM Learning)

• Hinge point questions (STEM Learning)

• The neuroscience of learning and memory (STEM Learning)

• How to use AI prompts (STEM Learning)

• How to use AI to generate lesson content (STEM Learning)

• Planning for learning (ITT/ECTs) (STEM Learning)

• Behaviour for learning (ITT/ECTs) (STEM Learning)

• Questioning techniques (ITT/ECTs) (STEM Learning)

• Selecting appropriate resources (ITT/ECTs) (STEM Learning)

• Primary: Sound (STEM Learning)

• Primary: Writing and using evaluative questions (STEM Learning)

• Primary: Tools to develop medium term plans (STEM Learning)

• Primary: Classification activities (STEM Learning)

• Primary: Outdoor learning (STEM Learning)

• Secondary: Demonstrating dissections (STEM Learning)

• Secondary: Demonstrations with technicians (STEM Learning)

• Secondary: Best Evidence Science Teaching (BEST) (STEM Learning)

• Secondary: Electrolysis and its application (STEM Learning)

• Secondary: Writing and using evaluative questions (STEM Learning)

• Secondary: Waves (STEM Learning)

• Secondary: Demonstrating the Greenhouse Effect (STEM Learning)

• Post-16: Calculating Standard Deviation (STEM Learning)

• Science Capital: An introduction (KCL, 2015)

• Science Capital teaching approach animation (UCL IOE, 2019)

• Science Capital teaching approach (UCL IOE, 2018)

• Podcast: Primary science (EEF, 2024)

Social Media

Join in for Science chat on 'X' by following the hashtag #ASEchat, led by @ASEChat. This takes place weekly on Monday evenings at 8:00pm. This is suitable for primary and secondary science practitioners and leaders.

For secondary colleagues, you can also join in with subject specific chat by following the hashtag #ChatPhysics led by @ChatPhysics. This takes place weekly on Twitter on Thursday at 7:00pm. #ChatChemistry, led by @ChatChemistry is available every Wednesday at 8:00pm. #ChatBiology, led by @chatbiology is available every Tuesday at 8:30pm.

Subject Associations

The Association of Science Education (ASE) is the main subject association for science teaching in the UK. You can visit the website here https://www.ase.org.uk/

For subject specific support, there are also, the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) - https://www.rsb.org.uk/, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) - https://www.rsc.org/ and the Institute of Physics (IOP) - https://www.iop.org/. These organisations are for support of the subject in all areas and not just education, but have educational sections and resources available.

Curriculum Hub

We are working with the main curriculum hub for science - the Science Learning Partnership, which is overseen by STEM Learning. You can visit the STEM Learning website here https://www.stem.org.uk/. The site has access to many free resources and to access them you will need a STEM Learning account. You can create your free account here https://www.stem.org.uk/user/register?destination=node/451564

Guidance Documents

• Putting Evidence to Work (Implementation Guidance) (EEF, 2024)

Videos

• A schools' guide to Implementation - Animation (EEF, 2024)

• Newham Learning: Implementation (Newham Learning, 2022)

Templates

• Action plan template (pdf)

• Action plan template (docx)

• Case study template (pdf)

• Case study template (pptx)

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