Secondary Warehouse
Science
The Secondary Subject Studies area of the Secondary Warehouse contains useful documents, media files and links to subject specific websites.
Please note that the SMART Education at Canterbury Christ Church University website contains a vast collection of useful Secondary Teaching Ideas and Interactive Websites links to support Subject Teaching.
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| Hot Research: Why Don't Girls Do Physics? Although equally interested at a young age, the older you get, the more male dominated the field. Research into how girls can be encouraged to take physics at A-level, suggests that we should link it more to the real world. |  |
| KS3/4 Science - Girls in Physics In this programme, physics teacher, Barry Berndes demonstrates how he keeps his female students motivated and engaged by following the five golden rules for Girls in Physics. Observing his lesson is Martin Hollis from the Institute of Physics who is keen to see how well the rules work. | |
| Teaching With Bayley - Hot Water In this programme John Bayley advises Graham Coverdale, a science teacher at Brockworth Enterprise School, on how to handle his pupils' behaviour. Graham explains his problems to Bayley, in particular the pupils' short attention span. Bayley observes a lesson and suggests that Graham use more positive language and encouragement. | |
| Video Case Studies A selection of video case studies from Teachernet, about using ICT across the curriculum. There are 8 videos concerning data loggers, EAL, electrical circuits, forces and relationships, the greenhouse effect, using a digital flexicam, renewable energy, and planetary simulation. | |
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| National Curriculum Online Here you will gain access to useful resources and information relating to Science in the National Curriculum. |  | |
| National Curriculum in Action This website uses pupils' work and case study materials to show what the National Curriculum in Science looks like in practice. | | |
| QCA The Science pages provide access to a range of information about the projects, publications, case studies and other activities. | | |
| VTC: ICT in Science The purpose of this site is to promote and support the use of ICT within Science. The site is managed by Becta and contains information and material in five sections, to help you integrate ICT effectively. | | |
| ASE The Association for Science Education | | |
| BBC - Learning Resources Here you can find very useful resources, help and advice. | | |
| Science Active Here you can find a wealth of science resources for KS3 and KS4 | | |
| NELC Science Resources Very useful resources and links for Science KS3 and above. | | |
| Science Support Pack A support pack for using ICT and Science from Teachernet. | | |
| ICT in Science Information from BECTA for using ICT across the curriculum. This page provides downloadable resources and ideas on a wide range of areas including wireless networks, music and science, slideshows and the use of PDAs. | | |
| Guidance on Teaching the Gifted and Talented Information from the QCA to help identification of gifted and talented pupils and strategies to promote their development and inclusion. | | |
| Chemistry Teaching Resources A comprehensive list of chemistry teaching resources on the Internet. | | |
| Teaching Chemistry Directory of Online Resources | | |
| Doc Brown's Chemistry Clinic Chemistry revision online | | |
| Education Index- Chemistry Links to loads on online Chemistry resources. | | |
| Web Learning Tutorials, Puzzles, Resources, and Webercises. | | |
| Freeze Ray Online Chemistry experiments. | | |
| Creative Chemistry Worksheets and teaching notes for fun activities and around 300 pages of questions sheets and practical guides. | | |
| Physics.org- Your guide to Physics on the web Explore, interact, and learn about all aspects of Physics. | | |
| Physics World Information on every area of Physics. Online resources and news about Physics. | | |
| Environmental Reseach Research, Journals, Resources, and Events on Environmental Reseach. | | |
| Teachers.tv Assessment For Learning in KS3/4 Science. | | |
| Physics Education Electronic Physics Journals. | | |
| Seeing Science Unique interactive science resources for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. | | |
| Science in School Pictures and videos as well as ideas for scientific experiments in the classroom | | |
| Experiments for Kids Resources for Science experiments from The Guardian. | | |
| Science Active Secondary School and College Online Resource. | | |
| School Science Publications, Quizzes, Fun Resources, and Interactive guides for students and teachers. | | |
| The Sourcebook for Teaching Science Games for the Science Curriculum | | |
| Science Projects Science projects at minimum costs. | | |
| How Stuff Works Huge online resource for all things Science related! | | |
| The Association for Science Education Promoting excellence in Science teaching and learning. Books, Journals, and Online Resources. | | |
| Crocodile Clips Engaging education technology. Crocodile Clips develops and sells educational software for schools and colleges. | | |
| Centre for Teaching and Learning Provides resources that help you to understand and integrate essential skills into your teaching practice. | | |
| MAST Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop | | |
| General Chemistry Worksheet Useful supplements to general Chemistry courses. | | |
| Ohio State Chemistry tutorial A tutorial on balancing chemical equations | | |
| Free Science Stuff Free labs, worksheets, handouts, books, and the like | | |
| Revision Notes Free Revision and Course Notes for UK Students | | |
| Bitesize Revision GCSE Maths help. | | |
| eMaths Maths glossary for teachers in Key Stages 1 to 4. | | |
| A Maths Dictionary for Kids An animated, interactive dictionary for students which explains over 600 common mathematical terms in simple language. | | |
| Statistics Glossary Large glossary of statistics terms. | | |
| Useful Statistical Links This Electronic Statistics Textbook offers training in the understanding and application of statistics. | | |