100 ideas for secondary teachers : outstanding science lessons / Ian McDaid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDaid, Ian, author.

Series:

100 Ideas for Teachers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Great Britain.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Other Title:

One hundred ideas for secondary teachers

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a brand new title in the successful 100 ideas series which provides secondary science teachers with practical ideas and activities to use in their lessons as well as teaching and planning strategies to help make practice outstanding every day. The author is a science teacher and winner of the Wellcome Trust Enthusse award for Science. He has a growing Twitter following and the book will be full of his really original and engaging science ideas. The book will include ideas on integrating literacy into science lessons, safety in the lab and ideas for challenging the more able.

Contents:

Cover; HalfTitle; Series page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; How to use this book; Part 1: Science essentials ; Blank; 1 What is science? ; 2 The big ideas ; 3 Big questions ; 4 Keeping up to date ; 5 Maintaining curiosity ; 6 Exposure to science ; 7 Common misconceptions ; 8 I can't live without . . . ; Blank

Part 2: People power 9 Your default setting ; 10 Building relationships ; 11 Independent learning ; 12 What makes them tick? ; 13 Marble run ; 14 Running a STEM club ; 15 Primary Science Quality Mark ; Part 3: All about learning ; Blank; 16 Shock, awe and the ridiculous!

17 Flip your classroom 18 Interactive teaching ; 19 Suspense and impact ; 20 What is a tree? ; 21 Lesson study ; 22 Marking ; 23 Learning walls ; 24 Collaborative learning projects ; 25 Show what you know ; 26 Urban myths ; 27 Pens down! ; 28 The power of post-its

29 Act it out! 30 Science in the movies ; 31 Science in The Simpsons ; 32 Sensitive issues ; Part 4: Osted ; 33 Ofsted - what to expect ; 34 Ofsted - what to include ; 35 Ofsted - know your data ; 36 Ofsted - evidencing sustained progress ; 37 Ofsted - they talk to pupils

Part 5: Literacy 38 Scientific literacy; 39 Writing to compare ; 40 Writing to describe ; 41 Creative writing ; 42 Graphic organisers ; 43 Homophones, homonyms and homographs ; 44 In the news ; 45 Talk about it! ; 46 Word clouds ; 47 Filmstrip science ; 48 A sequence of events ; Blank

Part 6: Numeracy

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4729-1821-5