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Increasingly, my job involves working with our subject leaders to help sequence and plan the detail of their curriculum. I& #39;ve spent a lot of time thinking about science over the last few weeks, so here& #39;s a thread of resources that I have found valuable:
First, these knowledge matrices from the Association for Science Education were incredibly useful for prompting thinking, planning for progression and making links between the areas of the primary science curriculum: https://www.planassessment.com/plan-knowledge-matrices">https://www.planassessment.com/plan-know...
I& #39;m sure this isn& #39;t exactly revelatory to many people, but https://www.stem.org.uk/ ">https://www.stem.org.uk/">... and https://www.ase.org.uk/resources ">https://www.ase.org.uk/resources... are great sources of lesson ideas, resources and articles to help teachers to plan quality science units for all ages.
@STEMLearningUK @theASE
@STEMLearningUK @theASE
@RoySocChem The Royal Society of Chemistry share a number of quality resources at https://edu.rsc.org/resources ">https://edu.rsc.org/resources... including science ideas webs:
* Not advocating a return to & #39;topic& #39; driven curriculum, but if used in a carefully sequence, these ideas could make the mundane seem exciting.
* Not advocating a return to & #39;topic& #39; driven curriculum, but if used in a carefully sequence, these ideas could make the mundane seem exciting.
@ExplorifySchool Explorify is one of my favourite websites: an absolute treasure trove of science images and videos with discussion prompts such as & #39;what if...& #39; and & #39;odd one out& #39; that can provide a strong framework for thinking and talking like a scientist.
I& #39;m not sure how well known this is (I know them really well as they do great work with my school) but @ogdentrust share a number of high-quality resources on their site. Especially helpful for research questions like & #39;how has our understanding of the universe changed over time?& #39;
Lastly (only lastly because I didn& #39;t want to spam their notifications) the whole process of curricular thinking was made infinitely easier by the wisdom shared in blogs by @Suchmo83 and @Mr_AlmondED and resources from @primarypete_
I know a lot of this thread won& #39;t exactly be revelatory to many teachers, but hopefully it can help at least one curriculum coordinator or primary teacher who wants to develop their science planning.
