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Lesson Plan: KS4 Maths – Tricks with Algebra
To many KS4 students, algebra is morass of letters, numbers and symbols which have to be manipulated according to arbitrary and pointless…
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Lesson plan: KS3 chemistry – the periodic table
Inspired by the recent discovery of new elements in the periodic table, this lesson will help your students to learn about how elements have…
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Lesson Plan: KS3 Maths – Algebraic Manipulation
Expanding brackets and collecting like terms to simplify expressions are perhaps not the most exciting of mathematical topics, but fluency…
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Lesson plan: KS3 science – the physics of robotics
We live in an age where robotics is commonplace. Robots build cars for us, carry out medical operations and can even check us into a hotel…
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How to increase the take up of science
There’s been a lot of talk over the past decade about the need for more people holding science, technology, engineering and mathematics…
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Lesson plan: KS3 science – UFOs
Are we alone in the Universe? This age old question has gained momentum recently with scientific heavyweights such as Stephen Hawking…
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Lesson Plan: KS3 Maths – Teach Angles with Clocks
Students often approach the topic of angles by memorising lots of vocabulary (acute, obtuse, right angle, etc.) and ‘facts’ about angles…
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What’s wrong with the QTS professional skills tests?
Before you can train to become a teacher you need to satisfy certain mandatory conditions set by the DfE – one of which is to have GCSE…
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Lesson plan: KS4 science – doping in sport
The job of the athlete is to push him/herself to the limit of human capabilities and endurance. Sports such as athletics, cycling and…
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Lesson Plan: KS4 Maths – The Meaning of the Mean
Many students will know how to calculate the mean: they add up all the numbers and divide by how many there are. However, it is common to…
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Lesson plan: KS4 chemistry – the science of food
A popular phrase is that chemistry is “just like cooking”. But can you learn about chemistry and cooking at the same time? Welcome…
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Why Hannah’s sweets made sense
As I write it’s 30 days on from the Edexcel GCSE maths exam and people are still openly trolling Hannah about her sweets on Facebook and…
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Product review – Edexcel and AQA GCSE Maths
It’s easy to get excited about Edexcel GCSE Maths and AQA GCSE Maths from Oxford University Press. Not only are they are brand new and…