All Evaluating articles – Page 4

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Practise purposeful practicals

2021-03-24T08:00:00Z

Identify the reason you’re teaching a particular experiment to ensure students learn not just how to do it, but the concept and technique too
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The ‘broken’ practical approach

2021-03-24T08:00:00Z

Take this approach to practical work to ensure students are learning, not just doing
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The fast guide to enquiry-based learning

2021-03-23T08:37:00Z

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about EBL and how to incorporate it into your chemistry lessons
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Museum scientist

Lucia analyses museum objects to help the Victoria and Albert Museum curators understand, date and authenticate them
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Smart materials: lesson tips

Try these activities to help design your lessons on smart materials. Explore the topic using this simple demonstration of polymers and salt.
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The life of water

2018-04-26T08:55:00Z

Get hands on with H₂O, changing states of matter and the water cycle. These experiments and investigations involve water in the context of space
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Olympic composites (primary level)

Find out what composites are made up of and why they are so important sporting equipment for the Olympics.
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Outreach: speedy star jumps

An activity that allows the collection of data to test whether sports drinks make a difference to performance during short, high intensity exercise.
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Water for survival | 11-16 years

Practical problem-solving investigation including filtration, distillation and temperature. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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The ten gram boat race

Explore surface tension in this experiment that gives learners a practical way to test out their chemical concepts. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Bacteria and foods: kitchen science podcasts

Introduce your students to bacteria and how to stop food spoiling with this short podcast.
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Microorganisms: kitchen science podcasts

Introduce your students to microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi with this short podcast.
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Reversible and irreversible changes: kitchen science podcasts

Introduce your students to reversible and irreversible changes in your kitchen with this short podcast.
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Vinegar as an acid: kitchen science podcasts

Introduce your students to acids and irreversible reactions with this short podcast.
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Turn up the heat: kitchen science podcasts

Introduce your students to irreversible changes caused by heating with this short podcast.
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Water: kitchen science podcasts

Introduce your students to water, dissolving and changes of state with this short podcast.
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Teflon: kitchen science podcasts

Introduce your students to Teflon and the properties of materials with this short podcast.
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Wind power challenge

2016-12-12T13:37:00Z In association with Practical Action

A link to Practical Action’s wind power challenge and its related resources, where students are tasked with designing and testing a wind power machine that is cable of lifting weighted objects,
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The squashed tomato challenge

2016-12-12T13:36:00Z In association with Practical Action

Students design, build and test a method of transporting tomatoes
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Small is... challenge

2016-12-12T13:33:00Z In association with Practical Action

A link to Practical Action’s ‘small is… challenge’ and its related resources, where students are tasked with analysing technology from the last hundred years, and to invent a product that could help achieve a sustainable future.