All Literacy articles – Page 3
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ResourceReciprocal reading task: agriculture and ammonia | 14–16 years
Provide context and help build cultural and science capital, while improving learners’ reading skills
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ResourceE10 petrol and climate change | 14–16 years
Fuel your learners’ understanding about fermentation and bioethanol, and check recall and application of knowledge while developing student literacy
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ResourceTransition metals and anticancer drugs | 16–18 years
Worksheet to check your students’ knowledge on shapes of complexes, their understanding of anticancer drugs and provide them with some history behind cisplatin
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ResourceThe pH scale and the chemistry of ocean acidification | 14–16 years
Worksheet to develop understanding of the pH scale and apply it in the context of ocean acidification. Extension questions provide more challenge on carbonic acid and acid base equilibrium, leading to a research task on the consequences for marine organisms
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IdeasEffective reading strategies for the chemistry classroom
Try these simple, teacher-tested approaches to build your students’ literacy skills
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ResourceFossil fuels and global carbon emissions | 14–16 years
Classroom activity where learners explore and debate the issues around fossil fuels, energy and global carbon emissions
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Ideas3 ways to improve your explanations
From examples and non-examples to definitions, tips to communicate new ideas and concepts effectively
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ResourceSeparating caffeine | 11–14 years
DART (Directed Activity Related to Text) covering separation techniques, including dissolution, distillation and filtration. Decaffeination provides a great context to add depth to a sequence of lessons on separation techniques.
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FeatureDecaffeination – how does it work?
Organic solvent, supercritical carbon dioxide or water? A knowledge of solvents and solutions is essential for removing caffeine from your daily cuppa
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IdeasActivities for developing key secondary school chemistry skills remotely
Ready-to-go ideas and resources for developing your students’ key skills while home learning, including interpreting graphs and writing about practicals
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FeatureThe real prize of entering STEM competitions
Both you and your students can gain a lot from participating in science competitions besides winning
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IdeasHow to teach reading in science
Worried your students struggle with chemistry texts? You're not alone. Here are two solutions
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IdeasStrategies to succeed in post-16 courses
Passing exams at 18 requires specific skills and strategies. Here’s how to support students to develop them
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ResourcePlant-based plastics | 11–14 years
Put chemistry into context and encourage your 11–14 students to use their critical thinking skills with these classroom activities
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IdeasEncourage pupils to examine the evidence
How to structure lessons to get your students to look at ‘the science’ and pick out supporting reasons
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FeatureCan UV light help tackle the coronavirus?
Engage students with some highly topical cross-curricular science
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ResourceHow is UV light used as a disinfectant?
Boost students’ literacy skills with some engaging cross-curricular science
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IdeasLearning at home for 14–16
Keep your 14–16 classes learning remotely with these curriculum-relevant resources and activities
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IdeasHelp students understand scientific vocabulary
Help your students with these solutions for murky science language
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IdeasSecure students’ understanding of scientific vocabulary
Banish misconceptions and build a foundation of understanding for science terminology with the Frayer model template