Connecting Science: Teacher's Guide Year 8

Connecting Science is a new enquiry based course that offers complete flexibility to enable personalised learning outcomes across Key Stage 3. The unit plans in the Teacher's Guide present Core Lessons and a choice of Options (further activities) for each topic, matching the spreads in the Connecting Science Pupil's Guide. Core Lessons include detailed teaching notes based on the 5-E teaching approach (Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend and Evaluate). Suggested timings for Core and Options lessons can be adapted to accommodate different lesson lengths. Teachers can select Options for each topic to consolidate specific enquiry skills or to motivate and personalise learning for different pupils. Learning objectives and levelled outcomes are listed for each Core and Option lesson, as well as personal learning and thinking skills outcomes. Self-assessment checklists for pupils break down levelled targets into accessible language for Assessment for Learning. Each lesson plan lists the digital resources provided on the Dynamic Learning CD-ROM.These resources: -support the pupils in planning open-ended enquiry and research -show how to think scientifically, analyse and communicate results -animate concepts which are hard to visualise -formatively asses learning through interactive activities and independent or group tasks -review pupil's progress though end of unit tests -encourage pupils to asses their own progress