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  • Biology
    • Biochemistry
      • Biological molecules
      • Food tests
      • Enzymes
      • Photosynthesis
      • Respiration
    • Cells
      • Cell structure
      • Cell division
      • Movement across membranes
        • Active transport
        • Diffusion
        • Osmosis
        • Surface area
      • MRS GREN
    • Classification
    • Ecology
      • Carbon cycle
      • Ecological terms
      • Food chains
      • Habitats
      • Sampling techniques
    • Evolution
      • Adaptation
      • Bioinformatics
      • Evidence for evolution
      • Natural selection
      • Variation
      • Selective breeding
    • Genes and inheritance
    • Homeostasis
      • Kidneys and osmoregulation
    • Microorganisms and infection
      • Bacteria
      • Drug discovery
      • Fungi
      • Microorganisms and scale
      • Infection and response
      • Vaccines and vaccination
    • Organ systems
      • Digestive system
      • Heart and circulatory system
      • Nerves and hormones
      • Respiratory system
      • Reproduction in humans
      • Skeletal system
    • Plants
      • Photosynthesis
      • Plant reproduction
      • Transpiration
      • Onion enquiry
  • Chemistry
    • Acids, alkalis and salts
    • Amounts and equations
      • Writing chemical formulae
      • Balancing and writing chemical equations
      • The mole
      • Titrations
    • Atomic structure
    • Bonding
      • Bonding, structure and properties teaching resources
      • Covalent bonding
      • Intermolecular forces
      • Ionic bonding
      • Metallic bonding
    • Earth
    • Electrolysis
    • Enthalpy
    • Equilibria
    • Organic
      • Polymers
    • Particles
      • Particle pictures
      • Gas pressure teaching resources
      • Diffusion
      • Elements, mixtures and compounds
      • Separating mixtures
        • Filtration and crystallisation
        • Distillation
        • Chromatography
      • Solutions
      • Density
    • Periodic table and reactivity
      • Reactivity or physical change
      • Reactivity of metals
      • Group 1 alkali metals
      • Extraction of metals
      • Redox
        • Combustion
      • Halogens (Group VII)
      • Tests for ions and gases
    • Rates of reaction
      • Catalysts and activation energy
      • Collision theory
      • Rates of reaction graphs
  • Physics
    • Earth and space
    • Electricity
    • Energy
      • Heating and cooling
      • Internal energy
      • Specific heat capacity
    • Forces
      • Air resistance and free body diagrams
      • Floating and sinking teaching resources
      • Friction
      • Moments
      • Newton’s laws
      • Pressure
      • Weight, gravity and free fall
    • Magnetism
      • Electromagnets
    • Matter and radioactivity
      • Nuclear fission
    • Speed and motion
    • Waves
      • Light
      • Sound
      • Electromagnetic waves
  • Skills
    • Apparatus and techniques in science
    • Assessing scientific skills
    • Graphs
    • Working scientifically
      • Accuracy and precision
      • Methods
      • Variables
      • Reproducible and repeatable
    • Maths in science
      • Rearranging equations
    • Scientific investigations
    • Revision
      • Science revision games
      • Biology revision
      • Chemistry revision
      • Physics revision
  • Curriculum
    • Building a curriculum towards big ideas
    • Big ideas
    • Powerful ideas of science
    • Knowledge in the science curriculum
    • Coherence in the curriculum
    • Powerful knowledge
  • Planning
    • Lesson planning
    • Lesson objectives in science lessons
    • Quick Do Now
    • Check prior knowledge
    • Challenge
    • Use a context
    • Challenge all appropriately
    • Direct instruction in science lessons
      • Board work is not boring
    • Model abstract ideas
    • Question for understanding
    • Check for understanding
    • Troubleshooting your science lessons
  • Pedagogy
    • Cognitive science and science teaching
      • Challenge
        • Structuring struggle
      • Deep learning
      • Diagnostic science teaching
      • Knowledge versus understanding
      • Misconceptions
        • Errors are not misconceptions
      • Motivation
      • Novices and Experts
      • Progression
      • Zooming in and out in science
    • Argumentation
    • Literacy
      • Dangers of definitions
      • Oracy for science
      • Reading
      • Writing in science
    • Practical work in science lessons
      • Demonstrations in science teaching
      • Managing whole-class practical work
      • Scientific inquiry
      • Next steps for practical lessons
    • Using drama
  • Assessment
    • Summative assessments
    • Assessment design
    • Standarisation of marking
    • Question level analysis in science
    • Planning for reteaching
    • Peer assessment in science
    • Written feedback
    • Assessing scientific skills
  • About
    • Reflections of a science teacher – ten years on
    • Books
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Science Curriculum

The pages below will be helpful to anyone looking to build or develop a science curriculum. 

  1. Building a curriculum towards big ideas
  2. Big ideas
  3. Powerful ideas of science
  4. Knowledge in the curriculum
  5. Coherence in the curriculum
  6. Powerful knowledge

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