Hi Martin

Still being self-critical I see. If it is not too far to come, the
next 'Meeting the needs of the most able in science' seminar in
Cambridge is on Saturday 5th March.

Keith

>My name is Martin, I'm an NQT. We just have Ofsted scrutinizing our
>school this week and I had my first observation today. - They found that
>I wasn't challenging the more able kids sufficiently. I have to agree
>with them. Fortunately they didn't see my Y9/10 topsets yet, where kids
>really get bored! I am excited about the insight that kids find science
>boring if the teaching remains at level 3/4 - learning scientific facts
>only.
>
>I would like to tap your expertise to get some ideas to engage and
>challenge pupils more. In the daily routines of teaching I would love to
>have some resources available which I could just access for every topic.
>- We do Hodder Science in KS3, in KS4 we do AQA/our own scheme of work.
>- Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
>Looking forward to hearing some good ideas,
>
>Martin
>
>

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Dr. Keith S. Taber
http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/staff/taber.html
University Lecturer in Science Education
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
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Cambridge CB2 2PQ


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