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Alliston, Caroline – Primary Science, 2022
The climate emergency is a source of anxiety for many young people. Images of drought, heat waves, wildfires, storms and flooding are increasingly appearing in the media. Today's children stand to be the recipients of our legacy of climate change, while not feeling empowered to do anything about it, so perhaps it is no wonder they are anxious.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Climate, Ecology, World Problems
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Markwick, Andy; White, Amy – Primary Science, 2022
Previous articles in "Primary Science" have presented a range of ways to teach electricity in engaging and informative ways (e.g. Buckley and Harvey, 2014; Chapman, 2014; Norman, 2014; CLEAPSS, 2016) and Frank Harris provides an interesting historical account of the development and use of batteries in "School Science Review"…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Food, Equipment, Elementary School Science
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MacAogain, Padraig – Primary Science, 2021
One of the objectives in the science National Curriculum in England is to 'observe changes across the four seasons' (DfE, 2013: 9). The winter months can be a busy time for teachers, but can also cater for a wide range of science experiments based around the season. Practical investigations based on winter themes can hold a sense of magic and…
Descriptors: Climate, Foreign Countries, Science Activities, Science Instruction
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Deller, Clarysly – Primary Science, 2020
Children often have very stereotyped views of science and scientists, far removed from their own lives. Getting children to 'become' scientists and feel that they are actually "doing" science, being involved in something pertinent to them and their environment, is a goal of modern science teaching. This article aims to illustrate how…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Education, Scientists
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Dennis, Mike – Primary Science, 2020
The author has spent almost all his life working in and enthusing about primary science. From being a class teacher in the 1980s, to running Curioxity, a small hands-on science centre in Oxford, to lecturing trainee primary teachers at Oxford Brookes University and finally working with Science Oxford to help create their wonderful new Science…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Science Activities, Elementary School Science
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Davenport, Carol; Padwick, Annie – Primary Science, 2021
In a recent survey of over 240 primary school children between the ages of 8 and 11, NUSTEM found that 75% of children said that they liked science and 63% said that they were good at science. However, when looking at the data by gender, there is a difference in enjoyment between girls and boys, with 71% of girls and 79% of boys saying that they…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Clubs, Extracurricular Activities, Elementary School Science
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Winter, Jane – Primary Science, 2021
The logistics of finding and inviting STEM professionals (volunteers from science-based industries, universities, etc.) into the classroom can appear daunting, combined with fact-handing over control of some of the lesson. So, do the benefits make the effort worthwhile? In this article, the author describes the impact that STEM professionals could…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Volunteers, Professional Personnel, Elementary School Science
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Rogers, Ben – Primary Science, 2021
There is a tradition in primary classes of using rich authentic activities to teach science. The idea of pupils learning science through experiment and discovery is appealing. But this is not how children are taught in other subjects. When children learn to read, there are tiny steps, mastering each one before moving onto more challenging books.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Instructional Effectiveness, Elementary School Science
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Montgomery, Jo – Primary Science, 2021
The author recently delivered an online professional development session on running STEM clubs as part of a Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM, www.psqm.org.uk) Teaching and Learning Festival. It is a topic the author is often asked about, and she frequently provides training and advises teachers and external organisations on the what, why, how,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Clubs, Extracurricular Activities, Elementary School Science
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Simpson, Sherralyn; Thomas, Caroline – Primary Science, 2020
As schools in England re-open their doors and welcome children back in September 2020 after the COVID-19 lockdown, what can, and should, primary science look like in the 'new normal'? If timetables are constricted to adhere to the demands of social distancing, innovative practical science enquiry will be needed. Even if they are not, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
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Hainsworth, Mark – Primary Science, 2019
Learning outdoors can be a powerful pedagogical tool in a teachers science arsenal and one that can be exploited throughout the year to teach a variety of science topics. In his first article on outdoor learning in science, the author considered which areas of science could be taught outdoors and the resources that can be used; in this follow-up…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Elementary School Students
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Waterhouse, Helen – Primary Science, 2019
It can be hugely beneficial for teachers to 'buy in' an expert for a day in an area that they are focusing on. Children are inspired by a special visitor and it can provide a new perspective to a topic and invigorate and extend learning. The variety of workshops and visitors available is astonishing. Students can be transported to outer space or…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Workshops, Expertise, Teaching Methods
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Marshall, Amberlee – Primary Science, 2019
The author writes about taking on the role of Science Coordinator, changing expectations, and raising the profile of science in her school.
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary School Science, Foreign Countries, Instructor Coordinators
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Vella, Nicole Green; Dunlop, Lynda – Primary Science, 2021
Philosophy is concerned with fundamental questions about knowledge, truth, reality, experience, justice and what is right and wrong. In this article, the authors discuss how philosophy and science can be taught together in the primary classroom.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Orchard, Kevin; Hall, Becky; Milward, Zoe – Primary Science, 2019
Teachers from Kates Hill Primary School describe uniting the school in a vision for science and raising the profile of science through enrichment by using Explorify.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Teaching Methods, Outdoor Education
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