KS3 Science Now Teacher Pack
Develop and enhance your KS3 Science curriculum to prepare today’s pupils for GCSE 9-1 Science with this up-to-date, flexible and customisable teacher pack.
Winner Teach Secondary Curriculum Impact Award 2023
Awarded the ASE's Green Tick evaluation 2023
Inspire your students to feel connected and curious about the changing world of science and help them to become scientifically literate and confident in their KS3 science studies.
· Integrate the resources into existing KS3 Science schemes of work flexibly using the mapping provided
· Print and customise resources including student road maps, fill-in-the blank versions of the knowledge organisers and vocabulary quizzes
· Save time with PowerPoint teaching slide versions of selected resources
· Plan and demonstrate clear cohesion and progression using the detailed mapping and sequencing rationales from KS2 to KS4
· Diagnose and address misconceptions using the topic guides from expert authors
· Make the most of the carefully crafted science questions with commentary including challenging concepts, possible misconceptions and advice on grading and progression routes
· Embed knowledge into long term memory with a bank of retrieval questions for each unit for flexible use and interleaving suggestions
· Provide rich cultural capital and cultivate a sense of science identity and engagement with application of science in varied careers, reviewed by the WISE campaign
· Ideal complement to the Collins KS3 Lab Book
Dr Tracey Baxter is an Independent Science Consultant. She works with the National Network of Science Learning Partnerships, supporting their offer to schools. Tracey works with multiple exam boards, and has authored a number of titles.
Amanda Clegg is a school improvement consultant and leadership coach with over 30 years of science teaching experience. She is responsible for developing and delivering training resources and coaching programmes for a variety of organisations.
Karen Collins is an educational consultant with over 20 years of teaching experience. She has written numerous science resources, and devises and delivers development training to teachers and school leaders.
Ed Walsh has contributed to and edited a range of teaching materials for secondary science. He was a teacher, team leader, local authority consultant and SCITT lecturer. He is now a CPD trainer for AQA, a Senior Facilitator with the National STEM Learning Centre and runs sessions at the ASE Conference.