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Curious Scientists, Confident Schools

One book for a department that teaches three subjects, runs a laboratory and shares a technician — the head of science who has to hold it together and the teacher setting up period four with a class already at the door.

72 pages 69 sections 14 free to read here

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Page 1 of Curious Scientists, Confident Schools — Page 1

Page 2 of Curious Scientists, Confident Schools — Page 2

Three Subjects, One Department · Curious Scientists, Confident Schools, page 3 — Page 3 *Three Subjects, One Department*

Where Science Departments Drift · Curious Scientists, Confident Schools, page 4 — Page 4 *Where Science Departments Drift*

Pillar 1 — Curriculum: What Builds on What · Curious Scientists, Confident Schools, page 5 — Page 5 *Pillar 1 — Curriculum: What Builds on What*

Pillar 2 — Knowledge: Secure Before Applied · Curious Scientists, Confident Schools, page 6 — Page 6 *Pillar 2 — Knowledge: Secure Before Applied*

Pillar 3 — Enquiry: Thinking Like a Scientist · Curious Scientists, Confident Schools, page 7 — Page 7 *Pillar 3 — Enquiry: Thinking Like a Scientist*

Pillar 4 — Practical: Purposeful, Not Merely Present · Curious Scientists, Confident Schools, page 8 — Page 8 *Pillar 4 — Practical: Purposeful, Not Merely Present*

Pillar 5 — Standard: One Department, Three Subjects · Curious Scientists, Confident Schools, page 9 — Page 9 *Pillar 5 — Standard: One Department, Three Subjects*

Biology: Memory, Mechanism and Meaning · Curious Scientists, Confident Schools, page 10 — Page 10 *Biology: Memory, Mechanism and Meaning*

Chemistry: The Particle Model Underneath Everything · Curious Scientists, Confident Schools, page 11 — Page 11 *Chemistry: The Particle Model Underneath Everything*

Physics: Usually a Mathematics Problem · Curious Scientists, Confident Schools, page 12 — Page 12 *Physics: Usually a Mathematics Problem*

Explanation, Modelling and Dual Coding · Curious Scientists, Confident Schools, page 13 — Page 13 *Explanation, Modelling and Dual Coding*

Questioning and Scientific Talk · Curious Scientists, Confident Schools, page 14 — Page 14 *Questioning and Scientific Talk*

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Referenced to the current GCSE and A Level science specifications
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