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Subjects & Curriculum
Subject-specific ideas, demonstrations and curriculum advice, with a particular strength in science and physics, from KS3 to A level.
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17 Ideas for the Physics Department Open Morning
A collection of hands-on demos, experiments and challenges to bring the physics department to life at the open morning. Pick a handful to run…
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17 Ideas for the Biology Department Open Morning
A collection of hands-on demos, specimens and challenges to bring the biology department to life at the open morning. Pick a handful to run…
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17 Ideas for the Chemistry Department Open Morning
A collection of hands-on demos, experiments and challenges to bring the chemistry department to life at the open morning. Pick a handful to run…
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17 Ways CLEAPSS Can Make Practical Subjects Better in Schools
CLEAPSS is often associated with risk assessments and chemical safety, but that is only part of what it does. Its wider purpose is to…
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17 Things to Know from the EPI Report Retrain or Recruit?
The Education Policy Institute has looked at one of the biggest staffing problems in schools: the shortage of specialist teachers, particularly in physics and…
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17 Lascells Physics Products That Could Make Practical Physics Easier to Teach
Practical physics is often where the subject comes alive. It is also where a perfectly good lesson can disappear into ten minutes of finding…
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17 Things Schools Should Know About the New ‘40 by 40’ Plan for Girls in Engineering and Technology
For years, schools, universities and engineering organisations have worked hard to encourage more girls to consider STEM careers. Yet the numbers remain stubbornly uneven.…
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17 Physics Clubs and Enrichment Ideas Schools Could Try
Physics enrichment does not have to mean another revision session after school. Some of the best ideas used in leading schools are based on…
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17 Ways for a New Teacher to Build a Good Relationship With the Science Technician Team
A good science technician team can transform how smoothly practical lessons run. If you are new to a department, one of the best things…
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17 Ideas from Making Every Science Lesson Count You Can Use Today
Shaun Allison’s Making Every Science Lesson Count takes six core principles of great teaching — challenge, explanation, modelling, practice, feedback and questioning — and…
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17 Ways to Prepare for an Oxford Physics Interview
An Oxford Physics interview is not mainly a test of how many facts you can remember. It is designed to see what you can…
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Kirkaldy’s Testing Works School Visits: 17 Things A-level Physics Teachers Should Know
Young modulus is one of those topics that students can calculate without necessarily understanding. They may remember the equation, complete an experiment using a…
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Adam Boxer’s Teaching Secondary Science: 17 Practical Ideas for Science Teachers
Adam Boxer’s Teaching Secondary Science: A Complete Guide is a practical guide to improving science teaching, from explanations and questioning to retrieval practice, practical…
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What GCSE Grades Do You Need for A-Level Physics? 17 Things to Know
Got your GCSE results and thinking about A-level Physics? The short answer is that grades 6 and 7 in Physics or Combined Science and…
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Tonight’s Solar Eclipse: 17 Things to Know Before You Look Up
If the sky stays clear this evening, Wednesday 12 August 2026, it is worth going outside. The UK is about to see its most…
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Show Them How Chemists Think: 17 Ways to Use Modelling in the GCSE Chemistry Classroom
Chemistry has a particular teaching problem: much of the important stuff cannot be seen. Pupils can watch magnesium burn, but they cannot see atoms…