Practical work in challenging settings SL330
This course will help you ensure practical work takes place in settings where it's difficult to implement.
Summary
Practical work is a crucial and motivating aspect of learning science in a secondary setting - but we know money, staffing, safety and resource challenges can make carrying out practicals extremely challenging.
In this course, you'll explore different ways of planning and delivering practical work. You'll learn everything you need to know about safety and come away with lots of ideas to reduce the costs, mess and equipment needed for practicals in biology, chemistry and physics.
This course may support you with Science Benchmark 4 - Purposeful practical science
Who is it for?
Secondary classroom teachers in mainstream and alternative settings, lead practitioners, and heads of science.
How will you learn?
High impact, high quality residential CPD at our National STEM Learning Centre in York - delivered by experts - which will transform your teaching practice, and also give you the chance to meet colleagues from across the UK in person. Fantastic on site accommodation and delicious food is included too.
How long is this course?
2 days.
Outcomes
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- how to adopt strategies and techniques to plan and deliver high quality practical work in a classroom or lab
- develop your understanding of pragmatic health and safety in science lessons
- consider alternative and low cost ways to carry out practical work across the secondary curriculum