Becta

Becta was the government agency leading the national drive to ensure the effective and innovative use of technology in education. It was established in 1997 and closed in March 2011. Becta provided leadership to embed the effective use of technology and provided rigorous research to evaluate the impact of technology on the education and skills sector. This collection of contains Becta materials that are specifically relevent to the teaching and learning of science. Upon its closure, an archive of the Becta web site was produced.

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Using SMART Notebook to Understand Chemical Reactions

Produced by Becta, these case studies illustrate how information communication technology (ICT) can be used to enhance teaching and learning in science.

Particles and their behaviour are a hard-to-teach component of chemistry, not least because these are difficult concepts to visualise. This case study...

Visualising Sounds with Animation

Produced by Becta, these case studies illustrate how information communication technology (ICT) can be used to enhance teaching and learning in science. This case study looks at how Flash animations were used to teach the difficult topic of sound.

Students find it difficult to imagine how sound waves move...

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