Resources by Best Evidence Science Teaching
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Solutions
This progression toolkit develops understanding of the key concept of solutions, as part of a topic on substances and mixtures. This key concept helps to build broader understanding about substances and properties, which is one of the big ideas of science education at ages 11-14.
It includes diagnostic...
Specific heat capacity
These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:
- Describe how the sensation of hotness is caused by vibrating particles.
- Describe the mechanism of thermal conduction that can occur in all solids.
- Explain why metals are...
Specific latent heat
These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:
- Describe the arrangement and movement of particles in a substance in the solid, liquid and gas states.
- Use the particle model to describe what happens to a substance when it...
Speed of waves
These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:
- Measure the speed of a wave using v = s/t.
- Describe how the speed of a wave can, and cannot, be changed.
- Describe how the frequency of a wave moving through a particular...
Static Electricity
These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:
- Identify when an electrostatic force is acting in familiar situations.
- Describe how objects with a positive or negative charge attract or repel other charged objects.
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Structure-property relationships
These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:
- Recognise that compounds made up of separate molecules have different boiling points.
- Describe the change in arrangement of particles when a hydrocarbon boils.
- Explain the...