Ed Walsh

Help pupils build skills for KS3 Science practical work to be ready for the AQA GCSE 9-1 Required Practicals. Provide a consistent and supportive approach to KS3 Biology, Chemistry and Physics practicals with clear methods, questions that test understanding and applying skills in different contexts. Establish a consistent approach to KS3 Science practicals with everything together in one write-in book. Help build confidence and familiarity from Year 7 upwards with a focus on scientific vocabulary, drawing and analysing graphs, and GCSE 9-1 command words. Cheaper than photocopying, the lab book can be used flexibly with any scheme of learning. Each practical activity:* Explains the purpose of the practical and relates it to the science* Develops core skills including maths skills* States common mistakes and how to avoid them* Supports pupils to record and evaluate results* Checks understanding with key questions* Develops scientific reasoning with spot the mistake questions* Encourages pupils to apply their skills to unfamiliar scientific contexts* Helps pupils to evaluate their learning with self-reflection sections

Get Ready for AQA GCSE (9-1)

KS3 Science Lab Book

Tracey Baxter

This suite of resources provide a clear two-year framework to help you and your students meet and exceed AQA’s mastery goals using content matched to AQA’s big ideas and enquiry processes. This title is AQA approved. * Aligned to AQA’s big ideas and KS3 syllabus with Student Book Part 1 covering Part 1 of the syllabus and Student Book Part 2 covering Part 2 * Three part progression in lessons encompassing the AQA mastery statements of know, apply and extend * Enquiry processes embedded throughout the course to help your students think and work scientifically * Differentiated ‘check your progress’ lists for each chapter to help students and teachers measure and make progress in learning * In addition to questions throughout the text, there are questions at the end of each chapter providing assessment benchmarked to the know, apply and extend statements * ‘Ideas you have met before’ and ‘In this chapter you will find out’ provide context and link ideas together for students * ‘Know this vocabulary’ boxes reflect keywords from the AQA syllabus * Prepares students for the new, more challenging GCSE * Provides the first step in our AQA syllabus support for Secondary Science giving students a clear path of progression * From experienced author team Ed Walsh and Tracey Baxter * Tailored assessment and intervention matching to each chapter available in our ‘GCSE Science Ready’ course

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