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- 1. Be the best Science Teacher you can be • Always expect the best work pupils are capable of • Inspire students with engaging lessons • Be there to help students help themselves • Ask extraordinary questions and stand on the edge • Encourage class discussion…all the time • Challenge and overstretch students • Always be thinking of better ways to teach your pupils A great teacher will have students follow them anywhere ENHANCING PRIMARY SCIENCE
- 2. Encouraging and Inspiring our Young Pupils to become Young Scientists ENHANCING PRIMARY SCIENCE
- 3. Always expect the best work pupils are capable of ENHANCING PRIMARY SCIENCE Once you know your pupils, expect and encourage them to produce the work you know they are capable of; whether it is in their books, their investigation skills or in discussion.
- 4. Inspire pupils with engaging lessons Where possible, teach lessons which include investigations or experiments. Get them out of their seats or out of the classroom to investigate Science in the real world. ENHANCING PRIMARY SCIENCE
- 5. Be there to help students help themselves Inspire students to figure things out for themselves. Open up discussions about the Science topic and encourage them to make predictions. ENHANCING PRIMARY SCIENCE
- 6. Ask extraordinary questions and stand on the edge Don’t be afraid to take that extra step and bring a new dimension to Science. Be brave and test new ideas and theories in your teaching. ENHANCING PRIMARY SCIENCE
- 7. Encourage class discussion Children are inquisitive about the World around them and Science lessons are the perfect opportunity to encourage this. ENHANCING PRIMARY SCIENCE
- 8. Challenge and overstretch students Keep pushing students to get the very best out of them when carrying out planning and investigation work. ENHANCING PRIMARY SCIENCE
- 9. Always be thinking of better ways to teach your students As Scientists; even if just for that one lesson, we should be evaluating; not just our outcomes but also our lessons as a whole. ENHANCING PRIMARY SCIENCE
- 10. A great Science Teacher will have students follow them anywhere
Editor's Notes
- Open discussion on tables.