Hello and welcome back to the Brighter Thinking Pod from Cambridge! Are you a secondary science teacher looking for tips on stretching, supporting and challenging your students? This two-part episode is for you!
Today, we’re going to be taking a closer look at stretching and challenging students in science lessons, with examples from Cambridge IGCSE Combined & Co-ordinated Sciences and IB Sciences. We’ll be discussing how teachers can support all students in the secondary science classroom as well as how they can best support those students who want to take sciences at a higher level.
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Brighter Thinking Pod – Ep 37: Stretch, Support and Challenge in Upper Secondary Science part 1
In this episode, we discuss:
- What does it mean to support and challenge students?
- Why is it important to be able to support and challenge your students in the combined & co-ordinated sciences and IB sciences classroom?
- What are the main challenges when supporting a wide-range of learning styles?
- Are there any particular skills that require more support than others?
- What are some different methods for supporting students?
- Has the pandemic and remote learning had any impact on the range of support students need in the classroom?
Show notes
Cambridge IGCSE Combined and Co-ordinated Science
Brighter Thinking Pod Ep 27: Improving Maths Skills in the Science Classroom with ASE
SMOsNotes – IB Chemistry and IGCSE Chemistry worksheets by Dr Steve Owen
Brighter Thinking Pod – Ep 38: Stretch, Support and Challenge in Upper Secondary Science part 2
In this episode, we discuss:
- How do you stretch and challenge your students in class?
- What can students do themselves?
- What could your students do to challenge themselves in their studies?
- How could you support students who decided they wanted to go beyond Cambridge IGCSE with their science studies?
- How would you advise students who want to study sciences at degree level?
- Studying science can provide many transferrable skills for subjects – what are the examples and how can we develop these more?
Host and guests
Tamsin Hart – host
Tamsin is a Senior Product Marketing Executive at Cambridge University Press. She is responsible for marketing the sciences books and digital resources.
David Martindill
David is Head of Science at an international school. He authors titles from our Cambridge IGCSE biology and combined and co-ordinated sciences series.
Dr Steve Owen
Steve has been a teacher for 27 years and is currently Head of Chemistry. He is one of the authors of our IB biology and chemistry series.
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