Using Science to Develop Thinking Skills at Key Stage 3

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This book presents a series of practical activities designed to help teachers build an effective science curriculum for more able children. It focuses on: developing higher order thinking skills using conceptual language, directed activities relating to text for developing higher order skills, and in-depth study topics that emphasize a "real product" outcome. Activities range from short discussion topics and problems to solve, to whole-day masterclasses. Topics covered include: context enrichment - by team research/discussion and by visit plus follow-up work, general and science-based thinking activities, thinking tools - including zones of relevance, effective organization of information - herring bone diagrams, flow charts, flash cards, argument mapping, analysis and interpretation of data, modeling and using spreadsheets, and science writing activities.