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Active Assessment: Thinking, learning and assessment in science
Everybody seems to be talking about assessment for learning. This book and CD, by Stuart Naylor and Brenda Keogh with Anne Goldsworthy, show you how to do it.

Using a highly creative approach the book explains in detail how assessment, thinking and learning can be integrated in science lessons. More than 30 different assessment techniques are described, with each one illustrated (in A4 photocopiable format) for two different age ranges. Concise teachers' notes for each technique tell you:

• what the approach is
• how you use it for assessment
• how you can manage it in the classroom
• how it helps with learning

Electronic versions of the activities are provided on the accompanying CD, and the colour poster adds further support for science investigation and enquiry. This resource will be invaluable for primary and secondary teachers, student teachers, science co-ordinators and advisers/inspectors.

£40 +VAT, inclusive of postage and packing.

To order the book and CD contact Millgate House Education Ltd, Millgate House, 30 Mill Hill Lane, Sandbach, CW11 4PN

Tel: 01270 764314
Fax: 05601 156500
E-mail: info@millgatehouse.co.uk
Website:  www.millgatehouse.co.uk/products-publications.htm

Centre of the Cell (www.centreofthecell.org)
Science education centre and website for students aged 9 to 16 and post-16 (particularly for revision purposes).

The free website provides engaging and innovative curriculum-linked resources about cell biology, human health and disease with sections on ethics, patients’ journeys and medical research. Centre of the Cell online provides interactive games, downloads, images, videos, and Cellpedia (an illustrated glossary).

When Centre of the Cell education centre opens in London in 2008 it will be the first science education centre in the world to be sited in biomedical research laboratories. The Centre of the Cell pod is dramatically suspended above the laboratories and will contain an amazing range of interactive games, audio visual experiences, body parts and microscopes.

All sessions at Centre of the Cell will be free of charge.

For more information contact Centre of the Cell
Tel: 020 7882 2564
E-mail: info@centreofthecell.org
Website: www.centreofthecell.org

Concept Cartoons in Science Education: Promoting Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Science
This book, written by Brenda Keogh and Stuart Naylor, provides a rationale for the innovative Concept Cartoon strategy and sets out how the cartoons can be used in a variety of ways in the classroom, with sections on teaching, learning and assessment. It includes 120 Concept Cartoons, which can be photocopied, covering all the major National Curriculum topics, for teachers to use in the classroom with their pupils. The target age range is 7 to 14 (Key Stages 2 and 3), though many of the Concept Cartoons can be used with other age groups.
£40.00 inclusive of postage and packing.

Concept Cartoons Posters: Thinking About Science
This set of 20 A3 posters is produced by Brenda Keogh and Stuart Naylor. The posters use the Concept Cartoon strategy and cover a range of science topics. They are especially useful as part of a display or as the starting point for a class discussion. The target age range is 7 to 14 (Key Stages 2 and 3), though many of the Concept Cartoons can be used with other age groups.
£10.00 plus VAT inclusive of postage and packing.

Concept Cartoons in Science Education: CD-ROM
The CD-ROM, for use with data projectors and interactive whiteboards, complements the book Concept Cartoons in Science Education. All Concept Cartoons are in colour and learners can interact with the Concept Cartoons, including writing their own ideas in blank speech bubbles on an interactive whiteboard.

£45.00 plus VAT inclusive of postage and packing.
Site licence also available.

To order the book, posters and CD-ROM contact Millgate House Education Ltd, Millgate House, 30 Mill Hill Lane, Sandbach, CW11 4PN

Tel: 01270 764314
Fax: 05601 156500
E-mail: info@millgatehouse.co.uk
Website:  www.millgatehouse.co.uk/products-publications.htm

CREST Star Investigators
CREST Star Investigators is the new, UK wide science awards scheme for children aged 5 to 12. The scheme enables children to think about, discuss and investigate authentic scientific problems. It operates mostly in science clubs, but may also be used in class time.

The investigations are presented in formats that are exciting and relevant to children, in printed versions of text messages, emails, websites, and in stories. Children are encouraged to work both collaboratively and independently of the club organiser or teacher and to communicate their results in a variety of ways.

The resource packs contain activities, in-depth support notes for teachers and club organisers, CREST Star Investigators badges, stickers to mark the completion of each activity and Star Logs to record the children's progress towards the Awards:

• Star (5-7 year olds, Key Stage 1)
• Superstar (7-11 year olds, Key Stage 2)
• Megastar (8-12 year olds, Key Stage 2)
• Young Science Ambassadors (9-12 year olds, Key Stage 2)

For more information please visit the website or contact the Young People's Programme, the BA, Wellcome Wolfson Building, 165 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5HD

Tel: 020 7019 4943
E-mail: creststar@the-ba.net

Living Paintings
Living Paintings produces unique touch and sound packs which explain pictures to blind and partially sighted children.   Scinece related titles include images of Weather and Science in Art supporting learning for 7 to 14 year olds (Key Stages 2 and 3).  Living Paintings has a range of educational packs and story books for blind children.

Available free of charge by a postal library service.

For further information contact Living Paintings, Unit 8, Kingsclere Park, Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 4SW

Tel/Fax:  01635 299771
E-mail:  lpt@livingpaintings.org
Website:  www.livingpaintings.org

Materials cards for primary schools
These cards are designed to support the teaching of Materials and their properties for pupils aged 5 to 11 (Key Stages 1 and 2). The cards have a scientific word on one side and an unrelated picture on the other. They are self-differentiating and can be used in a variety of ways from 'starter activities' for the whole class to individual work. The pack includes a list of suggested games but the key idea is that children link the words and pictures using the correct scientific reasoning.

Sets were distributed free of charge in January 2003 to all schools with pupils aged 5 to 11.

Additional sets: 5 packs for £10 plus VAT, postage and packing.

To order this resource contact RSC Sales and Customer Care Department, Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF
 
Tel: 01223 432360.
E-mail: sales@rsc.org.
Website: www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/primarygames.htm

Resource produced by The Royal Society of Chemistry in partnership with GlaxoSmithKline.

PUPPETS: Talking Science • Engaging Science

PUPPETS:  Talking Science • Engaging Science is an exciting and innovative way of changing teachers’ practice in primary science lessons.  Teachers have a unique opportunity to obtain puppets, stories and professional development at low cost.

The programme is aimed at primary teachers across the UK.  It is managed by Brenda Keogh and Stuart Naylor (Millgate House Education Ltd) and based on substantial research carried out with Shirley Simon & Jane Downing (Manchester Metropolital University).  The research shows the positive impact that puppets can have on both children and teachers.  A small team of trainers across the UK ensures that all schools can get access to the project, which runs until July 2009.

Each teacher will get:

• two puppets for their age range (5-7, 7-9 or 9-11)
• a storybook and site licence animated CD in which the age-related puppets are the main characters
• hands-on experience of using puppets
• guidance on how to use puppets and stories effectively

The training and resources are available through local authorities and Science Learning Centres (in England) at highly subsidised cost.   Contact your local science adviser to find out about training in your area, or look at the project website www.puppetsproject.com for details of courses each term.

Science for High Fliers
This resource has been developed to address the needs for extension and enrichment materials to support pupils aged 5 - 11 (Key Stages 1 and 2). It provides ideas within the QCA Scheme of Work framework to stimulate pupils who have reached standards in science which exceed the national expectation.

£13 plus postage and packing (non-Hertfordshire schools), £10 via schools' courier service (Hertfordshire schools).

To order this book contact Action Point, Wheathampstead Development Centre, Butterfield Road, Wheathampstead, AL4 8PY.

Tel: 01582 830251.
Website: www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/science/ks1-2/resources/highflyers.shtml

Book produced by Hertfordshire County Council with sponsorship from GlaxoSmithKline.

 

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