Products :: active science at GCSE

Focusing on practical learning and data-handling, this collection of student-centred activities for science GCSEs helps students acquire skills, knowledge and understanding. More than 180 activities covering biology, chemistry and physics are grouped into topics in full-colour student workbooks. Topics are stand-alone and can be used with any science specification. They each take four to five hours of classroom time to complete.

The workbooks are available now —
you can fit them into your scheme of work tomorrow.

Practical and applied


Practical work is at the heart of these activities. The value of practical work is widely recognised but it is important that it fully supports learning. In active science, practical activities are never left hanging. Students analyse and compare their data, present results and reports, and answer follow-up questions at increasing cognitive levels.

Students enjoy and respond well to seeing how science works. You can use this approach effortlessly with these activities. Students apply science and get to understand the workplace relevance of what they are doing.

Why colour workbooks?


Students prefer colour. Here are some comments from students who’ve used our workbooks:

"I like it. These are cool. It sounds really childish but I think it’s because it’s in colour."

"Yeah, the more colour the better."

"And the diagrams are really clear."

What’s more, these workbooks actually cost less, per page, than a black and white photocopy.

The sets of workbooks come with comprehensive teaching ideas and technical guidance on CD ROM.

Please use the links at the top of this page for sample pages and a price list and order form.

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