Year Two: Group Discussion Book B
The Ginn Science Group Discussion Book B for Year Two (students aged six to seven years), published in 1988, consists of 35 large colour photographs selected to relate to the key ideas of the modules for Year Two. There are no titles or words on the photographs but notes for the teacher on each photograph at the end of the book.…
Group Discussion Book: Level One
The Ginn Science Group Discussion Book for Year One (students aged five to six years), published in 1988, consists of 35 large colour photographs selected to relate to the key ideas of the modules for Year One. There are no titles or words on the photographs. Their use is suggested in the module guidance in the Year One Resource…
Science for Children with Learning Difficulties
The Learning Through Science guide on Science for Children with Learning Difficulties was written for teachers of children in the age range 8 to 13 who are unable to manage learning tasks which are successfully completed by most of their peers. This followed the recommendation in the Warnock Committee report of 1978 that particular…
Produce a Quiz Show
In this Shell Centre modlue, Produce a Quiz Show, students devise, schedule, run and evaluate their own classroom quizzes. This involves preparing, timing and testing questions using number and statistical concepts, planning room layouts, and scoring systems. Groups of students take it in turns to act out a number of quizzes, devised…
Plan a Trip
In this Shell Centre module students plan and undertake a class trip using costings, scheduling, surveys and everyday arithmetic. In a card game simulation, groups undertake and record imaginary trips, encounter problems and errors of judgement, then seek to correct them by better planning. Groups share ideas of possible places…
Be a Shrewd Chooser
In this Shell Centre activity, students research and provide expert consumer advice for clients in their class. Students listen to a radio show on audiotape which contains a number of interviews with people who have just bought different items, and an interview with two students who have been involved in producing a consumer report…