Teaching Biology
Inspiring Students with Plant Science
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is designed as professional development for science and biology teachers of 11-16 year olds. It will be useful to newly qualified (NQT), early career, returning, and non-specialist teachers, technicians, and teaching assistants (TA). It’s recommended that teachers have access to a school laboratory to evaluate approaches to practical work during this course. You can use the hashtag #FLSTEMPlantScience to talk about this course on social media.
Topics Covered- Practical work in secondary biology for the key topics of: osmosis, respiration and stem cells.
- Using inspirational examples from plant science to contextualise the curriculum.
- How making links across the curriculum impacts on students’ learning.
- Addressing students’ misconceptions.
- Approaches to teaching practical science that can be applied to other topic areas.
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| Length | 3 weeks |
| Effort | 3 hours per week |
| Starts | Nov 13 (233 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $69 |
| From | Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS), National STEM Learning Centre via FutureLearn |
| Instructors | Karen Hornby, Beverley Goodger, Alex Jenkin, Dan Jenkins |
| Download Videos | Only via web browser |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Education |
| Tags | Teaching |
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| Rating | Not enough ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 3 weeks |
| Effort | 3 hours per week |
| Starts | Nov 13 (233 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $69 |
| From | Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS), National STEM Learning Centre via FutureLearn |
| Instructors | Karen Hornby, Beverley Goodger, Alex Jenkin, Dan Jenkins |
| Download Videos | Only via web browser |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Education |
| Tags | Teaching |
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