AQA Activate for KS3 is designed to support every student on their journey through secondary science with AQA. This Teacher Handbook provides full lesson suggestions that build maths, literacy and enquiry skills vital for success in the new GCSEs, as well as full assessment guidance and intervention and extension checkpoints. This Teacher handbook accompanies the Activate 1 Student Book, with a spread-by-spread match to the content. Every lesson has three sets of differentiated outcomes supporting the Know, Apply, Extend outcomes of each Big Idea and enquiry processes. Use Activate 1 for part 1 of the syllabus and Activate 2 for part 2.

 

This book is part of a book series called Aqa Activate For Ks3 .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 200 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Oxford University Press .

By Aleks Jedrosz, Nicky Thomas and Emma Poole, Edited by Edmund Walsh Simon Broadley has been teaching secondary science for 18 years, specialising in biology and applied science, and with responsibility for leading Biology and BTEC courses. Simon has a PhD and BSc in microbiology. Simon has been an OUP author for seven years, writing student and teacher resources for KS3 and GCSE. Mark Matthews has been teaching secondary science for over 20 years, specialising in Biology and AppliedScience, and with responsibility for leading biology and BTEC courses. Mark has a PhD in Developmental Biology and a BSc in Zoology. An experienced author, Mark has been writing for OUP for seven years, with published student and teacher materials for KS3 and GCSE. Victoria Stutt has been teaching since 2004, working across key stages and with experience of coordinating KS3. She is an experienced GCSE and A-Level author, and has written successful assessment titles for KS3. Victoria has an honours degree in Chemistry and a PGCE from the University of Sussex. Dr Andrew Chandler-Grevatt Jo Locke has 11 years experience teaching secondary science, working on KS3 through to A-level and with experience as a Head of Science. She is an experienced examiner, and has previously examined for International Baccalaureate and Edexcel A-levels. Jo is an author, and has written material for GCSE, BTEC, Entry Level Certificate and A-levels. Jo has an honours degree in Biology and a PGCE from the University of Bath. Dr Andrew Chandler-Grevatt has a PhD in school assessment, and a real passion forscience teaching and learning. Having worked as a science teacher for ten years, of which five were spent as an AST, Andy has a real understanding of the pressures and joys of teaching in the classroom. Alongside his national and international research in school assessment, Andy is a teaching fellow on the PGCE course at the University of Sussex, and is a successful published assessment author. Victoria Stutt has been teaching since 2004, working across key stages and with experience of coordinating KS3. She is an experienced GCSE and A-Level author, and has written successful assessment titles for KS3. Victoria has an honours degree in Chemistry and a PGCE from the University of Sussex. Dr Andrew Chandler-Grevatt has a PhD in school assessment, and a real passion forscience teaching and learning. Having worked as a science teacher for ten years, of which five were spent as an AST, Andy has a real understanding of the pressures and joys of teaching in the classroom. Alongside his national and international research in school assessment, Andy is a teaching fellow on the PGCE course at the University of Sussex, and is a successful published assessment author.