Key Contact
Dr. Kelly Richens
NASBTT Associate Consultant
Secondary Biology
Email: info@nasbtt.org.uk
The aim of this curated collection of resources is to give you easy access to:
- Materials that will support cognitive science informed approaches such as SLOP resources, shed loads of practice, which aid transference of learning to from the working memory to the long term memory of your students
- Subject associations that have excellent methodologies for practicals that actually work
- Videos to use in class or signpost your trainees/pupils to for increased subject knowledge
- Free courses to aid personalised subject knowledge acquisition
- Resources for your trainees to use in class
SLOP (shed loads of practice) resources:
Retrieval Practice Roulettes:
Carousel learning online retrieval quizzes
Teaching Resources/lesson ideas KS3/KS4
Plant biology teaching resources
STEM resources
Curated teaching resources by @drKellyR
Powerful ideas of Science and how to teach them by Jasper Green
Learning to teach science in the secondary school by Rob Toplis
Why don’t students like school? By Daniel T Willingham
Rosenshine’s principles in action by Tom Sherrington
Teaching Walkthrus by Tom Sherrington and Oliver Calviglioli
The latest curriculum research review (Science) was published on 2nd February 2023.
Free courses:
Seneca learning biology (all keystages and all exam boards)
Seneca learning cognitive science
Futurelearn courses:
Teaching Practical Science Biology
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