Best Evidence Science Teaching

Best Evidence Science Teaching (BEST) is a new collection of research-informed teaching and learning resources, focussed initially on science at ages 11-14.

BEST provides diagnostic questions, response activities, suggested teaching sequences, information on misconceptions and progression maps for key concepts in physics, chemistry and biology.

The resources have been developed from the best available research on:

  • Sequencing and teaching of key concepts

  • Effective formative assessment

  • Purposeful practical work

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Polymer properties

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

  • Explain why a long molecule has a higher melting point than a similar but shorter molecule.

  • Recognise that a polymer molecule can be made up of thousands of atoms....

Composite materials

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

  • Identify if a material is a composite.
  • Recognise that materials within a composite keep their own properties.
  • Predict properties of a composite material based on the...

Classifying materials

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

  • Use properties to identify that an object is made of metal.

  • Use properties to identify that an object is made off a ceramic.

  • Recognise that polymers...

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