Cracking Key Concepts in Secondary Science

Adam Boxer is the Head of Science at a secondary comprehensive in North London. Somewhat obsessed with educational research, he has lectured and delivered CPD nationally and internationally on evidence-based practice. Adam co-founded CogSciSci - the world′s largest grassroots collective of science teachers interested in evidence based practice and was its first Managing Editor. Adam has a blog ′A chemical Orthodoxy′ and tweets at @adamboxer1.Heena Dave began her teaching career in 2011 as a teaching assistant and became Head of Science at Bedford Free School in 2015.  She is passionate about putting evidence into action and built a department that put powerful science explanations at the centre of its teaching.  Prior to 2011, she drove forward an agenda of evidence informed environmental decision making as a Research Manager for the Environment Agency.  She is currently Head of Programmes and Partnerships at the charity Learning through Landscapes, where she is utilising her expertise of learning to influence the future of environmental education and outdoor learning.  Gethyn Jones has been a physics teacher and Head of Physics at a number of comprehensive schools and academies in Wales and England over the course of the last twenty nine years. He is a member of the Chartered College of Teaching and served on the College′s council from 2018-2020. Gethyn blogs and tweets as @emc2andthat and lives and teaches in London.

Brilliant book with lots of ideas to support teachers in each topic. Lots of ideas to apply evidence based practice strategies to help pupils build upon their knowledge. Very useful for teachers to easily apply explanations and check students understanding.

• Chapter 1: Cracking the Concepts: the components of an effective explanationPart 1: BiologyChapter 2: Understanding Cellular Structure and FunctionChapter 3: Biological Organisation within Complex Multicellular OrganismsChapter 4: MagnificationChapter 5: Enzyme FunctionChapter 6: Cellular RespirationChapter 7: PhotosynthesisChapter 8: Immunity and the Immune SystemChapter 9: The heartChapter 10: Evolution by Natural SelectionPart 2: ChemistryChapter 11: Balancing equationsChapter 12: The development of the periodic tableChapter 13: Bonding, structure and propertiesChapter 14: The moleChapter 15: ElectrolysisChapter 16: Energy changesChapter 17: Rates of reactionChapter 18: Dynamic EquilibriumChapter 19: Fractional distillationChapter 20: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)Part 3: PhysicsChapter 21: Introducing Energy Stores and PathwaysChapter 22: Electric currentChapter 23: Introduction to ForcesChapter 24: Current and Potential DifferenceChapter 25: WavesChapter 26: Vectors and CompnentsChapter 27: PressureChapter 28: Forces and Newton′s Laws of MotionChapter 29: Internal Energy and Heat CapacityChapter 30: Magnetism and Electromagnetism